Google Talk
1. Description
| Homepage: | http://www.google.com/talk/ |
| Type: | Proprietary |
| Identity: | Jabber ID (JID), e.g. usr@a.b.c/home with "home" being is a "resource", which distinguishes the same user when logged in from multiple locations (simultaneously) |
| Interoperability: | XMPP, LiveJournal, Gizmo |
| Popularity: | |
| Default server; port: | talk.google.com; 5222 |
Apart from using and being compatible with XMPP, Google Talk also has proprietary elements.
Note that "a Gmail account is required to use Google Talk or other download clients" ( says Google).
2. History
3. Censorship (?)
4. Known Issues
Notable missing features (in comparison to original or other clients)
Also see XMPP.
Defects, broken features
See XMPP.