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Google Adds Chat To Gmail

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-be-a-weekday-without-a-google-story dept.

Nathan Weinberg writes "Google has added a chat feature to Gmail. It brings Google Talk, minus voice calls, into your webmail client. Gmail now also logs your IMs, whether they originate in Gmail or Google Talk. In the commentary at InsideGoogle, I note that Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock, which can block Google's ads, if you want Gmail Chat to function properly."

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  1. Hideous by ozziegt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Has anyone even looked at the screenshots? The UI is cluttered and confusing. On top of that how do they PUSH new IMs to you in a web-based client?

  2. Re:Excited by garcia · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, no, not really that insightful.

    You're 100% correct, you weren't insightful. People that have emoticons enabled might not fully understand your "old-school" smiley. So you might still have the "dreaded chasm" that you speak of.

    Get over yourself.