Site Meter Web Dev Notes » Blog Archive » New! AIM chat in Gmail

New! AIM chat in Gmail

by Deceth

AIM in Gmail

HOLY SMOKES, can it be true?! Could AIM really be available within Gmail now? Could this be the soooper coool light-weight chat program I’ve been drooling for all my life… YES!

I’ve always liked Gmail’s ability to chat with contacts while checking email simply because I always have my Gmail opened if I have access to a browser. Since I tend to get online from all over the place, I rarely use AIM anymore unless I’m using my home computer. Right now, my home computer tends to be the one I use the least…

THIS WAS A HUGE PROBLEM! Why you ask? Well, for myself, nearly all of my online contacts were only available to me through AIM. Now that I’ve started to transition to using email ONLY since it is a more professional means of communication than chat, I’ve begun to lose touch with many of these contacts… UNTIL NOW!


Get to know Deceth
Recommend me on LinkedIn
Add me as a friend on StumbleUpon
Play BattleCity Classic for FREE!
Submit Articles to WriterDatabase.com!
Subscribe to my Feeds via RSS

This is a brilliant move by Google. For myself, this helps me get more done quicker, while staying in touch with even more people. I now have my iGoogle page setup to give me everything I want immediate access to as soon as I come online and now Gmail connects me with everyone I want to communicate with. I no longer need to waste time downloading AIM every time I need to contact someone and no longer need to waste time trying to disable pop-up blockers every time I try to use AIM Express or Meebo. For the record though, Meebo is AWESOME, but I’d only use it to access AIM, meaning yet another window I would have to open. Now, my AIM is available to me in my Gmail window which is already open. One less login, one less site to visit, much more convenience, plus CHAT HISTORY in Google! YEAAAH!

Maybe Google has been evil recently, but I still love them! ;)

For more information about AIM chat in Gmail, visit the What’s New in Gmail page!


Posted in Blogging Tips, General on December 6th, 2007

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

Leave a Reply


About Web Dev Notes

Your one stop destination for anything and everything related to web development

Web Dev Notes Author(s)
    » Deceth

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

Blogging Flair

 

New Media, Web 2.0 Channel Posts

  • 10 Ways to Make Sure Your SEO Goes Out of Its Way for You
    If they want to have success, companies should do everything they can to ensure that their SEO firm doesn't provide lousy service. Here are 10 tips to keep in mind: 1. Be realistic. Don't waste your [...]
  • Podcasting Transcription
    A Guest Post from Tishia Lee of Tishia Saves Time: When I first started offering transcription services as part of my Virtual Assistant business, transcribing podcasts was not something I [...]
  • Don't Dabble - Make A Commitment
    If you want to get the best bang for your buck, plan on podcasting for the long haul. Podcasters who “test” things out with one or two podcasts and then give up may think that they've given [...]
  • A Question of Podcasting Frequency
    This follows up on yesterday's post about not dabbling in podcasting but rather to make a commitment. Podcasting on a schedule is important when building a community and an audience. Don’t have [...]
  • Do You Twitter About Your Podcast?
    Whenever I release a new episode of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio is pop the link up on my Twitter and invite my followers to come check it out. This has brought me several first time listeners which [...]
  • Looking for Podcast Outsourcing?
    I mentioned having my podcast audio's transcribed in my last post. In case you wonder - no, I do not transcribe them myself. (Shudder the thought - I did enough transcription to last a lifetime in [...]
  • Business Podcasting Benefit: Be An Industry Thought Leader
    I often ask people 'Why haven't you started your podcast yet?' and a common reply is 'I don't feel like I'm enough of an expert to cover the topic I'm interested in.' Enough of an expert? [...]
  • Business Podcasting Benefit: More Content
    Building a business on the web requires that you generate a lot of content. Content on your website draws traffic both through search engines (people searching for your content) and through links [...]
  • Business Podcasting Benefit: Deeper Relationships
    A website visitor is just a website visitor. You can't really say that you have a relationship with someone who has only visited your website can you? But when the web visitor subscribes to [...]
  • Business Podcasting Benefit: Increased Market Exposure
    When you consider how many millions of people are walking around with iPods and other Mp3 players you have to wonder, wouldn't it be awesome if they came looking for you? Well they do. Ipod [...]

 

Hot Off The Press

  • Friday Free for All - Communication
    Hello and welcome to the Friday Free-for-All! Inspired by the Weekend Soiree over at Wifely Steps (and pretty much using her idea, to be honest, but you can go over there and play on her site as [...]
  • Happy Birthday, Thomas Gibson!
    Here's a picture of Thomas Gibson looking all smiley, which I thought was appropriate for his birthday. Wish Thomas the best, and have a happy Third and Fourth of July! Have a safe weekend and [...]
  • New Spin Cycle: Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette, Don West
    JB is back with the latest edition of "TNA Spin Cycle", featuring Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Cornette and Don West. [...]
  • Angelina Jolie=Top Earning Actress
    That Forbes is at it again. They do love their polls and surveys. This time around it's not the most powerful title that Angelina garnered but highest paid actress. According to the financial [...]
  • QWSTION Office Bag
    Don’t forget your office essentials, connect to business as-you-go. The two-way access reveals a separate 17-inch laptop compartment with neoprene padding for extra protection. Front section [...]
  • HTC Hero
    For HTC and Android, third time's a charm. The HTC Hero is the handset giant's third Android phone, but arguably their first lust-worthy effort. Continuing the chin motif of the company's [...]
  • Volleyball's Schlagintweit and Meek selected to Senior Canadian Volleyball roster
    After two weeks of intensive training following the selection camp held last month, the roster for the Senior Women's National Team has been determined. Nineteen players have been selected by Head [...]
  • Movie Review - "Public Enemies"
    ** STARS In the action-thriller "Public Enemies", acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Best Actress Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in the story of [...]
  • Little things
    There are a lot of things that suck about being a part time dad. Not having him here all the time. Going half days on holidays and birthdays. The big stuff that you think about when seperated parents [...]
  • Interviews are going up!
    At long last! We have interviews going up at CBS2! So check it out here, as Diane interviews. It's hard to hear Diane, as usual, so up your volume a bit! (I'm sure someone will youtube them too - [...]