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When it was first introduced, Google Talk had a lot of stiff competition in the instant messaging realm. Then Google integrated chat directly into Gmail, built a web-based version of Google Talk that's even better than their desktop version, and topped it off with chat logs baked directly into and searchable inside Gmail. As a result, Google Talk has claimed a whole lot of IM converts. If you're one of them, though, you probably still have a lot of contacts who use other services, like AIM, Yahoo, and even (gasp!) MSN. Today I'll show you how to chat with all of your instant messaging buddies—with all the benefits of Gmail and web integration—using Google Talk as a universal chat application.
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Like I said above, one of the greatest benefits of connecting all of your chat accounts with your Gmail account is that your chats become instantly searchable inside Gmail. That means that if you know you had a conversation with someone and you want to check the details of what you've decided, but you can't remember if the conversation was over IM or email, you can search both places from one place.
Using a transport server does mean, however, that you're trusting your information to a third-party server, which isn't always the most fun to do. In the end, you'll have to weigh your options and decide whether or not the end justifies the means for you.
* I can't promise that Psi will work correctly when you try to connect to one of the transport servers—namely because it took me a few application restarts before it worked properly. After the Service Discovery worked as advertised, though, everything went fine.
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