Saturday, April 18, 2009

Google talk in Firefox

 If you are a google talk fan, and also are not able to download the software and install it on your pc then this might interest you.

I did not like the google chat feature available in gmail because it somehow doesn't feel good like a real chat client. At the same time due to restrictions on the computer i had i was not allowed to install gtalk also. Here is something that I found out on the net to get the same effect as gtalk with firefox. Here are the steps to do this with your firefox installation.

  1. go to this link using firefox and bookmark it. http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client
  2. After bookmarking it , it will apprear under the Bookmarks menu in firefox.
  3. Right click on the bookmarked link and choose properties.
  4. Use the checkbox which says Load bookmark in sidebar.
  5. Close the window. Again go to bookmarks and click on the bookmark.
  6. You should be able to see the google talk like interface load in the side bar.....
One more reason to use firefox :-). This will work on Ubuntu as well.

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