Google Talk Trick : Customize Gtalk with Themes / Skins
Are you bored of plain white and default gtalk skins? Want to spice up your Google talk with themes?
Following are the best resources to make your Google Talk more interesting with themes:
- Gtalk.anthonysottile
- Googletalkthemes
- Customizetalk
- Gtheme.sravi
- Create your own Gtalk theme by this tutorial
Steps to install downloaded Gtalk skins of your choice :
1) Get latest version of google talk.
2) Move to the folder :
For XP:
C:/Documents and Settings/[your user name]/Local Settings/Application Data/Google/Google Talk/themes/user/chat/ * you might need to create chat folder manually.
For Vista :
C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Google\Google Talk\themes
3) Extract the downloaded theme in above mentioned folder
4) Activate the theme from settings > Appearance.
For Windows 7:
C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Google\Google Talk\themes\user\chat
you may need to create the chat folder manually