I use Trillian because it allows me to chat with various IM clients. However, Google Talk is out and I’ve just downloaded it. My buddy Craig works at Jabber – its great software – and its what Google Talk is based on. Google Talk looks like its riding on a custom Mozilla implementation. If you look at the options screen the text and widgets are right out of Firefox. I think good things are happening. In fact, Google Talk also checks in on your GMail.
However, it doesn’t stop there. It’s got VOIP built in. How cool is that? I can VOIP just like I could with AIM, only know I can do it with a tiny less than 1MB download rather than with AIM’s larger download. It’s a wee early to tell, but it could be good as well. I need to find someone else on Google Talk to try talking 🙂 Add me to your list: randy.peterman@gmail.com.
Update: I am having troubles with Google Talk. I may not be online simply because they refuse to show me as such 🙂
So for those of in the stone age that don’t have XP, do you know of a way to still get this. (I only have Windows 98.)
Negative. You have to spend some money and get a newer computer. However, since its based on Jabber, you might be able to find another Jabber client that runs on Windows 98 and works.