GTalk or Live?

Posted By: Itslloydhere | Jul 21st, 2008 @ 5:49 PM
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#Jul 21st, 2008 @ 5:49 PM
Itslloydhere
Itslloydhere
Wales.. FTW
I find it difficult to decide. Now, I love GTalk, but if I were allowed to talk to my WLM friends (ie the 200 WLM friends vs the ..5 GTalk)via GTalk I'd do it. The windows are clean and tidy and they all tab nicely. WLM only gets to the same "place" once you strip away all the menus, and even then it's not my favourite. Then again, WLM is nice, and it's packed with features, and maybe that's its problem? Too many features packed. GTalks minimalistic UI has the VOIP, and the file transfer, and I've never found a *need* for webcam.

So GTalk + WLM friend list. Plus, GTalk works on my Blackberry (its pretty much a straight port, apart from VOIP), which is really useful. WLM refuses to, unless I use the dreadful online service which refreshes every time I send a message Expressionless Painful on a mobile device.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 2:19 AM
Rowan
Rowan
Look, no errors.
What was the question again?

I also use GTalk and I like it.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 2:26 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

Never used GTalk, but I like live messenger and my office communicator.

Don't need anything else really.

#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 2:50 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
The only thing I'd want out of Live Messenger is a slightly cleaner interface, and very rudimentary text decoration that allows me to emphasize a single word by making it italic. Apart from that, it's working fine.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 3:55 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Better then ICQ anyway Smiley

Anyone still using that?
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 4:19 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
True, but it's on the verge of going down the same slippery slope ICQ went down.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 4:53 AM
Itslloydhere
Itslloydhere
Wales.. FTW
That's something GTalk's missing too. Then it'd really rock Smiley
 
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 5:31 AM
W3bbo
W3bbo
The Master of Baiters
I dread the end-days of Windows XP support when they will undoubtably remove the ability for users of Windows Messenger 4.x and 5.x from connecting to the Messenger servers.

GIVE ME CLEAN, UNADULTERATED IM OR GIVE ME DEATH!
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 5:34 AM
Ix
Ix
Missed it by that much...
I prefer WLM. I really dont care about the UI bloat or the crappy "today" page. I just use it because it's universal and a popular medium for IM. It works well with my phone, pda, personal laptop, work laptop (office communicator), and my systems at home. Everyone I know has a Live account, and until that changes I'll stick with it.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 5:43 AM
Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil
Pour me a cab, 'cause I can't drink no more.
...or, you can just use any of a dozen clients out there, all slimmer than the default WLM. I use Digsby, which is slick and nice, though a bit slow and memory-hoggish. They promised a big bugfix version soon, though. You can use Miranda, which is as barebones as you want it to be. Using Trillian. Use Pidgin. Why this fixation on Windows Messenger and Windows Messenger only?
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 5:47 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
You can turn the today page off, together with those annoying tabs,..

Only thing that remains is a banner,.. Wich I really dont mind,.. At all!
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 5:52 AM
Itslloydhere
Itslloydhere
Wales.. FTW
And you can cut down the UI of all the windows by removing all the toolbars. I still wish the windows would tab like GTalk though (one above and below etc and then you flick through them)
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 6:08 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
I'd like it if they cleaned up the toolbar and moved most of the less-frequently used functions in a dropdown menu. I really don't care about the ads, personally:

#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 6:08 AM
sushovande
sushovande
Smiley Face Sharp
You can make a single word (sentence, para) italic in gtalk by enclosing it in underscores.
So typing _this_ will render as this
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 6:11 AM
Itslloydhere
Itslloydhere
Wales.. FTW
Oh cool! Bold is *bold*

Edit: I googled some stuff and found out that iGoogle has a GTalk widget, and when you're talking through it and paste a Youtube link, it pastes the video right there in the chat for you to view. I think thats pretty cool Smiley If executed well that'd work nicely in GTalk.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 7:17 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
uh-oh!

I lost my number ages ago,..
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 7:22 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

7360951. I didn't even need to look that up, weird. Look, it's only seven figures!

#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 7:23 AM
Maddus Mattus
Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
You are so old skool! Wink

My list would probeply be empty, if I could ever retrieve it.

Edit: 58090572 Smiley
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 7:43 AM
mVPstar
mVPstar
I'm white because I smelt an onion.
Strangely, the neat thing about that number is that you can post it in a forum without worrying about anyone spamming you.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 8:09 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
Yeah, when I clicked Reply the thought crossed my mind that I shouldn't post information like that on a high-profile forum like this. And then I figured "Wait, that doesn't even matter." I suppose I generated an anonymous "18/f/ny come see my webcam huney" message or two by doing so, though. If people still send those.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 8:35 AM
Refrax
Refrax
1512025. tho i have not logged in for several years.
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 8:44 AM
CannotResolveSymbol
CannotResolveSymbol
{insert caption here}
Is it normal for me to see "GTalk vs. Live" and immediately start thinking about the underlying network protocols?
#Jul 22nd, 2008 @ 9:55 AM
mVPstar
mVPstar
I'm white because I smelt an onion.
bas said:
Yeah, when I clicked Reply the thought crossed my mind that I shouldn't post information like that on a high-profile forum like this. And then I figured "Wait, that doesn't even matter." I suppose I generated an anonymous "18/f/ny come see my webcam huney" message or two by doing so, though. If people still send those.


Well, I was thinking in terms of it being just a plain old number and not an e-mail address.
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