Members catphish Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 Here's the announcement of the gmail chat launch from last summer. Maybe you had the "google talk" thing it's mentioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I can't tell the difference. What am I missing? +1 Quick contacts and chat have been there as long as I can remember. Get a 23" or so widescreen monitor. It makes the sidebar elements relatively smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted November 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 8, 2007 Here's the announcement of the gmail chat launch from last summer. Maybe you had the "google talk" thing it's mentioning? "when you log into Gmail you'll find a list of your most important contacts on the left-hand side of the window, and you can chat right away with those who are online. You can also save, search for, and view your chat histories just like your Gmail messages." This has been my experience since Feb. '06. For some reason I thought I had been gmail chatting longer than that. Clearly my memory was faulty and I am retarded. In any case, I've been using the system the way it is now since Feb. '06 (and had used it without the chat function for the years before then) and I can say that it is a great system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WillPlay4food Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I've had trouble ever since Google put chat into Gmail last year sometime. My work blocks all IM protocols and sends messages to IT security whenever one is invoked. Needless to say I cannot check Gmail at work anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I don't know about all the old versus new but Kindness and I rock the chat every now and then during the work day and have for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I've had Gmail from the days when if you got invites, you got like, 5 at a time, not 99. The chat thing never bothered me, it's just part of the quick contact list. Nobody I know uses it. I don't have that chat thing at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwalmz Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 Yahoo & AOL mail have the same deal now. IM is now integrated into the e-mail GUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verlian Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I've had a Gmail account since before Google Talk came about. When they made Google Talk, they put the interface into the Quick Contacts section, which has been there for a good few years. I think it's kinda cool. You don't have to download it, and actually.. I only use it for one person, otherwise I use AIM, or email. But it's still kinda cool. Though, the new look of Gmail is starting to freak me out.. Changes are bad... For a few weeks anyways.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted November 8, 2007 Members Share Posted November 8, 2007 I visit the gmail page about once a year so it really doesn't bother me.My email client checks the page for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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