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How Google Could Overthrow AIM
An anonymous reader writes "There's an interesting article over at Apple-X.net that speculates on the possibility of an instant-messaging service offered by Google that would be based on the open Jabber protocol. If Jabber was supported by a major company like Google, it could dominate over proprietary services such as AIM or MSN."
I'm guessing they're going to call it GAIM
wouldn't she be excited to change once she hears that a bot will be monitoring the conversation in order to place context sensive ads in the margin?
One engine to index them all
one engine to find them,
One engine to return them all
and to the results bind them.
Yes there is. Better Emoticons!
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
Hey, this what's your ICQ#?
57007188888
How about yours?
16085588888
$cat
Well, it fits right in with the Star Wars fanboy-heard-a-rumor story posted earlier today...
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They will do fine.
Note about MSN- Contrary to you folk apparently, all MY friends have moved to AIM. Perhaps there are pockets of users that use one or the other.
Note about offline messages- I have also bemoaned this ICQ feature lacking in MSN/AIM. But really, that sort of functionality is what email is for.
Yes, how many times have you said ... "there are no emoticon to show how I feel right now"
When I was a freshman in undergrad, I (as well as our entire campus) was addicted to ICQ. One night I was fooling around, listening to all the .wav files on my laptop. The default player was set as WinAmp, and the loop feature was activated. I clicked the ICQ "Uh oh!" .wav and instinctively moved my mouse to click the message icon to see who'd messaged me. When I saw no message, I was freaked and looked at WinAmp. Of course, the .wav looped and like a trained dog, as soon as it went "Uh oh!" I moved to click the non-existant msg. This happened 3 times before I figured out what was going on.
Ahh...to have a 5 digit user number again...those were the days!
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." -Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear
I prefer it be called Jaimsnahoogle.
ICQ? Listen here kiddo, I'm still upset by these upstart juniors using ntalk and ytalk!
1. Pick a popular Internet technology
2. Attach Google's name to it.
3. Profit!!!
Here are a few:
If Google made a MMORPG it would rule the earth!
If Google made a Linux distribution with Spotlight-like search, it would rule the earth!
If Google let me host all my MP3's it would rule the earth!
Seriously though, it might be interesting to have all of my IM history searchable, but I mostly use it for one-off conversations about things of limited importance.
Besides, as general benevolent as Google seems to be, do we really want to route sensitive messages through a central place? Especially with the recent Slashdot articles about VOIP being required to support wire taps. Do we want adwords showing up keyed off of our IM conversations? How could we secure such a system?
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In X-Windows the client serves YOU!
It would be obviously named "Gibba", so when you refer to it you sound like Mr. T.
"I pity the fool who doesn't use Gibba Jabber!"
- bbk
When I write in my livejournal.
"I NEED something that displays my crushing sadness while moping to some dashboard
B-(
Ah, that's it."
The secret to getting modded up is to allways say i've got karma to burn in your sig..
"When the early adopters started gloating about their low low ICQ #'s it got on some people's nerves"
/. UID. I promise. Honestly. >-)
It's okay you don't need to post anonymously, I really won't look down my nose at you and your high
That's right! Using Jabber can allow you to postpone dealing with these issues of control until later on.
Say, wasn't this on Seinfeld?
BTM
That was the turning point of my life--I went from negative zero to positive zero.
I propose the name IMoogle.
It just sounds so funny.
Last thing we need are more applications that have a generic name preceded by x,g, or k (or i)
Can't you just imagine the discussions about rolling out "Enterprise IMoogle"
forget jabber, google should just make an aim client.
Google Ads in GMail.
It's worse than that, it's spam, GIM.
KFG
Let's saying you're dating a new woman or want to date a new woman and she uses a different network
Please, we both know if a your main concern about meeting a significant other is which IM service they use, that both of you are using AOL.
Hello? McFly? <bop-on-forehead>
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
Not a problem for slashdotters. Generally for us, a "new woman" comes in a cardboard box and must be inflated first...
Windows Notepad > all. I just want to use the arrow keys!
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
I shudder to think how much the google adlinks for IM are going to cost if you wanted to buy ads on "LOL" and "OMG"
Joogle?
I could understand GIM and a whole host of other possible names for such a service, but Joogle--"Jewish Google (or Googling for Jews)" just seems like one of those things that wouldn't pass the marketroid litmus test.
I'd suggest Messoogle but then people might sign up thinking they'd be able to strike a conversation up with the Messiah.
"[T]he single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom." -- Barry Goldwater
Hey, this what's your ICQ#?
57007188888
How about yours?
16085588888
Funny, you don't look Jewish.
Someone you trust is one of us.
It's okay you don't need to post anonymously, I really won't look down my nose at you and your high /. UID. I promise. Honestly. >-)
And your point is, #1751...??? :-)
... now I'm waiting for unitrode to post and put *me* in my place... :-)
screw you hippie! get off my mainframe!^D
# cat
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Power to the Peaceful
And then, ultimately:
A GIM (Google Instant Messenger) session
Chat Session Google Ads
A> Hello. Buy greeting cards!
B> How much of Have us do your
your homework homework for $5!!!
Have you done?
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I'm sorry to inform you that your argument makes too much sense. Please hand over your Slashdot membership card and vacate the premises.
Thank you,
Management
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
How low can we go before those snooty 3-digit guys show up?
The world has changed and we all have become metal men.
And your point is, #1751...??? :-)
Kids these days...