It’s relatively simple to add Google Talk to your Pidgin instant messenger client. The great thing about a multi-platform instant message client is the ability to aggregate Facebook messenger, AOL, MSN, Google Talk, Twitter, etc. all into one client. I personally don’t like using the Facebook chat because I usually have about 50 bazillion tabs open in each Firefox window, and a few windows… but I rabbit trailed a bit because here I’m talking about Google Talk on Pidgin. I’m fairly certain you can do the same kind of thing on Adium, or any other chat client out there that supports XMPP protocol. Add a new account and enter similar settings to the following…
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