Monday, December 19, 2005
AOL Instant Messenger No More!
I'm switching to Google Talk. No more pop-up windows or auto-loading web pages when logging in. Nice clean uncluttered interface (it is a Google product after all). And hopefully the end of monthly software upgrades. I'll probably still keep AIM around until I've adequately badgered friends and loved ones into switching, but its time as the IM client of choice is coming to an end. After all, it's competing with Google now - resistance is futile.
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Bad Google:
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/what_our_compan.php
Mixed feelings/thoughts about this. If Google doesn't go crazy with graphics ads, and if Google Talk doesn't morph into AIM, it may not be so bad. Especially if one of the goals is to thwart Microsoft.
The fact is, Google has built some great products, its search engine, blogger.com, gmail, that users are very loyal to b/c they do the job better than anything else online. They've built up enough goodwill that they can afford to piss off some users with questionable moves like this - most people will stick with them.
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