Okay, I've used this piece of shit for two years now. Time to rant. I don't really *get* Hangouts and why Google Talk needed to go.
Google Talk did not need to go anywhere to integrate SMS, Google Voice, and the protocol formerly known as Google Talk into the same place.
If it wanted to rebrand itself, it did not need to absolutely break the completely functional way that Google Talk would save conversations. It used to just save conversations in my Gmail. Now it...sorta does that. I have to actually go to Gmail.com through a web browser to get to this. I can't do this through the Gmail or Hangouts app and no matter what version of Inbox I use, I can't do that at all.
Which sucks, because I actually like Inbox and it wasn't for this, I'd switch completely to it.
Remember being able to go Off The Record? I don't know if that even works anymore. I'm afraid to uncheck "Hangout History" because I'm afraid it'll just delete things because Hangouts has this barely functional reputation in my eyes now.
The only thing I got out of this whole thing was finally being able to send images over Google Voice, but even that fucking blows because right now I'm trying to text Brian through the browser and I can't because when I type "Brian" into box for "Who you want to text" this stupid shit happens
What the hell is the point of Hangouts functioning like this? Why in the fuck is it searching for complete strangers instead of my contact list?
I have to pick up my phone to text Brian when the whole point of this Hangout bullshit was to put everything in one place, but if I want to search for a conversation I had with Brian in the past, I have to go to GMAIL.COM but if I want to have a conversation with him I need to open my Hangouts app and ARGH
God this whole thing is a fucking mess and it's making me not want to use Google Voice anymore.
Topic: I really, really hate Hangouts and miss Google Talk. (Read 1286 times)
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