Comments on: From Yahoo! Messenger to Gtalk

By: sathyam

sathyam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:28:56 +0000

good working this software thanks

By: hanum

hanum — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:54:40 +0000

I really like yahoo messanger a lot. Thank’s for info sharing. Nice posting ^_^

By: Sanket

Sanket — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:30:19 +0000

I guess someone forgot to mention MSN/Windows Live messenger, it has a higher share than Yahoo

By: Umang

Umang — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:27:59 +0000

yeah it does but it sucks … feels clunky and bloated

By: puneet gupta

puneet gupta — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:48:44 +0000

correct me if i am wrong, but i thought yahoo mail also had the in-browser chat application.

By: Jaiparan Singh Khurana

Jaiparan Singh Khurana — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:05:09 +0000

I think there is one aspect which you missed in your article. Yahoo has the option of Chat rooms whereas Gtalk has none.

Based on the reason why people use IM they can be classified into two categories:

1> People using it for random chats/networking: Yahoo has retained this user segment as they have the option of chat rooms which are classified into different categories.

2> People using IM strictly for being in touch with friends/colleagues: In addition to all the reasons mentioned in your blog, spamming was a big problem this user segment faced on Yahoo IM primarily because of chat rooms. This is the segment captured by gtalk

Also when people were mostly using Yahoo IM, not all had in use yahoo mail accounts. Many used hotmail. But this is not the case with gtalk. People have switched over to gmail now. This integration of mail/chat/networking (orkut)/photo album (picassa) has created a much stronger entry barrier for a new IM which I believe would be difficult to break by FB or others atleast in the present form

By: Manoj Mathai

Manoj Mathai — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:44:46 +0000

Check out pidgin .. you have gtalk, yahoo, msn … all in one

By: Dhruwat

Dhruwat — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:33:49 +0000

I am not sure how great gtalk is, I think the chunk of the reason why it took off is because we have a Google Wave. I am not talking about the technology this company is coming out with, but these days, we happily adopt every new idea Google comes out with, without giving a look to what its competitors offer.
We wouldn’t know that Google copied gtalk in the gmail idea from AOL. Most of the *new* features Google offers are already there in the old IM’s. Albeit Yahoo was late to start adding them to its web client.
And since Google runs on the XML based Jabber protcol, it can slow things down for you if you use a GPRS or a slow data card connection.

By: Shantan

Shantan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:02:36 +0000

Interoperability has been the cornerstone of Google tools. With just one google account, i can do everthing: mail,chat,edit documents,and what not!
its for so much ease and convenience.

Also..i can call and chat over video free! This was like the most important thing for me when i came to the usa as a student and wanted to connect home. Not that i didnt have yahoo voice and video chat. But nothing like the convenience that Gtalk offers!!

By: Theodore

Theodore — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:19:55 +0000

For that matter it is conceivable that even Wikipedia will probably have to move to a Wave based platform… and companies can have sales tracking, attendance, meetings and all kinds of stuff on Wave. This might be the very definition of Disruptive Innovation.