Google Gtalk tips and tricks

Google Gtalk

I like Google Gtalk because it’s light and fast. CPU memory usage is lower than MSN Live Messenger. Here are some tips and tricks to make your Gtalk experience more interesting. Content after jump.

		Line Break Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER
		Bold text To bold your text, put an asterisk () before and after content. [Example] these will be bold*
		Italic text To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content. [Example] _these will be italic_
		Switch between chat windows Hold CTRL, click on I will cycle you through each chat window
		Minimize chat window ALT + ESC minimize chat window. (For Gmail talk, it only work when chat window is a popup)
		Restore chat window WINDOWS + ESC will restore your Gtalk from minimized mode.
		Open multiple Gtalk application Click Start -> Run and enter the following in Open dialog. "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex See more parameters like this at the end of the entry

Misc Gtalk information

You don’t have to say YES or NO when someone adds you. Simply ignore it and the request will go away.
A message can be 32767 characters long.
You can change your Gtalk chat name in Account Page
Adding a web URL in custom message will result it to be clickable.
Gtalk supports these following emotions and they are in blue colors

:-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B’( BO Bx BD B) B( B)
Gmail talk supports these following emotions and they are animated

:-| :=P :-D ;-):-( :P :D :) :( ;-) ;) B-)

More parameters for Gtalk Start -> Run

Here’s a complete list of what you can do with Gtalk in run command prompt.

"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /parameter

/nomutex: Open more than 1 Gtalk.
/autostart: Check the registry settings to see if Gtalk needs to be started. If the “Start automatically with Windows” option is unchecked, it won’t start.
/forcestart: Similar to /autostart, but forces Gtalk to start.
/S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
/register: registers Google Talk in the registry, including the GMail Compose method.
/checkupdate: check for newer versions
/plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google’s GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google’s servers.
/nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
/factoryreset: set settings back to default.
/gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
/mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
/diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
/log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging

If you have additional Gtalk tips and tricks, I would like to know.

Comments

cely January 21st, 2007

wow, there are so much that i dunno about gtalk!
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Ashish Mohta January 21st, 2007

Wow thats really some findings.Good post for blogg-buzz
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qureyoon January 22nd, 2007

great information ^^
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Xhitman March 3rd, 2007

Is there a Gtalk in run command prompt that can send a simple google chat to a google buddy?
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hongkiat March 4th, 2007

I don’t think so.
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nullaresnata April 12th, 2007

Nice tips. Thanks for sharing this info.
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Kannan April 27th, 2007

Thank U very Much

This is Realy Good Tips

Specially “Open multiple Gtalk application” This one

Thanks,
Kannan
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Mohd. Hashim Khan May 18th, 2007

Great I never new gtalk has some goodies, i was using it since long.
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Keiko Valentine May 29th, 2007

Thanks so much for the tips. I’ve been a multiple instance Yahoo Messenger user for months. I’m happy to know GTalk can do the same without tinkering files. Oh, and just noticed this on my way to edit the shortcut on my Windows Start menu, it says:

“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /startmenu

Don’t really know what it specifically does. :)
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Reshadat August 26th, 2007

WOW…great tips.Thank you very much!
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Fox December 19th, 2007

Cool! Thanks!
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Vevin April 11th, 2008

Add This link as now Gtalk can be acess directly from yours Orkut HomepageWhich is also one of the TRICK OF GTALK
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Nitin June 4th, 2008

I want to customize my Idle message.I want that when I’m idle,my message would show as “I’m not here”
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Nitin June 4th, 2008

I want to customize my Idle message of gtalk.I want that when I’m idle,my message would show as “I’m not here”.
Please give tips if anyone knows.
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Sonny Day July 15th, 2008

For italic text you enter an underscore, not an asterisk
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Shalin July 29th, 2008

It was really helpful.. now can you let me know that which is a command to send an Instant Message to any contact?? just like in yahoo we have a command ” ymsgr:SendIM?xyz “.. is there any command for gtalk??
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KEtan August 28th, 2008

Any way to do conference chat in gtalk???
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aditi November 30th, 2008

hey, what can be done so that even if i am busy or workin on gtalk, the IDLE icon shows instead of the Busy RED icon.???

thers definitely a way for it. one f my folks has it but im unable to reach him.
do help me out.
mail me the reply at my id – diva2001adi@gmail.com

reply awaited.
thx ppl
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