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Google talk: Not so cool

Google talk : Another uncool product from Google's stable. The first was Sidebar. If you remember the Google Webaccelerator, then, add that too.

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Awesome sound quality.
Runs even on an obsolete machine (mine ;)
a clean and neat interface

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No timestamping of messages. No logging
No "Appear Offline" like Yahoo!'s stealth
Too simple. The world likes it nifty!
  • No Text colours,
  • No emoticons [ Remember, Microsoft is about to patent them ;) ]
No file tranfers

btw, where are the Google ads accompanying my messages in an IM conversation?
Imagine I say "I feel like sleeping.", only to find an adsense window showing sleeping pills best deals!!

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