 I've just been tidying up my contact lists for Google Talk and Pidgin and I realised just now that the Google Talk interface is much more aesthetically pleasing and nicer to use, compared to Pidgin's offering.
Don't get me wrong, Pidgin is also a fantastic and robust application, but when it comes to layout and style, Google Talk is just that much nicer. Then I thought, wouldn't it be nice if I could import all my contacts from Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and AIM over to Google Talk? Crazy? Maybe not.
I think it would be a huge adrenalin shot in the arm for Google Talk if they would go the same route as Pidgin or Trillian by becoming a multi-client chat platform. By allowing users to import all their other chat contacts into Google Talk, I can see a lot of users preferring the lighter, better designed Google Talk as their one-stop default chat program.
What do you think? Is there space in the market for another multi-client chat platform?
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I would love this! So far, I think Pidgin is the best - Trillian is too heavy, Miranda too light. So far, there isn't one multi-client that has it all. Google talk has everything I want in an IM client, and if they were to become a multi-client, that would fill a huge void in the current IM offering.