and if u have gmail, your basicly already signed up...It will probably get better...I mean, it is google.
google talk is cool. edit: i dont think it qualifies as a "cheap imitation". everything google does ends up beating its competitors in that category. Gmail > hotmail and yahoo? yep. Google > yahoo and MSN search? yep. Google desktop search? wait nothing to compare to...
it was a mistake, i think i hit submit reply twice or something, my bad. in fact, i'm not even sure what happened, i'm familiar with no double posting on just about every forum, however, i guess i made a mistake of some sort.
I do see where you are going with google being the best search engine but that doesn't have to do with Instant Messenging.
i still prefer trillian. all of it right there in one convienent window. i give it until next release to include GT.