Google Talk temporarily broken for iChat users

For those who care: Barb Dybwad over at The Social Software Weblog has picked up on the fact that, at least temporarily, Google Talk isn't playing with iChat users. The company isn't offering much in the way of an explanation, but I'll just chalk that up to them working "round the clock!" to get what limited iChat support they offer back up to speed.

On a somewhat related note, Barb also brings up another good point making its way around the net: Google's inadvertently defensive use of the term "beta" on virtually every service they offer is really starting to dilute the meaning. One of these days that "you can't yell at us cuz it's in beta" barrier is going to finally crumble, which I hope will force these companies to hire on a few more QA personnel.

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dJOEk

Ok People, start your iChatting and GoogleTalking! I'm logged in, so it seems to be fixed feedback?

September 20 2005 at 1:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JOHN

Get this problem fixed and move on.

September 19 2005 at 9:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jesse

QA is not why they refer to things as being in beta. Because they're a public company, products that are released must, ultimately, go toward improving revenue. While products are in beta, they have more leeway with shareholders.

September 16 2005 at 9:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

Fuddes.. take a closer look at that pic. Google's site, app logo and the image you linked all have "beta" right next to the product name. Just because an application has passed the 1.0 mark doesn't mean it can't be in beta.

September 15 2005 at 3:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

teece

Yes, I for one am getting very tired of so much of Google' stuff being "Beta." Stand behind your products, people.

September 15 2005 at 3:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

paul

Google Talk is not in beta: http://www.dailyramblings.com/anonymous/googletalk.jpg If you download the Windows version, you'll see it's version 1.0.0.64.

September 15 2005 at 3:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ross

One of these not only will they take stuff out of beta they'll actually deliver on their promise of Google Earth for OSX.

September 15 2005 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric B.

OK, I was beginning to think it was something I did in iChat. I find it odd that it initially worked without a problem but suddenly died with an SSL error. Random.

September 15 2005 at 2:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Enrique

Isn't "beta" the new-media word for R&D which is ultimately a tax dodge?

September 15 2005 at 2:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply