google talk – change display image hack

Ques) Ever wanted to change your display image (in the Google Talk Application) into an image found on the net (some Google Doodle) ?

Ans) Yes, you can. Just copy the image URI (URL) and paste it in where it asks for the filename in the File Popup Dialog box(the Qt style of viewing [painting] widgets) . I am not sure its the work of Windows(M$) File Dialog Widget or the Google Talk Application ( mostly Google’s ). Make sure the URI ends in one of the supported image formats (bmp, gif,jpg,png), else there can be problems.

This post can also be labeled as “Create Thumbnails using Google Talk” [ ] which looks a bit funny. btw, did you can see your display image in the URI http://mail.google.com/mail/photos/username@gmail.com .

So if you want thumbnails, upload an image, go to the above URI where you can find the photo in the thumbnailed size Who wants to save thumbnails this way anyways ? My guess , none !

Ques) Can I get a smaller thumbnail ?

Ans) Yes, add the arguments “?sml=1″ to the previously specified URI and you get the smaller image.
Ques) Can I get an image of size 100×100 when I resize using this

Ans) Probably, you cant. I am not the one who did it, ask Google ( search in Google ) . Try any of the online / web image editors ( Usually come in flash or js (for dynamic event handling and ajax) + serverside ( php or smth) . Adobe has recently released one , didnot check it out yet but, I am sure it rocks !

The next post I will be probably writing about how to know / identify blocked users in your Google Account ! interested ? Wait up then. I am not totally confident about the procedure . I will atleast post about my approach if I am not successful

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