It was one year ago that Google and AOL announced the possibility of cross-compatibility between their instant messenger clients. They didn’t explicitly say in the press release that it was a guaranteed thing and made sure to cover themselves: “Enabling Google Talk and AIM instant messaging users to communicate with each other, provided certain conditions are met.” Maybe the whole “Google will invest $1 billion for an effective 5% equity stake in America Online, Inc.” didn’t turn out quite like Google had planned. Or maybe Google was concerned that AOL would leak their member’s data. 
Sorry, couldn’t resist that one.
I really love Google Talk now that I have all of my friends using it, so the AIM compatibility isn’t that important for me. I think that most of my friends who I have convinced to use Google Talk still use AIM though, so they would probably love to condense it down to one messenger. That leaves a question up for grabs…for those of you who use both instant messengers which application would you choose to use if you could chat with your friends on either network?
Earlier this summer Yahoo and Microsoft tied their instant messenger services together to form an absolutely enormous group of users. I think that the cross-compatibility remains an important feature but with services like Meebo and applications like Gaim it is becoming less and less important. The tools are already available if people want to easily connect to other instant messenger networks, but they just have to go look for them.
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i would use google talk over gaim if it was compatible with yahoo and aim
I assume you’re like me then and don’t care about all of the eye candy and features, instead you just like a trimmed down messenger?
I loved the gtalk client and service, but I still have many friends just on AIM. This would definitely make my life better, as I don’t like GAIM that much.
Was going to tell you that I added you to Google, but you know that
Google Talk: Video calls and Conferencing now Available
Yes, I find this message in Internet. To use this option you need to download small software from Festoon, company different from Google. Then in the process of installing of the software you need to input your gmail.com User ID and Password.
It is not only seems, it is not helpful for your gmail.com and Google Talk security.
Why? The Festoon is collected the information of your and for all users, going to install this software, about your and other users passwords.
Any way I tested to install this software. In the time of installation I sow Festoon software asks for which users I will use Video calls. In the same time all users from my personal list was in Festoon software and I am sure this information about my users list was in Festoon, too.
I think I pointed for you 2 reasons as minimum on which you can think to use or to do not use Festoon video software for your Google Talk client.
If you want to do your gmail.com user ID and Password plus the list of your Google talk users public, you can use Festoon video for Google talk!
It is my personal point of view. I will be happy to know your point!
Best regards,
Don
I’d use GTalk… its just cleaner. If google keeps it that way AND adds AOL/Yahoo support I’d switch in a heart beat. For now though, I can’t seem to get ppl on GTalk