How to do Group Chat in Google Talk


Google Talk 

One of the major things which Google Talk lacks is the ability to have conference or do Group Chats . Though GTalk Gadget has the option for group chats , it is not present in Google Talk. However there is way of simulating a group chat in Google Talk with the use of Partychat which allows us to create chat rooms for Google talk . PartyChat is an open source project which was created by Akshay Patil in December 2005.

To create and join a chat room follow the given steps

  • Add partychat@gmail.com to your friends list and ask your friends to do so .
    To create a chat room , you have to IM partychat with this command : /create room_name [password(optional)] . This command will create a new chat room . You can also password protect the chat room by specifying a password
  • To join a chat room , IM the partychat with this command : /join room_name [password] . This command will let you join the chat room , if the room is password protected you have to enter the password as well
  • Now you will receive all the messages from different users in the chat room and the message you sent will be broad casted to all the users of the room .
  • To see a list of all the commands just type : /commands

The method is a good way to have a conference with all your friends. I seriously hope that Google update there Gtalk with some more features.


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  • 18 Comment(s)

    1. Wow this is a good tip, great find. Google is very late in pushing new things in to its apps

      ram | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply

    2. If you have used IRC, this will be easy - otherwise, well, not so easy.

      Binny V A | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply

    3. Gr8 Tip Madhur

      Technobuzz.net | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply

    4. Thanks for the tip.

      Steven Snell | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    5. Thanks Madhur for the tip.

      Roxi | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    6. That’s just awesome!!!! Can’t think of anything better in the whole day!

      ReviewSaurus | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    7. great yaar… never knew that…

      Shashank | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    8. That is one sweet tip buddy. Great find!

      Brown Baron | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    9. Nice trick buddy….Stumbled!

      Ashfame | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    10. Great, let me try this… :)

      Pratheep | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply

    11. wow…. another gr8 info by u madhur

      Heeren | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply

    12. I prefer to use Skype for group chat.

      Symbian | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply

    13. Thnx Madhur for the tip :)

      Mike | Oct 31, 2007 | Reply

    14. Its mistake
      Im another Mike
      MikeZ

      MikeZ | Oct 31, 2007 | Reply

    15. Hey guys its now available. try with IE 7 or firefox

      paul | Mar 28, 2008 | Reply

    16. Can i change the password of my rooms or can i delete that room? which commands should i use? please reply to my mail as soon as possible ..
      So many thanks!

      Windows | Apr 8, 2008 | Reply

    17. Manage your group using our online tools. Grouphut offers free mailing lists, file sharing, group calendars and more.

      Manage a Group | May 3, 2008 | Reply

    18. I’m a skype user too for chatting both group and private. But I am interested to try Gtalk because most of my friends have Gmail.

      Jacklin | May 9, 2008 | Reply

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