Video chat, Voice chat, and Group chat Made Easy in Gmail

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Recently Orkut has updated their chat by including Group chat and file transfer in them here is my post about orkut updated chat box and now Gmail is taking their turn to update the chat.They changed the chat interface by switching towards icon style from simple text links.





One of the more subtle benefits to surfacing these chat options is that it's easier for people to get started who don't yet have the voice and video chat plugin.
If your chat buddy doesn't have the plugin, clicking on this icon in the chat window will invite them to install it. As soon as they're done, you can carry on with a face-to-face video chat.

Gmail is opting for this new version because after the launch of this feature in orkut and iGoogle there is a dramatic increase of the video calls from them so they have switched to it.