Gmail Adds AIM Support to Chat (Gmail)

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Not only did Google add colored labels to Gmail today[1], they're rolling out AIM compatibility in chat, too. The new AOL Instant Messenger support lets you log into your AIM account to chat with your AIM buddies right inside Gmail. Not sure yet if your AIM chat history is stored in your Gmail account the way GTalk convo's are. Update: AIM chat history does indeed get stored in Gmail. Rock!~~We're not seeing it just yet, but being an AIM over GTalk user, I'll keep refreshing till I do.~~ To try it out you've got to be using the new version of Gmail[2] in IE7 or Firefox 2. Sign into Chat and hit the Options menu to see the "Sign into AIM" option. Any readers out there get AIM in Gmail yet? Let us know how you like it. Image via Zoorgloob[3].

=> 1: http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/gmail-adds-colored-labels-without-greasemonkey-329616.php | 2: http://lifehacker.com/software/sneak-preview/gmail-speeds-up-improves-contacts-316673.php | 3: https://web.archive.org/web/20100205235300/http://www.zorgloob.com/2007/12/aim-et-google-talk-compatibles.asp

About AIM in Gmail[4] [Gmail Help Center via steverubel[5]] Gmail + chat + AIM = crazy delicious[6] [Official Gmail Blog] Article Source: Lifehacker URL: http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/gmail-adds-aim-support-to-chat-329956.php[7] Tags: #randomness

=> 4: https://web.archive.org/web/20110404100329/http://mail.google.com:80/support/bin/answer.py?answer=61024 | 5: http://twitter.com/steverubel/statuses/469745592 | 6: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/gmail-chat-aim-crazy-delicious.html | 7: http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/gmail-adds-aim-support-to-chat-329956.php

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