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GChat is already a well known brand name that most people view positively, hopefully they continue using that name.

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Well, it's called Google Talk and you got it wrong, so it might not be that well known.

It's called Talk when it's standalone and Chat when it's in the Gmail web interface.

EDIT: I was being presumptuous about presumption, so, presumptive comment removed. Presume.

It's not Google Chat in web interface. It's just chat, a noun, not a service name (like mail compares to GMail). At least in my interface, and Google confirms. [1]

Also, I wasn't presumptuous, it was just an innocent remark.

[1] http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-...

I wanted to prove you wrong so I went to Google.com/talk but sure enough, you were correct. Even the title of the html document[1][2] says <title>Google Chat - Chat with family and friends</title>

I was not trying to be presumptuous. I really believed you were wrong. GChat just sounds wrong to me. However, something sounding wrong to me has never stopped it from being true.

[1]: https://www.google.com/talk/

[2]: http://i.imgur.com/ceHnRcA.png

That's odd, see http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-...

Apparently Google endorses Google Talk and resists the GTalk name. I guess it's easier to be found when your page title is Google Chat even when the service is called Google Talk (did you notice Google Chat is not anywhere but the page title?)

Yeah, I suppose the existing Google Talk name would fit the new system as well

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