Messengers are undoubtedly my medicine for boredom. Guess that explains why I have 4 messengers installed on my stupid slow lappy.
MSN Messenger is surely the most widely used, yet the most lousy, IMHO. Yahoo Messenger is more stable, yet there are too many people who prefer MSN Messenger or just don’t know that Yahoo Messenger exists. Skype is the innovative one, aiming to provide free calls for everyone, very stable, even though I think the sound quality still doesn’t defeat Yahoo Messenger’s.
But my favourite is still Google Talk aka GTalk.
I know, I know, it doesn’t have nudge/buzz feature like MSN or YM that can serve as a powerful tool to bug somebody who is just too busy to change the messenger’s status to “Busy”. It doesn’t have cute emoticons like YM nor allow us to make customized emoticons like MSN. But the stability, the voice quality, and the transfer rate are just superb.
But actually this is the premier reason why…
(some names and other stuffs are blacked out to protect privacy)
See? In a quick glance, would you know that I’m actually chatting? Thus, GTalk is the perfect messenger to use in the middle of the class. :p Coz even the TA (Teaching Assistant) sitting right behind you won’t know that you’re actually chatting, not researching about Boolean (as you can see I’m opening a Wikipedia page of Boolean).
Even better.
GTalk is embedded in Gmail.
At a quick glance, do you know that I’m actually chatting?
The chat box is on the bottom right. See?
I’m not encouraging you to chat in the middle of the class though. =P
additional info
You can download GTalk here. It’s not a “heavy” program. Or if you’re too lazy to download and install, just chat through your Gmail (as shown above). Ha ha.
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