September 28, 2006
GTalk2VoIP: Combining Google Talk And MSN Messenger
Not so long ago, I was lamenting that Google Talk didn't have true VoIP (until Talqer), and despite being based on an open VoIP standard, it could not communicate with more popular IM (Instant Messaging) clients such as MSN Messenger (now called Windows Live Messenger), Yahoo Messenger, or Skype (although Festoon Unity tried). Well now it can, at least with MSN, using GTalk2VoIP. No software to download. Just add an email address to your Google Talk contacts and fire away.
Well, I just tried GTalk2VoIP a few minutes ago, and honestly, besides the annoyingly loud background music (Guns'n'Roses?!! bleah), the whole setup involves a text menu with a list of options that you have to choose from. Most people want transparency in their phone calls, VoIP or otherwise. They don't want to have to enter a command, nor memorize the list. sorry, but it's way too complicated for wide spread use. (Look, I'm an old-school Unix/ Linux person, but I don't want a command line program for my VoIP client.)
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