By Thilak February 25, 2008

Gmail Gets Invisible Chat Option

Gmail Chat Invisble We all love Google Talk for a bunch of reasons, but one thing which I always felt as missed out from Google Talk was the ability to appear offline to your contacts. Both Yahoo and Windows Live Messenger had this feature sine a long time, and they allowed me to stealthily chat with my close buddies, while staying focused on my work.

Gmail’s built-in chat has now added a new status – "invisible", which does exactly the same thing. You can appear offline to your contacts by choosing "invisible" from the drop down status menu. With the invisible status, your contacts can’t see you online, but you’ll still be able to see their presence or even chat with them.

If you are using Google Talk’s standalone client or gadget, then this feature is not available to you. Unfortunately, Google seems to have forgotten about Google Talk desktop client. We can’t really blame them because Gmail chat is the most widely used flavor of GTalk!

[Via: Google OS]

Related Posts that you may like:

Discussion

Comments for “Gmail Gets Invisible Chat Option”

  • sheetal verma
    my orkut and gmail acount is showing offline .
  • hi
  • there is no invisible option in my gmail chat
    can u just tell me why is it so ??
  • There is a nice little secret backdoor I've discovered that will help you determine if your friends are actually offline or just hiding as Invisible on Gmail Chat. Here's how: http://gainedknowledge.blogspot.com/2008/10/det...
  • Utsah
    can u plese inform me as to which version of gmail has the option of being invisible.. am using the latest version and it does not have any such option.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Welcome to TechBuzz

TechBuzz is a technology blog read by 3000+ readers every day. We regularly write about new trends in technology, useful computer application and new web services. If you are new here, please subscribe our feed or opt for email updates to get new articles to your inbox.

Free Daily Updates

You can get fresh daily articles delivered straight to your feed reader or email inbox. Please subscribe to our RSS feed or opt for our free newsletter

Recent Posts

Google’s Chrome Tablet Concept Revealed
February 3, 2010
By Thilak
Ixquick. Ixquick allows users to surf the web with complete privacy. It let’s users surf the world wide web safely without revealing any personally identifiable or private information to the websites being viewed.

Ixquick is a free service which provides complete anonymity to the user enabling the user to surf the internet anonymously and safely. They claim it to be world’s most private search engine.

Surf The Internet Anonymously With Ixquick!

Surf The Internet Anonymously With Ixquick!
January 28, 2010
By Meghan
Apple iPad Unveiled
January 28, 2010
By Meghan
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2010
By Meghan
WordPress Version 2.9 Is Out!
December 19, 2009
By Meghan