Connect-A-Thon Again!!! (29/52/2023):
#WikiTree #July2023ConnectAThon Guess what I am doing this weekend ? Yes, again... and switching between large screen, ipad, reading #Archion sources, #Ancestry, #FamilySearch, listening to the #Hangouts and getting way to less sleep. And having #FUN and by the way Go #GermanyGenies Go !!!

After Hangouts was…well whatever it was but for brevity I'll use the word cancelled, I've just ditched Google on the whole "chat" thing.

Look I'm not a beta tester for my chats. I'm uninterested in using some service and then some random time down the road it getting sunset to only then move to some "NEW™" chat program.

Google's burned so many bridges of trust at this point it's become a significant contributor to climate change. #GoogleChat #Hangouts

https://9to5google.com/2023/06/30/google-chat-friends/

看了這篇我可以理解 #Google 要在 #Hangouts 放棄 #XMPP 協定，基本設計有許多問題存在（雖然部份問題可以繞過）。

https://www.reddit.com/r/xmpp/comments/np8i2l/comment/h06imnu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

If you were a Google Hangouts user, note you only have until January 1 to create an archive of your Hangouts data.

Instructions on how to create a backup using Google Takeout (all data) and/or Google Album Archive (images you shared):
https://www.peggyktc.com/2022/07/hangouts-migration-to-chat.html#backup

Note that the Hangouts archive created in Google Takeout only includes data back to May 2013.

If you used Google Talk, you may find your conversations by creating an archive of your Gmail "chat" label data.

#hangouts #google #gchat

#post recently added #mastodon to its social media links on user profiles. Even though I really like the design at Post I prefer the #Fediverse for multiple reasons. Still I kinda wish #Google would buy Post - and sticks to it (or bring back #Hangouts).

When asked, Why don't I have #WhatsApp...?
I'm not willing to give Meta the data they forcefully take from our devices.
Also, I don't need it.

I have
Android Instant Messenger [#RCS]
#SignalApp
Google Chat [previously #Hangouts]

@mvexel @brewsterkahle Thanks for the boost, Martijn! I'm huge fan of #OpenStreetMap and the work you've done on #MapRoulette. I could swear we did a story on it years ago when I was working on #TWiT, but I can't find any record of it.

You and the folks at OpenStreetMap.org need volunteers, too! If anyone here loves #OpenSource projects and wants a fun challenge, they should go to maproulette.org and help add places and fix data in Open Street Map. They need people to add details about everything from highways in #SaudiArabia to #museums in #France and barbershops in the #BayArea.

We've all learned a lesson this past month about how crucial it is to have open source backups to the corporate services we depend on. There's nothing keeping #Google from sending #Maps to the #GoogleGraveyard like #Reader, #Hangouts, and all the useful editing tools that Maps used to have. I'm going to try switching to Open Street Maps, and maybe even track down some US museums websites for you!

#AskFedi

Anyone aware of a client library for the #GoogleChat API, preferably in #C, #CPlusPlus, or #Python? Now that #hangouts and hence https://github.com/tdryer/hangups is dead, I'm fixing to write a new TUI implementation for the new protocol, but I'd love not to have to implement the API client from scratch.

#Google is just about ready to let #Hangouts die its famously long death, and the company is asking users to not look back as they mosey on over to Google #Chat. https://tchlp.com/3WiKQqZ

#googlehangouts #hangouts
the death of hangouts:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/rip-google-hangouts-googles-last-best-chance-to-compete-with-imessage/

RIP Google Hangouts, Google’s last, best chance to compete with iMessage

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1891674

#GoogleHangoutsChat #googlechat #Hangouts #google #Tech

RIP Google Hangouts, Google’s last, best chance to compete with iMessage - Enlarge

Today, November 1, 2022, Google Hangouts is scheduled... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1891674 #googlehangoutschat #googlechat #hangouts #google #tech

Tech Wrap-Up for July 5, which is #BikiniDay. #Chrome 103 updated, #Windows10 runs on 70% of #gaming PCs, #Hangouts nixed on #Android and #iOS, new #Gmail design rolls out, four expected #iPhone 14 #features, and 10 Word hacks, all in this week's wrap-up. https://www.techhelpkb.com/tech-wrap-up-7-5-2022/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=wrapup

Google Hangouts agli sgoccioli: switch-off e migrazione a Chat iniziata - HDblog.it #google #hangouts #sgoccioli #switch-off #migrazione #chat #iniziata #hdblogit #29giugno https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGRibG9nLml0L2dvb2dsZS9hcnRpY29saS9uNTU4MDQ3L2dvb2dsZS1oYW5nb3V0cy1zdG9wLW1pZ3JhemlvbmUtY2hhdC8=

So far I'm fairly satisfied with #XMPP as replacement for #Hangouts. (Thanks @mike for providing a server through chinwag.im <3)

I missed a few important ones: #slack, #signal, #tox, #mumble, and #hangouts. There are a lit more available plugins for this tool! Very interesting discovery! #pidgin

After #Hangouts stopped working on one #iOS device (no video capability, audio only), I was looking for a native #Android user solution that would allow a simple video call to an iOS user. Surprisingly, this is not #GoogleMeet. Instead, it seems like the suggested solution is still #GoogleDuo. Chaos that it's hard to understand. #Telegram and #Signal are to complicated for non technical users.

So,
meine letzten beiden Kontakte bei #Hangouts sind zu #Matrix auf https://synod.im gewechselt #noGoogle

#LibreChurch #Messengers

@craigmaloney To this day I still use #Hangouts to communicate with @Siiw in daily life.
I guess I'll have to put a bit more effort into comparing alternatives...
Perhaps a self-hosted XMPP server then.

I've been wanting to move away from HO for some time now, because it'd become less and less reliable when it comes to actually delivering the messages, or at least notifying either of us about new messages, but it still was less cumbersome than to just stick with it.
I guess #Google .will once again force a choice this year. :)

@jedie @Hamiller #Hangouts? Sonst keine Ahnung. Bin komplett googlefrei...