For me, one of the worst parts of this transition is that as more people use hangouts, the experience becomes worse. The utter lack of control or signaling on it leads to tons of missed messages, threads that fall out of visibility, and general "did they see my message? do they even use this any more?" questions.
All of which Google Talk managed just fine. And if you wanted more control, install a third party app, because it worked with them all.
All of which Google Talk managed just fine. And if you wanted more control, install a third party app, because it worked with them all.
What did we gain for this?