It’s
been a long time, and there’s been no new features added to one of
favorite, and modest instant messengers, Google Talk. If you can’t wait
for the Google Talk team to update their product and need more features
desperately, there are a number of third party GTalk add-ons you can
use. Here are a few of them:
gAlwaysIdle
At the time of writing, there’s nothing like ‘invisible mode’ on Gtalk
that can keep the annoyers at bay. But most people desperately need it.
Here’s where gAlwaysIdle comes in.
Download it , install it and from then on you can control your Google
Talk idle status. Use the ‘Always Idle’ mode to keep your status idle,
so that your status appears away even though you’re really online.
‘Never Idle’ mode works the other way, and will never put you on idle
status - even when you’re away.
GPlus
GPlus is another third party addon for Google Talk. You can spicy tools
to your minimalistic instant messenger with this little tool.
GPlus can spice up your chats by replacing smiley codes with graphical
emoticons, and also play ‘Emotisounds’ to express what you’re feeling.
GPlus can also log your chat conversations in HTML format. (
via)
Extended Talk
Using Extended Talk, you can add a lot of very useful stuff to Google
Talk. For instance, you can create shortcuts for frequently used
phrases, so that you can save time by not typing them entirely. You can
also put a shortcut on your desktop that instantly starts a conversation
with the friend specified when activated.
Other features include: make your chat window transparent, close all
active windows at once, text commands (/signout), underline support,
dynamic status changer, file transfers, smileys, and more.
Extended Talk
- Adds a ton of funky features to Google Talk, and you could use
commands like /signout from the chat window once this addon is
installed.
GPlus Addon - Adds more functionality to Gtalk, like graphical smily and other font styling. HTML Chat Logging is a good feature.
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