Google Talk.....

~drools~

So Google Talk was released earlier today/late last night. But what is Google Talk, you might be asking. Well, it's Google's new instant messaging client, that also supports Voice over IP (much like Skype, which I also have, leave me a message if you want me to add you to my contact list on Skype). I've also heard that down the pike it may include functionality to connect to other instant messaging networks, such as ICQ/AIM/MSN. I've also found out that Google Talk works on Jabber protocols, so any client that is able to connect to a Jabber network is able to connect into the Google Talk service. Now, I don't know how long that functionality will last, but I've already tested it out with my Trillian that I have installed here at work, and it connected and worked perfectly.

Here is a review by the people at DownloadSquad.com about Google Talk, another review at The Unofficial Google Weblog. Here is a link to a blog that I found on Digg that will walk a person through setting up the Google Talk connection in programs like Trillian, Gaim, and iChat.

I'm still debating on if I'm going to continue to use the Google Talk client, or if I'm going to set up the connection in my Trillian and use it that way. I don't know if I'll lose the VoIP functionality by using the Trillian interface over the Google Talk interface. I like the interface/functionality that Trillian offers, and I try to keep things on my computers as clean as I can, and if I have an instant messaging client that will allow me to connect to as many of the networks that I have accounts on as I can, then hell yeah, I'm going to use it as much as possible and keep my computer as unclutterred as I can. I'm going to have to play around with it a bit and see which interface I like more.

If anyone would like to add me to their friends list on Google Talk, just leave me a message here with your gmail address, and I'll send ya a message and get you added to my lists.