Actually, I spoke with Gayle Laakman at CES (the engineer working on Google Talk's upcoming buddy icons). They have nothing to do with AIM interoperability.
http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/google-talk-news /33539-google-talk-buddy-icons.html
However, she did say that the interoperability between Google Talk and AIM would be similar to that between iChat and AIM; iChat users can add an AIM screenname and vice versa. In other words, it doesn't appear that it will be using XMPP with AIM (no big surprise there).
This is a minor example of the extreme power that Google has over small web-based businesses. Many rely on search engine traffic. But if the latest Google dance screws them over, they are screwed.
I'm no so cynical to assume that Google does any such thing maliciously, but they have become a vital source that can make or break a site.
I've got it working via Trillian Pro, and posted the details here: here. Works great, but nothing to get excited about. Right now it looks and acts like a standard Jabber server.
I'm more interested to see if they'll include connectors for the other IM networks (I suspect they will) and what the Google Talk client looks like.
With multi-network support, a no-nonsense UI (while most IM programs are nonsense-full), and voice chat (or better yet, VoIP) support -- Google Talk will rock.
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Actually, I spoke with Gayle Laakman at CES (the engineer working on Google Talk's upcoming buddy icons). They have nothing to do with AIM interoperability. http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/google-talk-news /33539-google-talk-buddy-icons.html
However, she did say that the interoperability between Google Talk and AIM would be similar to that between iChat and AIM; iChat users can add an AIM screenname and vice versa. In other words, it doesn't appear that it will be using XMPP with AIM (no big surprise there).
This is a minor example of the extreme power that Google has over small web-based businesses. Many rely on search engine traffic. But if the latest Google dance screws them over, they are screwed. I'm no so cynical to assume that Google does any such thing maliciously, but they have become a vital source that can make or break a site.
I've added screenshots for the lame: http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/t31807-success-c onnecting-to-talkgooglecom-server-via-trillian.htm l
I've got it working via Trillian Pro, and posted the details here: here. Works great, but nothing to get excited about. Right now it looks and acts like a standard Jabber server. I'm more interested to see if they'll include connectors for the other IM networks (I suspect they will) and what the Google Talk client looks like. With multi-network support, a no-nonsense UI (while most IM programs are nonsense-full), and voice chat (or better yet, VoIP) support -- Google Talk will rock.