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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by Al-Khwarizmi on Sunday February 11, 2018 @06:10AM (#16352196)
Yes, it was really good. It pretty much Just Worked(tm), had a good UI for a web app, and was relatively lightweight (I remember using it even at crappy airport computers).
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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by tobias3 on Sunday February 11, 2018 @06:23AM (#16352235)
It used libpurple to connect to the chat networks -- same as Pidgin :)
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