Don't like the little chat popups [plus] GMail slow

[rjchampagne]

I don't know if anyone from Google reads these things. I can't find
a 'suggestion' email address. I would probably like the chat feature,
but I can't stand the little popups that you get when Google Chat is
enabled in Gmail. I do not like my view of emails obstructed as I
peruse, and the popups are actually useless for a great many of the
email addresses sending me messages.

I did find a little URL at the very bottom of the messages list that
allows you to set your Gmail View to 'standard with chat' or 'standard
without chat'. If you choose the latter, the little popups go away,
but you also lose the chat function.

Gmail has been so slow (randomly) for the past couple of days that I
actually went back to Outlook. I was still using it (Outlook) with my
Gmail (POP3) account, but at least I could create an email message.
Gmail would lock up my browser doing a normal search or filter command,
and I could not do anything else. I actually prefer the Gmail UI to
Outlook quite a bit, although having local storage is also a really
good thing. If GMail supported local storage in addition to network
storage, it would be a bit closer to perfect. It's pretty darned good
as it is.

[Judi Hanford]

I bought a pop-up stopper and it solves the problem everywhere.

 

Judi
 

[cse...@gmail.com]

To suggest something, go here:
https://services.google.com/inquiry/gmail_suggest/

[Shivan]

Google search : gmail suggestion ->
services.google.com/inquiry/gmail_suggest/

can't tell, chat not yet enabled for me....grrrrr

[Zack (Doc)]

To avoid the popup obscuring the snippets, hover over them instead of
the contacts, no popups then.

I just got chat today, so I'm looking into all these quirks people
keep talking about.

On 2/11/06, rjchampagne <rjcha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Bryon Sommers]

I agree with the original poster, these pop-ups are insanely annoying.  I love the chat feature and everything works great, except these pop ups.  The pop up over every contact regardless of whether they are gmail accounts or not.  Stupid and useless and annoying. 

[Cinder6]

Bryon Sommers wrote:
> I love the chat feature and everything works great, except these pop ups.

I honestly don't see what the problem is. Just don't keep your cursor
over there, and you're fine. It's not like the quick contacts takes up
the majority of the horizontal space of the page.

[stigsen]

Another way to solve the chat integration problem is to use google
talk, and sign into gmail with https!

Google chat is not enabled when running via https.

https://mail.google.com -> GMail no chat
http://www.gmail.com -> GMail with chat

[Fanis Hatzidakis]

I just got the chat features too and I'm looking into all of this. The
hovering overlays can get annoying when you're reading a conversation.

For example, I never have the browser maximised. As such the central
column that holds conversations and email text is relatively
restricted. When I'm reading a conversation with multiple emails, I
Expand All and then keep my mouse over the header of each email. As I
read one, I click and "minimize" it, so the next one appears almost in
the same place. Now, for me the sender's name takes up almost half of
the header, especially if it's a long one. I'm sure I can get used to
it and just position my mouse elsewhere, but I shouldn't have to -
especially after more than a year of working like this.

I don't see me needing the functionality the hover overlays provide
while reading a conversation. It's useful in the Quick Contacts area
to save some clicks and page loads, but I don't think I'll use it
elsewhere right now. It would be great if they were a user setting.

Fanis

On 2/12/06, Zack (Doc) <za...@tnan.net> wrote:
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[Sander]

I find it particularly useless that I see a pop-up when I hover over my
own name in quick contacts. Besides that, I like them (for mow).

[stigsen]

...damn
The https// way of disabling gtalk integration in gmail is now gone.
I wish that google would let me disable the IM functionality in my
favorite email client....

[Zack (Doc)]

You must be getting new features more quickly. I'm in https right
now, and no chat (to clarify, I do have chat in http mode).

[Justin Gruenberg]

On 2/17/06, stigsen <sti...@gmail.com> wrote:
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I haven't tried it, but over https, can you disable that by using the
"standard without chat" link at the bottom?

I too think the popup is mostly useless. 99.9% of the time it pops
up, I have no use for it (specifically, mailing lists where all
messages come from one address).

[Zack (Doc)]

Later in the day, and lo and behold... I have chat IN https:// mode.
Guess it's on it's way out to the masses now.

You'll have to settle for the "standard without chat" option at the bottom.

[stigsen]

The "standard without chat" option is just what I needed!
Chat is disabled, and I can still see my chat history, sweet.
Thanks!

[The Doctor]

Looks like Google read this group, or just got enough suggestions from
people. I'm not getting the chat popups when I hover over a name in an
e-mail header. (https:// interface, chat enabled).

I still get it when I hover over a name in the "Quick Contacts" list,
but that seems appropriate to me.

Enjoy.

[rjchampagne]

I just logged into Groups.google.com for the 1st time in more than a
week and saw the post from 'The Doctor'. I enabled chat again by
clicking on 'standard with chat', and the popups are gone. That is a
good thing. If nothing else, my comments (probably as part of a
torrent) may have helped Google with the feature. In addition, I
learned about the https access. Most of my messages would be of little
interest to anyone, but once in a while...

Anyway, things are good again, and if I can convince more of my friends
and family to set up Google Talk, I'll have a network.

[Fanis Hatzidakis]

Excellent. Good to see them take swift action in such matters.

Fanis