Google Enters IM Market with Google Talk

This artical i didnt even read.............but i really want google talk...now!!

Just look at the similarities between the Google Talk white bubble logo, and the iChat blue bubble logo.

Google Talk:
http://www.google.com/talk/

iChat:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/

Man, you'd think they could at-least come up with their own logo.

Oh my goodness, this is a total iChat ripoff.

http://www.google.com/talk/

Not only did Google copy the iChat bubble (white instead of OS X blue), they also coppied the green, red, and orange color indications beside the buddies names for identifying them as online, away, or idle. There is absolutely no doubt where Google got their ideas for this chat software, it's a page straight out of iChat.

I generally like Google and I like the direction they are headed in, but this just made my stomach turn.

Everybody sharing the ideas of chat software and instant messengers is one thing, or even having the same features as other apps that are already out there. But, taking the iChat bubble... nobody else had that before Apple, that's a total OS X trademark logo. And using the same color dots? I'm sorry but that's where I draw my line on copy cats. The only thing graphically Google didn't rip off of iChat is the brushed metal skin. Perhaps I shouldn't hold my breath though... who knows what later versions could provide.

This will be the first time that I don't at-least try Google software. I already have iChat, so no thanks.

Google Talk looks VERY VERY stripped down..compelling reason to use this.. um.. most people hate bill gates..

back to trillian/adium

>>hey don't even have chatroom support yet. I was kinda dissapointed, but i'm not gonna trash their software, considering it's just a Beta. Hopefully they'll make weekly or bi-weekly updates to it with new features. It's nice to see Jabber, an open protocol, being used, instead of crap like OSCAR /w AIM.

Keep in mind your little disclaimer yet.

>>Thanks to iChat, AIM users got to deal with annoying "@mac.com" screennames, which fueled the kiddies on that service even more. Thanks for nothing :P. <- Proud user of X-Chat, AIM Blows.

annoying "@mac.com" screennames. But Apple only has 2% of the market. The other 80% - 95%" of the market comes from the "@go f u c k yourself.com" market.

>>GMail is awesome. They don't attach ads to your outgoing email like Yahoo! does, and the interface is better than Hotmail (Apple Troll: A... windows user who doesn't like hotmail very much!?

Cool! Gmail, email, whatever mail. "Apple troll", or "mac user". Yeah thats it. We don't use any thing but Apple equipment and Apple OS 100% of the time. Yeah thats it.

Heres a little hint: Microsoft is making it own hardware (f u c k you Michael Dell! Love Steve and Bill).
The Microsoft PPC (x-box) will replace most of the boxen that the data entry monkeys (clerks) use today.

Google is going to introduce a new os for all the older boxen in use today. Apple is going after both side of the market. Microsoft is counting on the upgrade market (i.e business).

Life is getting fun again.