TABLE OF CONTENTS By now, you ve undoubtedly installed and had plenty of hands-on time with Google Talk. You re probably busy finding new friends and contacting old ones to share in your new found happiness. But, wait; it doesn t end there! The one problem with a client as sleek and beautiful as Google Talk is that it looks the same as everyone else s. It s like living in a town where everyone drives a red Corvette! But, if you re the type of person who wants to be unique, we have the perfect solutions for you. In this chapter, we will be covering some very cool modifications that you can make to your Google Talk client, as well as some additional fun actions that you can perform.
Google Talk prides itself on its simplicity and basic interface, but one Brazilian programmer has given the client more flair with his creation of GT-Plug. GTPlug gives you the ability to display real, graphical emoticons (smiley faces) in your chat windows, apply transparency to Google Talk, save conversations to local text files, and toggle a Boss Key mode. The program can be downloaded from www.projetobms.net/GTPlug.php?pagina=pj&lang=en and installs through a basic setup executable.
After it s installed, you must launch Google Talk through the GT-Plug application. Run GT-Plug by selecting it from your Windows Start menu. GT-Plug operates by automatically running the normal Google Talk application and modifying its operations on the fly. Therefore, if you usually run Google Talk manually, GT-Plug will not be loaded.
