| I want old video chat instead of hangout. | bbsbucket | 12/08/04 14:39 | The newly Hangout feature creates a separate window which is too big and inconvenient for my needs. I prefer the small video screen right over the txt chatting. Is there any way I can go back to that instead of google video chat which is rather inc |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | eric644 | 12/08/04 15:31 | if you find a way to go back could you please let me know as like you it exactly fitted my needs |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/04 21:55 | Unfortunately, Google have not provided a way to continue with the old style. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | S. A | 12/08/05 10:37 | anyone know any good alternatives to google hangout? ...i prefer full screen and p2p connection, not this new layout. if i wanted the hangout i usualy use Google+They could atleast have made it a option to do eiter one! not force this pile of Garb... |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | bbsbucket | 12/08/05 12:44 | I would like the chat window attached to the video window. Are there any alternative chat clients with this feature? |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dreamer77dd | 12/08/05 20:24 | If the video is better and less latency with better picture I am happy with that.I would want to have an option for internet speed and the size of the video.I do not know if it will automatically adjust its self when my internet speed slows down when |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | meggicohen | 12/08/06 9:53 | I am concerned about the privacy, I can see in Google+ all the hangouts that I did when I wanted ti do a simple videochat as before! The rest of the people can see that, or only the involved ones? |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/06 11:53 | I just restarted my web browser and now my google video chats are hangout-only. Fortunately the person I chat with has not been forced through this yet, so when she initiates the video chat, it's still the small video above the chat. However, when |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | LMckin51 Power Poster | 12/08/06 15:28 | You still have the Video chat under the more option. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/06 15:39 | Wow! Thank you thank you thank you LMckin51! I thought I had looked everywhere but it appears there was one rock left unturned. I can confirm that by using the More option *in the chat window* (not in gmail, not in contacts, specifically in an alr |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Dori, Google Community Manager | 12/08/06 20:07 | Hey dxc2, I believe the option to use Video chat will eventually be turned off. However, there is an option to chat within Hangouts - when you are in a Hangout, you'll want to click the Chat button in the upper right corner (under the Google+ Hangout |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/07 14:11 | Hi Dori, thanks for the reply. I have looked for this Chat button, but I cannot find it. I see the Google+ Hangouts on the upper left (it is not clickable), and on the upper right I see a mic mute button, a video off button, a gear, and exit. I do |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/07 15:05 | The button is grey, but is still clickable. Be patient, it takes a while to load. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Blober | 12/08/08 11:13 | I really think that hangout thing stinks. I prefer the ability to go full screen as needed to read pages from the other end. I also like the ability to type just below the image when the noise on the network is really bad (causing us to mute) which |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Blober | 12/08/08 11:14 | I really think that hangout thing stinks. I prefer the ability to go full screen as needed to read pages from the other end. I also like the ability to type just below the image when the noise on the network is really bad (causing us to mute) which |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | theonlywineguy | 12/08/08 12:23 | When I go to the more options on the chat I only get the option t block user or go off record. Am I doing something incorrectly? |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/08 13:42 | Hi Keith, thanks for the reply. That is the More button that LMckin was referring to. It is separate from the issue Dori was suggesting. Specifically, Dori believes that the old video chat will go extinct soon. That's why I was asking if there be |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/08 13:44 | @theonlywineguy - I had something like this happen earlier. I figured out that my chat partner didn't have the little "video" icon next to their name, which implied that I couldn't video chat with them. She had to uninstall Flash and re-install it |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Dori, Google Community Manager | 12/08/08 14:30 | Hey dxc2, You're right, I apologize for not being more clear. If you do not have a Google+ account, you will not have the chat option, or any Hangouts apps options, in your Hangout. If you are Hanging out with other Google+ users, you will have the o |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | dcx2 | 12/08/08 15:15 | It's okay, I understand that I am somewhat of an "outlier" for not using social networking. I hope that the limited Hangout can be improved in ways that compensate for the missing functionality vis-a-vis the old video chat. Otherwise, I will have t |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Papa Bear | 12/08/08 16:05 | Suggest a Google + feature by selecting Post a Question at http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/google-plus-discuss/suggest |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | bbsbucket | 12/08/12 13:54 | I checked out the video chat option which was discussed above and I believe that this option only exists for Google+ users. I don't want Google+ page in order to enable this feature. I did try it out for few minutes and surprisingly it pulled (and |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/12 18:24 | The option is not restricted to Google+, but at my last check, non-Google+ users currently trigger off the old video chat if they start the connection. This will change in time as the new technology rolls out. [Edit: when a Google+ user invites a n |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | bbsbucket | 12/08/14 10:36 | Thank you for your response. Old Video chat has been taken out from both the parties so we don't have a choice but to use hangout or add Google+. Not wanting the Google+, I've decided to resize the Hangout window and place it over the detached chat |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/17 2:42 | When you are in a Hangout you should be able to open an attached chat pane. I did it once when my audio wasn't working, but don't currently have an opportunity to check it again. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | sudseh | 12/08/24 10:21 | There is no "Video chat". I just checked the "more" option. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/24 16:31 | Start a text chat. When the box opens, click More there and you will find the Video chat. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | ringol22 | 12/08/29 2:07 | There is no privacy in this. It automatically posts on google+ whom you were chatting with. I hate this new chat. Another external window to chat on. This is too much. Gmail was much easier to use before all these google+ gadgets got integrated with |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Papa Bear | 12/08/29 12:41 | <このメッセージは削除されました。> |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | KeithR | 12/08/30 4:21 | On Thursday, 30 August 2012 05:41:56 UTC+10, Papa Bear wrote: Above statement appears as Best Answer by Google Employee at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chat/BjmLgrLhiA8/v0Bh3rE0HW4J ...and is totally irrelevant to hangouts/video chat |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | HangoutPain | 12/09/01 17:42 | I am currently on Google+ but don't want to be (yet another thing to maintain), but I'm not clear on what happens to video chat/hangout if I take myself off Google+ and just go back to gmail. Does that mean that I would have no means of video chat in |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Dori, Google Community Manager | 12/09/01 20:52 | Hi there, If you downgrade from Google+, you will still have the option to use video chat in Gmail - and it will still be a hangout, but you will only be able to do 1:1 calling (not 10:1) and you won't be able to use any of the hangout apps or the ch |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | HangoutPain | 12/09/01 20:56 | Thanks for the clarification, Dori! |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | bbsbucket | 12/10/06 23:48 | I am the original poster of this problem. I have noticed that for past few weeks, the one to one video chat feature is back and I don't have to use hangouts. Thank you google. Now all I need is one to one google talk app with video (from Google) f |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | Turing Machine | 12/10/27 16:20 | So the solution to being shoved into a ""hangout"" is.... Skype. |
| Re: I want old video chat instead of hangout. | The C Man - Mobile Laureate | 12/10/28 11:06 | Did you check the Best Answer by Keith? It has a deep Green line beside it at the top of this thread and a small green line with a check mark further down. |