Using Google Chat without "logging in to Chrome"
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@RaceProUK said:
He asked for a desktop Hangouts client:
And you suggested Miranda which also only talks XMPP
I replied to this post specifically.@RaceProUK said:
In other words, no.
American English gets weirder every day.
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There is simple solution. Do not log into Chrome. Just logon to your google account. The browser will not sync.
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@CatPlusPlus said:
And you suggested Miranda which also only talks XMPP
And you'll notice that my very next post in this thread acknowledged my error:
@RaceProUK said:
I did a little Googling, and it appears that they are not the same thing; Hangouts dropped XMPP support a couple of years back… sort of. It might be possible to use a third-party XMPP client, but it won't be a secure connection.
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@RaceProUK said:
@CatPlusPlus said:
And you suggested Miranda which also only talks XMPP
And you'll notice that my very next post in this thread acknowledged my error:
@RaceProUK said:
I did a little Googling, and it appears that they are not the same thing; Hangouts dropped XMPP support a couple of years back… sort of. It might be possible to use a third-party XMPP client, but it won't be a secure connection.
secure connection?
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By a lot
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@blakeyrat that looks like the open dialog at work in Excel from Office 365 on my Win10 install.
I was quite
the first time I saw it since I don't touch Excel much...
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@Arantor All the Office apps are like that now. But when you click 'Browse', you get the proper dialog that's been around since XP. Which is nice :)
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@blakeyrat said:
When do all those Google engineers do all day?
Whenever it is, it's done in Chrome, no doubt.
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@sloosecannon said:
and make mobile apps native
I'm like 99% sure the apps are just browsers and the whole thing is implemented using HTML5 and JavaScript.
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@ben_lubar said:
@sloosecannon said:
and make mobile apps native
I'm like 99% sure the apps are just browsers and the whole thing is implemented using HTML5 and JavaScript.
Nope. Not for Inbox, Hangouts, Calendar... Maybe others.
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@ben_lubar said:
I'm like 99% sure the apps are just browsers and the whole thing is implemented using HTML5 and JavaScript.
That would be nice. Because they work pretty damned well most of the time, unlike 99% of all web apps, including Google's. Can we get those on the "regular" web now?
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Just run an Android emulator and use the Hangouts Android App?
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I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the hangouts "Extension" doesn't require Chrome Sign In (While the "App" does).
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-hangouts/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd
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@Tsaukpaetra Oh, I actually didn't know that. I've known the differences between the app and extension and prefer the extension but I didn't realize it had separate sign-in from the browser. I guess that explains why I sometimes have to click a sign-in button...
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@LB_ said in Using Google Chat without "logging in to Chrome":
I guess that explains why I sometimes have to click a sign-in button...
Yeah, I happened to need to use the Hangouts functionality on a temp profile and didn't want to sign in and get it downloading all the apps and crap, and accidentally stumbled on the extension version. Says it was last updated late 2015, but that's not so relevant for web apps, is it? ;)
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There's no way to tell Google, "turn off chats in Gmail BUT ONLY if Google Hangouts is running". Which is the only chats option I imagine most people want.
So now my choice is every time I get an IM it dings twice from two different applications, or I have to manually turn chat on and off like 4 times each day. Good job, Google.
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@blakeyrat said in Using Google Chat without "logging in to Chrome":
every time I get an IM it dings twice from two different applications
I noticed that too. I just muted my GMail tab (It doesn't play any other sounds anyways).
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@blakeyrat said in Using Google Chat without "logging in to Chrome":
Right; but I reboot my browser like 6 times a day due to development stuff. I want a client that runs as an app, like Skype does.
When signing in GMail ask it to keep your password, bookmark GMail, it is a web app
