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Gmail Chat adds AIM integration

Posted by Jeff Jeff is offline on 12-05-2007, 02:04 PM  

Gmail Chat with AIM IntegrationIt's been nearly two years since Google acquired a 5% stake in AOL. The promise then was that Google Talk would allow connectivity to the AIM network. Well, two years later that promised AIM integration is finally here. It is not in Google Talk, but in the web-based sibling, Gmail Chat.

Beta testing of the AIM integration began last month, and now they are officially rolling it out for the English-language Gmail interface.

Gmail Chat Integrates AIMThis isn't true integration. You won't be able to use your Google account to chat with your AIM buddies. Instead, this works similar to Meebo. You must have an AIM account (available for free). You can sign-on to your AIM account by clicking the new Options link at the bottom of your Gmail chat list.

You supply your AIM username and password in a pop-up window, and when you're connected, your AIM contacts will now appear in your chat list, designated by the familiar AIM running man logo.

Gmail Chat - AIM Sign-in

Once you've signed in, Gmail Chat will remember your AIM account information. Next time you sign in to Gmail, you'll automatically be reconnected to AIM.

Of course, Yahoo Messenger and WLM Messenger offer true interoperability, and have done so for the past 18 months. But with the popularity of Meebo and programs like Trillian and Adium, do the battle lines still matter?
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VvWolverinevV says
12-05-2007, 04:39 PM
I actually logged into Google Chat for the first time yesterday to find that I could log in to my AIM account. I thought I was specially selected for some kind of beta test, but it appears I'm not that special :( :p

BTW, Jeff, I see you're using Flock. How do you like it?
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Jeff says
12-05-2007, 06:46 PM
VvWolverinevV: I like Flock a lot, but then I liked Firefox (which Flock is based on) and I also use a lot of the social sites that Flock integrates well with (Flickr, del.icio.us, Wordpress, etc.).

My first review of Flock was way back in 2005!
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MrEggsalad says
12-05-2007, 09:56 PM
The AIM bit is really neat, but what bugs me is that Google decides to always update their web clients and leave the desktop application in the dust. For both AIM and Group Chats.
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Jeff says
12-06-2007, 12:30 AM
I've heard that's where all their development resources are going (to the web client, not the Google Talk software). In some ways, I can understand because web services seems to be where everything is headed (just look at the "development" for the iPhone). Web services are easier to update (globally, no less). But there are some things that a desktop client just does better.
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