Introduction p. 1 How Did We Get Here? p. 2 The Rise of Google p. 3 The Instant Messaging World p. 4 America Online Instant Messenger p. 5 ICQ p. 6 Microsoft Windows Live Messenger p. 8 Yahoo! Messenger p. 9 QQ p. 10 What's Wrong With This Picture? p. 11 Introducing Google Talk p. 11 Google Talking Without a Client p. 12 Google Talking On the Go p. 14 Solutions Fast Track p. 15 Frequently Asked Questions p. 17 Installation p. 19 Introduction p. 20 Minimum System Requirements p. 20 Connection Speed-Broadband vs. Dial-Up p. 20 Upload and Download Speeds p. 21 Testing Your Bandwidth Speeds p. 22 Microphone and Speakers p. 22 Headsets p. 22 Microphone and Headphones p. 23 Bluetooth Headsets p. 23 USB Phones p. 24 Personal Computer (PC) Requirements p. 25 Installing Google Talk on Windows p. 26 Troubleshooting Windows Audio Recording p. 27 Installing the Application p. 31 Solutions for Fast Track p. 37 Frequently Asked Questions p. 38 Google Talk for Non-Windows Users p. 39 Introduction p. 40 Gaim for Linux p. 41 Setting Up Your Account p. 41 Using Gaim p. 44 ichat for OS X p. 45 Setting Up Your Account p. 46 Using ichat p. 48 ichat Limitations p. 50
Adium X for OS X p. 50 Setting Up Your Account p. 51 Using Adium X p. 53 Summary p. 55 Solutions Fast Track p. 56 Frequently Asked Questions p. 57 Google Talk Usage p. 59 Using Google Talk p. 60 Your Contact List p. 60 Adding Contacts p. 61 Changing Your Contact List View p. 64 Interacting With Contacts p. 66 Setting Status p. 68 Google Music Trends p. 70 Chatting With Google Talk p. 71 Emoticons and Text Formatting p. 72 Reviewing Old Chats p. 73 Chatting "Off the Record" p. 74 Speaking Your Mind p. 75 Voice Chat p. 76 Voicemail p. 77 Sharing Files and Tunes p. 77 Personalizing Your Google Talk p. 78 Avatars p. 79 Themes and Skins p. 80 Configuration Settings p. 81 Summary p. 88 Solutions Fast Track p. 89 Frequently Asked Questions p. 91 Google Talk Add-ons and Modifications p. 93 Making Google Talk Yours p. 94 GT-Plug p. 94 Extended Talk p. 100 Creating Your Own Theme p. 104 Creating the Necessary Files p. 104 Altering Message Displays p. 106 Primary CSS Data p. 112 Reach Out and Touch Someone p. 113 Surprise Mom With a Call From Google Talk p. 114 VoIP OverTalqer p. 114 VoIP Using GTalk-To-VoIP p. 118
Can You See Me Now? Good! p. 122 Fun and Games with Festoon p. 128 Using Festoon as a Business Tool p. 129 Sex Change in a Download p. 130 Become A Google Talk DJ p. 132 Quick and Dirty Broadcasting p. 133 DJ'ing Through Mercora p. 135 Google Talk Chat Rooms p. 137 Pushing the Envelope p. 142 Google Talk to Go p. 142 Sleeping With The Enemy p. 146 Summary p. 154 Solutions Fast Track p. 156 Frequently Asked Questions p. 159 Links to Sites p. 159 Proxy Use p. 161 Introduction p. 162 What Are Proxies? p. 162 Why Use Proxies? p. 163 Configuring Google Talk to Use Proxies p. 165 Onion Router Proxies p. 166 How Onion Routing Works p. 167 Configuring Google Talk to Use Onion Routing Proxies p. 169 Using an SSH Tunnel p. 170 Creating an SSH Tunnel in Windows p. 171 Creating an SSH Tunnel in Linux and OS X p. 173 Summary p. 174 Solutions Fast Track p. 175 Frequently Asked Questions p. 176 Google Talk in the Enterprise p. 179 Introduction p. 180 Implementing Google Talk in Your Network p. 180 Configuring for Google Talk: Standalone Client p. 180 Deploying Google Talk Client p. 181 Deploying Google Talk: Client Registry Changes p. 181 Allowing Google Talk Client Network Traffic p. 183 Configuring for Google Talk: Google Mail p. 183 Blocking Google Talk p. 184 Blocking Google Talk Traffic p. 184 Blocking Google Talk from Executing p. 185 Enterprise Security and Control of Google Talk p. 188
Summary p. 190 Solutions Fast Track p. 192 Frequently Asked Questions p. 193 Introduction to Video Calling p. 195 Introduction p. 196 Personal Videoconferencing p. 196 Business Videoconferencing p. 196 Web Videoconferencing p. 197 What Is a Video Call? p. 197 Where Can You Perform Video Calls? p. 200 Free Video Call Software p. 203 Overview p. 204 One-on-One Video Call Solutions p. 205 AOL Instant Messenger (AIM 5.9) and AOL Triton (BETA) p. 206 Apple ichat AV p. 207 Festoon p. 208 IVisit Lite p. 211 Microsoft MSN Messenger 7.5 (Windows Live Messenger 8.0 BETA) p. 211 SightSpeed p. 214 Skype 2.0 p. 218 Spontania Video4IM p. 223 WigiWigi-Vwho p. 226 Yahoo Messenger p. 227 ZoomCall p. 227 Multiuser Video Call Solutions p. 228 Apple ichat AV p. 228 Festoon p. 229 WigiWigi-Vwho p. 230 Multi-IM Video Call Solutions p. 231 EyeBall Chat p. 232 Festoon p. 233 FWD.Communicator p. 233 PalTalk Basic p. 234 QNext p. 234 Trillian Basic p. 235 TryFast p. 235 WigiWigi Vwho p. 235 SIP Video Call Solutions p. 236 FWD.Communicator p. 237 INEEN p. 238 Lycos Phone p. 238
Sony/GlowPoint IVE p. 239 Yak Virtual Videophone p. 240 H.323 Video Call Solutions p. 241 EnvisionSL p. 241 Microsoft NetMeeting p. 242 Chat-Room-Based Video Call Solutions p. 242 CamFrog p. 243 Chatablanca p. 243 CUWorld p. 244 DKMessenger p. 244 EyeBall Chat p. 245 LIvVE p. 245 PalTalk p. 245 Other Video Call Solutions p. 246 Microsoft Portrait p. 246 Obsolete, End-of-Life, or Discontinued Solutions p. 247 Summary p. 248 Index p. 249 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.