google talk and xmpp

bnj · 01-18-2006, 10:13 AM

I read somewhere [1] that google talk is going to support the xmpp protocol, which is a protocol supported by Jabber. On the jabber.org page, they say that iChat (the mac software) is a jabber client [2].
Does it mean that google talk will be compatible with iChat (and gaim, and many other popular clients?)

anybody has an idea?

Benjamin

[1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68491 (in german, sorry)
[2] http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml

frob23 · 01-18-2006, 10:53 AM

Yes, I currently have a google talk account in gaim.

They [google] have HowTos on their site for setting it up.

bnj · 01-19-2006, 01:44 AM

Indeed!

Here is the list of compatible clients. Click on the name of a client to see the instructions.
http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html

Wow, that's cool.