Google Chat

As many of you have already seen, Google has added its chat logs to their email service. Coming soon they apparently will allow for chatting inside the gmail window. The logging feature is a good one, but nothing groundbreaking. Chatting inside the email interface... now that is a neat idea. I think part of the reason Google Chat hasn't caught on is that many people don't want to download another application. Those who are running AIM use that, Windows Messenger users have their application, and Yahoo Messenger has theirs. There are a number of users who combine these services with Trillian or GAIM. However, with Google Chat you would lose many of their features by doing so. Nevertheless, I think this is a good first step for Google to take in order to start getting a larger share of the chat user base.