Gmail Chat adds ‘invisible’ mode
The Gmail team has been rolling out feature after feature lately (well, if you’re using IE7 or Firefox 2) and they finally added something I’ll use on a daily basis.
You now have the ability to remain ‘invisible’ while chatting through the Gmail interface. This allows you to initiate all conversations with the people you want since nobody else can see that you’re online. No more pesky work related IMs!
If you’re one of those people that occasionally uses both Gmail (where I’m always logged in to chat) and the Google Talk desktop application be careful. Since the Google Talk application doesn’t support ‘invisible’ mode yet, if you’re logged into both your status will show up as online even if you’re set as ‘invisible’ in Gmail Chat.
Here’s a quick shot of ‘invisible’ mode in action…
