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I can only assume that Babble is a code name, Google Babble would be a horrible brand name. It looks off, it sounds off and it has negative connotations.

fro 14y ago
GChat is already a well known brand name that most people view positively, hopefully they continue using that name.
- bergie 14y ago
  Yeah, I suppose the existing Google Talk name would fit the new system as well
- kaoD 14y ago
  Well, it's called Google Talk and you got it wrong, so it might not be that well known.
  - DHowett 14y ago
    It's called Talk when it's standalone and Chat when it's in the Gmail web interface. EDIT: I was being presumptuous about presumption, so, presumptive comment removed. Presume.
    - kaoD 14y ago
      It's not Google Chat in web interface. It's just chat, a noun, not a service name (like mail compares to GMail). At least in my interface, and Google confirms. [1] Also, I wasn't presumptuous, it was just an innocent remark. [1] http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word/ http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-...
    - 3825 14y ago
      I wanted to prove you wrong so I went to Google.com/talk but sure enough, you were correct. Even the title of the html document[1][2] says <title>Google Chat - Chat with family and friends</title> I was not trying to be presumptuous. I really believed you were wrong. GChat just sounds wrong to me. However, something sounding wrong to me has never stopped it from being true. [1]: https://www.google.com/talk/ https://www.google.com/talk/ [2]: http://i.imgur.com/ceHnRcA.png http://i.imgur.com/ceHnRcA.png
      - kaoD 14y ago
        That's odd, see http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word/ http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-... Apparently Google endorses Google Talk and resists the GTalk name. I guess it's easier to be found when your page title is Google Chat even when the service is called Google Talk (did you notice Google Chat is not anywhere but the page title?)
fennecfoxen 14y ago
Once Google is the nexus for the greater part of the world's communications, the project could be renamed Google Babel. We can then prepare allegations of hubris, and the possibility of them exploiting it for sinister purposes. "The shadow of that hyddeous strength / sax myle and more it is of length."
gojomo 14y ago
I tend to agree 'Babble' has bad connotations for serious uses. But, we might have said the same thing about 'Twitter' or 'Yammer' or 'Hangouts'. There's a definite trend of words with slight/playful/unserious undertones proving useful as brands that still manage to appeal in serious situations.
alaskamiller 14y ago
I get it. It's like the fish.
- Aloisius 14y ago
  That would be babel fish. Though this certainly wouldn't be the first time Google misspelled something.

fro 14y ago

GChat is already a well known brand name that most people view positively, hopefully they continue using that name.

bergie 14y ago
Yeah, I suppose the existing Google Talk name would fit the new system as well
kaoD 14y ago
Well, it's called Google Talk and you got it wrong, so it might not be that well known.
- DHowett 14y ago
  It's called Talk when it's standalone and Chat when it's in the Gmail web interface. EDIT: I was being presumptuous about presumption, so, presumptive comment removed. Presume.
  - kaoD 14y ago
    It's not Google Chat in web interface. It's just chat, a noun, not a service name (like mail compares to GMail). At least in my interface, and Google confirms. [1] Also, I wasn't presumptuous, it was just an innocent remark. [1] http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word/ http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-...
  - 3825 14y ago
    I wanted to prove you wrong so I went to Google.com/talk but sure enough, you were correct. Even the title of the html document[1][2] says <title>Google Chat - Chat with family and friends</title> I was not trying to be presumptuous. I really believed you were wrong. GChat just sounds wrong to me. However, something sounding wrong to me has never stopped it from being true. [1]: https://www.google.com/talk/ https://www.google.com/talk/ [2]: http://i.imgur.com/ceHnRcA.png http://i.imgur.com/ceHnRcA.png
    - kaoD 14y ago
      That's odd, see http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-a-word/ http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/10/google-says-gchat-is-not-... Apparently Google endorses Google Talk and resists the GTalk name. I guess it's easier to be found when your page title is Google Chat even when the service is called Google Talk (did you notice Google Chat is not anywhere but the page title?)

fennecfoxen 14y ago

Once Google is the nexus for the greater part of the world's communications, the project could be renamed Google Babel. We can then prepare allegations of hubris, and the possibility of them exploiting it for sinister purposes. "The shadow of that hyddeous strength / sax myle and more it is of length."

gojomo 14y ago

I tend to agree 'Babble' has bad connotations for serious uses. But, we might have said the same thing about 'Twitter' or 'Yammer' or 'Hangouts'. There's a definite trend of words with slight/playful/unserious undertones proving useful as brands that still manage to appeal in serious situations.

alaskamiller 14y ago

I get it. It's like the fish.

Aloisius 14y ago
That would be babel fish. Though this certainly wouldn't be the first time Google misspelled something.