I noticed this when I logged into gmail about an hour ago, pretty cool.

Seems like chat history is already available for most people and in-place chat will come shortly as you’ve said.

Here’s a link:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/chat.html

I can already see a “Chats” link on the side of my gmail page between “Starred” and “Sent Mail”, but when I follow the link it just gives me a link to Settings and this page: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/chat.html

No actual chatting yet. Guess I’ll have to wait the hours till tomorrow.

Steve, if you have this, please email me a screen shot. It is not showing up in my account.

Hey I got something that says chats too!!
Chat history that is!!

I can confirm the chat history with a screenshot:
http://ejohn.org/blog/gmail-chat/
I tested it and it works like a charm!

A big blow to meebo I guess. I wonder how many gmailers would like to automatically be available for chat. This can be a nuicance if you are a frequent mailer and don’t particularly want to start chatting.

I see a Chat link in my Gmail too, but no chat box as shown on the Gtalk help page.

You’ll probably have to enable it at Settings > Chat

Very useful for searching.

I can also see the “chats” at the side bar but the functionality is not yet implemented.

Sorry for the offtopic, but is it just me or this Google Talk logo starts to feel a lot more like eBay’s and not so much like Google’s?

As for “a blow to Meebo” I believe we live in a time where for every problem that an Internet service tries to solve - a problem that in fact isn’t so much of a problem and therefore it doesn’t really “solve” much - there are at least a dozen of other services doing pretty much the same. So if the web 2.0 reduced time-to-market to almost nothing, it naturally increased competition as something you’re born with.

pretty snazzy feature. now if google talk would only support aim, msn, yahoo everyone could have the option to archive their chats in gmail without the need for a standalone chat client. i used to use trillian with the gmail logging plugin. this new feature may very well replace that.

Webosphere (another web2.0 blog) has a screenshot of the process here: http://webosphere.wordpress.co.....ith-gmail/. A link to a Google announcement was also posted on Digg, and seems to have all of the details: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/chat.html . Seems to be interesting, but I don’t think this will be a Meebo killer. A) Meebo supports Yahoo, Google, AIM, and MSN. B) Meebo also has a clearer interface for chats, with the ability to move multiple windows over a normal background, while GMail’s is over the e-mail screen (from what I’ve seen so far).

This is an awesome way to introduce IM to the web. Google is breaking the barriers of IM and Email.

I wouldnt say a big blow to meebo… but its certainly something handy. I wish i knew more people using Gmail right now.

The only thing that it will kill (or try to at the least) is the monopoly of biggies like MSN and Yahoo! in the messenger market.

Everyone knows that Google, just works, and this is the most intuitive thing they could have added, which they thankfully have!
Go google!

Finally some great news! The new logo looks quite good, looks more modern =)
And chatting while checking your email is just plain awesome. Very useful when you are on a public computer. I’m really looking forward to more great features like this one!

Gmail chart history already proved very useful today. Someone had told me a phone number … I, of course, forgot … but was able to find it in history At home all my IM converstations are archived, but having everything online is always so much more useful.

Keeping my fingers crossed

I hope there will be an “away” option even when reading email. Sometimes I don’t want to be bothered by chat.

Guys, if I’m not wrong Gmail’s implementing this to a small group of users first. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you’d have received an email saying that you can now chat in gmail. Also, there’ll be a Quick Contacts box above your labels. Users who’re not able to use the chat yet will not see the Quick Contacts box yet.

If you’ve received the email and still do no see the Quick Contacts box, make sure you’re not using a secured connection (https://). It has to be http:// for now. Hope that helps!

I mentioned it on my blog, but I’ll restate it here: I think it’s a neat idea, but I’m not sure how well it’s going to bode with people who value productivity.

I can see it being rather easy to log in to check your email, get a chat message from a friend, and then waste half an hour chatting away.

When all you were going to do was spend 2 minutes checking your email.

Still a nifty idea, though.

And to reply John, there IS an away function. You can set yourself to busy with Gmail chat, or have some other custom messages.

I know because one of my gmail accounts has the chat function enabled. Only one account enabled, out of a couple.

Thanks for the tip up…looking forward to it!

I think this is a very cool idea, but all of my friends use AOL Instant Messenger, not Google Talk. It’s just so hard to switch to something you’re so used to having. I do not have a lot of email contacts, well, that use G-Mail. I think if Google Talk supported other protocols, it would be an amazing hit!

This is a cool feature (I see it in my account now too), but I do hope that Gmail will enable AIM, Yahoo and MSN messenger access soon.
I don’t really think it is necessarily a blow to Meebo, because Meebo supports all of the messengers (and when I use it, it’s usually for a totally different reason than I would use Google.
And in any case, no one I know uses Google Talk yet, at least not consistently. I see more use of Skype.

I wonder if Google has pondered the thought that this may get Gmail banned in a lot of workplaces. My company blocks all forms of chat but allows us access to our webmail accounts. This could force folks that normally like gmail to switch to another webmail account in order to access their mail from work.

This isn’t a blow to Meebo, the linkage of Yahoo and Gtalk may be when it happens. Meebo Gtalkr and others in this areana will still have a lot to offer: They can cross corporate boundaries without a cadre of lawyers. THey’re still free to think outside existing services and canibalize at will.
As for shutting off the API wouldn’t that be detrimental to the innovations that Google and Yahoo need to survive in the larger war they are waging?

Actually, since Google has enabled federation with other Jabber servers, you can already use Gmail Chat to talk to your friends on MSN, AIM, Yahoo, etc. See this link for instructions:

http://www.bigblueball.com/for.....yahoo.html

Gmail is the best for chat..

Do you reckon that it will be standard on all accounts?

Screwtape’s comment is corect about not being able to check my gmail account from the office. Has gmail conmsidered making the chat function merely an option? Is there a way I can log in to gmail at work now?

Why don’t I have gmail chat yet when my friends do?

I also still don’t have chat! Also no delete button … what’s up with that? My wife’s account has all that on the same computer, so it’s not the browser/settings. Anyone?

como se va hacer para poder obtener el chat en gmail

I don’t have the chat, or delete button and my inbox still says copyright 2005. Odd - and very irritating. People I invited to Gmail have these functions….

waaaaaah!!! ive been an avid fan of gmail for 24 months now. got my account 19 months ago from a friends invite. of all his friends he invited, mine was the only account not to ever get a single invite. not only that,but i havent got gmailchat actve. very VERY frustrating!

Why don’t i getting the oppurtunity to chat with my gmail account?
When will it be availaible?
Tell me now!

i would like to have gmail chat very much!
but i do not know how to get it

pa kako da postavim taj gmail chat? stvarno nemam pojma, pomozite!

Everyone who want to have Gmail chat
Set your language in English US…
Its so simple…

Please, gmail chat dcwnload in my account

I want to have Gmail chat with new friends …if ur alone and so sad pls add me in your’s acc. i’m alreay talk to everybody..waiting for someone**

That’s awesome. If anyone wants to, email me at… gothchickster@gmail.com or at… blood_suckin_goth_freak@yahoo.com

I’ll be waiting.
lol

failing to chart with gmail what can i do

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it i s agood chating sites

Nice but booring need more friends in it.

Hi,
In my office the chat option is disabled in gmail.
Can anybody give me any way thro which i can easily access the gmail chat…….
It will be of great help……

Google chat is good but not as prominent as Windows Instant Live Messenger. I think Live Messenger will remain the chat facility of choice just because it is so widespread.