Grupenet » google talk http://grupenet.com Software tips and tricks Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:17:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Use Google Talk in Firefox sidebar http://grupenet.com/2007/07/07/use-google-talk-in-firefox-sidebar/ http://grupenet.com/2007/07/07/use-google-talk-in-firefox-sidebar/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:06:26 +0000 Jared Schwager http://grupenet.com/2007/07/07/use-google-talk-in-firefox-sidebar/ Google Talk sidebar I recently stumbled across a great little trick for using the new Google Talk Gadget in a sidebar in Firefox. There’s no need to install any extensions in Firefox as the functionality needed to do this trick is already built in to Firefox.

First things first, add a bookmark in Firefox for the link below. I’d recommend placing the bookmark in the Bookmarks Toolbar for easy access.

Google Talk bookmark options Next, right-click that bookmark and choose “Properties”. Check the box labeled Load this bookmark in the sidebar and click OK. Now every time you click on the Google Talk bookmark it will open in the sidebar.

You can use this same method with any other bookmark as well, though it only works best for pages that can be viewed at very narrow widths.

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