Colorful Emoticons in Gmail Chat

Gmail chat now has colorful emoticons and group chat like in Google Talk Gadget. These features are only available in the new version of Gmail though. That's because the new features require the new JavaScript and modularity of the new version of Gmail.

If you are still in old version of Gmail or are using Chat Client, you cannot be invited to a group chat session.

It's interesting why there has been no update to the Desktop client version of Google Talk. It has been stationary for quite a long time. But, it's true that the Chat Client is a pretty mature application itself.

Offical Post: Gmail Blog

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