{"id":1121,"date":"2011-04-03T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2011-04-03T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T20:33:00","slug":"chat-without-installing-a-chat-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/chat-without-installing-a-chat-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Chat without installing a chat program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Over the last few weeks we&#8217;ve had a few people asking us about chat  \t\t\tprograms and which one we recommend. The answer is none. You don&#8217;t  \t\t\tneed one. Really.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over the years we&#8217;ve tried them all, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger,  \t\t\tsome we can&#8217;t even think of the name of now. Why EB used to be a big  \t\t\tIRC chatter &#8211; she used to use pIRCh. Does anyone even know what IRC  \t\t\tis anymore? If you do, you&#8217;ve been on the Web a long time. IRC  \t\t\tstands for Internet Relay Chat and it was how everyone who wanted to  \t\t\tchat &#8211; chatted. OK history lesson over.<\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone has a Gmail account now. Did you know if you have a  \t\t\tGmail account you can chat with anyone else who has a Gmail account?  \t\t\tYou can. And Gmail&#8217;s chat feature also supports Web Cam and Voice,  \t\t\tif you&#8217;re into that sort of thing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2010\/gmail-chat.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"InfoAve by Cloudeight\" width=\"441\" height=\"577\" \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2010\/gmail-chat2.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"InfoAve by Cloudeight\" width=\"183\" height=\"149\" align=\"left\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">There&#8217;s  \t\t\tnothing to install, no extra programs to install. Just login to your  \t\t\tGmail account and you have a full-featured chat program at your  \t\t\tfingertips. You can add anyone to your chat list who has a gmail  \t\t\taccount. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Unlike MSN, Yahoo,  \t\t\tand some of the others, there are no flashing advertisements or  \t\t\tannoying flash animations. Plus, Gmail will archive all your chat  \t\t\tsessions exactly like it does your email &#8211; and they&#8217;re searchable.  \t\t\tSo if EB calls me a lazy bum and later denies it, I can go back and  \t\t\tfind her slanderous remark in less than a second!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Google Gmail&#8217;s chat feature is pure chat with video and voice  \t\t\tfeatures. And you don&#8217;t have to install a thing.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your Gmail account right now and start adding your friends.  \t\t\tHave fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks we&#8217;ve had a few people asking us about chat programs and which one we recommend. The answer is none. You don&#8217;t need one. Really. Over the years we&#8217;ve tried them all, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, some we can&#8217;t even think of the name of now. 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