10 features which I want the most in GTalk!

  10 Aug 2007 by ReviewSaurus

GTalk, which needs lots of updates and that’s been said every now and then. The reason for that is because the widget of GTalk has got more features as compared to the main application. Most of the users are not happy because there has been no update from long time and I’m amongst those users. However, these are the features which I would love to see in GTalk in the next update :

1. Group chat & Conference calls : Group chat is now a feature of Google Talk’s gadget but still it is missing from the main application and GMail Chat. It is a much needed feature and many people will just fall in love with it, if it gets this feature.

2. Grouping of Friends : If I can group friends in GMail, then why not in GTalk. GTalk and GMail share the contact book, then group feature should be part of GTalk as well.

3. Support for emoticons : We have to accept that we all love smilies and so, it will be wise to have better smilies instead of the text based ones only. At least, smilies which are in GMail are also better than the GTalk’s smilies.

4. Better text formatting : There is no harm if GTalk will allow simple text formatting. Sometimes I wish that I get the facility of making the text bold and that too without the use of asterisk (*). If you type any text in between two * then it becomes bold in GTalk. For e.g. *Hi* then it will look like Hi.

5. Video conferencing : Well, if Google wants to define the communication then where’s the harm in providing free Video calls ? It is also much needed feature, although not everyone is dying for it, but with Video feature, it will become a complete solution and many people will start using it more often.

So, that sums up the list of features which I would love to see in the next update (if at all there is any) of GTalk.

Hang on! That’s just Five Features and you said 10!

Oh! I thought that rest Five features you’ll be telling me :)

16 Responses so far

  1. Dj Flush August 10, 2007 1:35 pm

    6. Appear Offline

    7. Stealth Mode

    8. Bigger and Better Display Picture Support

    9. Mobile Google Talk Messenger

    10. Changing the look and color scheme

    Fine :D ?

  2. Joel August 10, 2007 2:06 pm

    I can’t think of any more than you’ve said, I really do think we need a good video conference thing though, with more than 2 people in a conversation with their webcams streaming. That’d be cool.

  3. Vaibhav August 10, 2007 2:21 pm

    cant think of other 5, but 5 features i want would be:

    1. video calls

    2. invisible mode

    3. html text formatting

    4. gtalk skins

    5. orkut, google reader updates

  4. ReviewSaurus August 10, 2007 2:31 pm

    @ DJ : Yeah….that’ll be fine :D

    @ Joel : It seems that video conference is one thing which everyone else wants too! Google are you listening????

    @ Vaibhav : Ah that’s interesting Orkut and Google reader updates! Well, Orkut scraps come up as updates in Gtalk, so that’s fine but Google Reader updates, well, if you could explain it further. It seems something interesting and if Google has got some API then I’m sure some developer will be interested in that!

  5. Shankar Ganesh August 10, 2007 2:38 pm

    Group chat would be a great feature. I’d also love to have smiley support :D

    Never really needed video conferencing :P

  6. Joel August 10, 2007 2:51 pm

    ShakarGanesh, Video conferencing isn’t something I need, but I think group video sessions with friends would be a lot more fun than just the 1v1 that we’re limited to with IM programs

  7. Brown Baron August 10, 2007 4:20 pm

    Group chat, video conferencing, and emoticon support would be great. Very nice wish list buddy.

  8. kanak August 10, 2007 4:34 pm

    1. invisible mode
    2. stealth mode
    3. background environment
    4. video conferencing
    5. emoticons
    there are others also which i want
    6. like yahoo audibles
    7. Support for BUZZ !!!
    8. Grouping of friends .. badly need it
    9. proper offline messaging .. ( i dont get offline messages most of the time )
    10. AVatars - similar like yahoo :)

    great post .. took out what was hiding inside for improvements in Gtalk :D …

  9. ReviewSaurus August 10, 2007 8:15 pm

    @ Shankar : I agree with Joel that its not a feature which one would die for but it can be always helpful in some situations and Group chat is the most asked feature…so I think no point in making any comment about it.

    @ Brown : I’m glad that you liked it :)

    @ Kanak : You want Yahoo messenger instead of GTalk..he he he!

  10. Madhur Kapoor August 11, 2007 12:59 pm

    I would love to have
    6)Offline mode
    7)IMvironments (similar to yahoo)
    8)Games
    9)emotions
    10)Video calls

  11. dEEPAK August 11, 2007 2:45 pm

    DJ Flush has done the work for me.:). Even I would like to have those features other than those mentioned by you..

  12. ReviewSaurus August 12, 2007 6:37 pm

    @ Madhur : Yes, these are the features which everyone wants in Gtalk. May be I’ll stay away from games but other features….yes I want them all!

    @ dEEPAK : Well, yes the point mentioned by DJ were almost those..which everyone wants :)

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  14. Jansen August 13, 2007 2:19 pm

    these make gtalk a google-branded windows live messenger.

  15. ReviewSaurus August 14, 2007 3:52 am

    @ Jansen : Ah! what an excellent way of saying that you want all the features of Windows live messenger in GTalk. I can only hope that Google Guys may be reading this :)

  16. Benedict Herold August 30, 2007 4:05 am

    I think, I can’t add more features here. Everyone has said a lot about it. But do you the only reason why I love Gtalk? It is simpler without above features. Once everything is added to them it will be another yahoo messenger scrambled with lot features.

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