Is it possible to turn off gtalk while in gmail? I hate it. It’s very annoying to have their chat GUI popup when I mouseover a mailto: link. I’m also sick of my IMs coming up while I’m in gmail.
This was just a dumb idea. Either remove the feature or allow people to people to disable it.
Right now though this is the only gripe I have against gmail. For the most part its fast and has a simple interface.
Am I alone here?
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February 15, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Kevin,
Checkout: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=102
It’s a Greasemonkey script to help ease your pain.
February 15, 2006 at 3:21 pm
if you do it in secure mode, replacing “http” with “https” the gmail talk seems to go away
February 15, 2006 at 3:28 pm
At the bottom of the screen, look for ‘Gmail view’ section. In there, ‘standard without chat’ turns the stupid thing off. I wonder how you survived this long. :-)
Regards,
Alex.
February 15, 2006 at 3:33 pm
yep set your gmail display language to ‘English (UK)’ and it will take gmail back a few version where there were no webclips or chat
February 15, 2006 at 3:35 pm
I have kinda figured out a way … kinda
you have to sign out when gmail opens (there is a drop down in the status message) and then you can log into Google Talk, the program.
February 15, 2006 at 3:48 pm
hate is such a light word for gtalk. product integration vs. user experience…..
February 15, 2006 at 4:55 pm
OMG. Why did they hide a *setting* so far at the bottom of the page.
That makes *no* sense.
:-/
February 15, 2006 at 5:09 pm
for a company that is supposed to be a user experience expert switching chat and doing other little simple things is a real PITA
February 18, 2006 at 1:28 pm
I completely agree about gmail/talk. I find google sliding down the slippery slope of intrusion. If my gtalk is off on my desktop – it should be off in my web-based gmail session.
February 19, 2006 at 3:32 pm
I personally like the chat integration thingy. However, I agree with you that the popup-on-mouseover is hugely irritating.
There should be an easy “on/off” button that won’t mess with your status if you’re logged in through another client.
February 23, 2006 at 1:59 pm
YES. You are alone.
CHAT incorperated into e-mail was one of the best things since filters [or folders].
U sux da monkee balls! [you suck the monkey testicles]
June 28, 2007 at 10:49 am
Check this out:
http://pmcelhaney.weblogs.us/archives/disable-google-talk-in-gmail