Just Chat Or Over Chat
Published on 30 Mar 2006 at 6:29 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Nets, Webs, Infostructure.
I was online with my brother in Australia. We were talking over Yahoo Voice. Not bad. Not bad at all.
Later, my brother in Indonesia was online too, I detected him via Google Chat.
I tried to put everyone in a Google Chat conference (three people typing in the same chat window), but I couldn’t figure out how to do it. Is that how much no-frills Google Chat is? No multiple user chat?
I also tried bringing the three of us in a Google Talk conference. Three people in a voice conversation. I couldn’t find it either. Hrmps. No frills is no frills.
Yahoo does the conferencing job well. Quite well. But a little “over” well – such that it’s sometimes overwhelming.
One time we were chatting with our 8 & 9 year old pamangkins. We started using the interactive features of Yahoo IM’s coloring board. Ah, lahv-leh!
Later we went to audibles. They were cool, we were sending each other character greetings (e.g. a Jamaican voice saying, “hey mon!”, or an african american saying “wazzup?”).
But, my pamangkins found their way to a section where the audible greetings were flirtatious! Hahaha! They were sending us messages like “Hey there sexy! Ain’t you a hottie!” Oooops! That’s too much!
Basic no frills? Or overwhelming features? Choose what suits you.
ka edong
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JM on 4 Apr 2006 at 11:00 am: 1
YM is an institution. It’s like friendster. That’s something Google won’t get away with. Or wouldn’t they…? =P
ka edong on 4 Apr 2006 at 10:27 pm: 2
Google is an institution too. a faster growing institution, me thinks.
julius on 5 Jul 2007 at 3:52 am: 3
help mi nman i’m using ym but during the voice calls i can not heard and i’m not heard i’m try any possible solutions but its not work i test d mic n speakers but its works nman…thanx
ka edong on 6 Jul 2007 at 1:22 pm: 4
musta audio mo?
best to have somebody help you at your computer.
Ask the nearby internet shop technician to come to your house and troubleshoot.
P50-P100 should be enough as a tip to the technician — pang merienda lang.