Awesome! Can't wait to get that Version.
Congrats on beating Customize Talk to the punch.

Uhmm, It's good news but now I use Ubuntu OS, I use google talk by GAIM. I hope develop team creates google talk program for Linux(Ubuntu) in coming soon.

I am in the same situation than aoddy, am using ubuntu. If Google is "opensourcist" should have an ubuntu's version for everything. Specially when they USE that OS.

They'll do linux version through wine emulation like Google Earth and Picasa

Google Earth for Linux is a native application built on Qt and OpenGL.

same for me, now using ubuntu, but want these features, i hope google listens

I use Google talk through gmail in browser and ichat through my mac. I hope Google starts developing clients for various platforms

Just use Windows and everything works fine.

Internally at Google, this feature is already active since long and I just saw a demo today. Co-incidentally, you've posted about the same today only :)

however, the internal version offering this feature has no "dialpad bar" as seen in the pic. It has a direct - add number, dial - feature.

whadda ya mean by gone...
it's still there. click crossed out link to the slideshowand go to Google Talk slide. then slide bar at botttom to about 20 seconds.

It has been removed then put it back.

it is definitely a plausible feature, for some future version if not the next one. google already allows calling businesses from google maps and linking them to your phone. why not integrate it within google talk? they would kick skype in the butt of course, if they offered it for free.

I wish they'd come out with Google Talk, the full app, for Macs... :(

Thats all fine and dandy until you use anything other than Windows. And if you look at how many people are using gTalk (I am but sill) compared to AIM, MSN Messenger or even ICQ its scarce. Adding FREE calling to landlines would certantly bring tons of users to gTalk in fact everyone I know would switch to gTalk!! But theres a prolbem with that and Google should release gTalk under a WINE shell like they did with Picasa. You can make gTalk fun through WINE anyways. One could argue that thats hard for a basic Linux user but Basic Linux User is an oxymoron.

So yeah: Exellent if you boot Windows but otherwise gTalk = :( Horrible

I use Ubuntu too. XP was grinding for me, workable but a bit annoying. Then I had a hiccough with installing software which threw my Windows drive into chaos, set up a dual boot while waiting to get it fixed and, well, have no desire to switch back, since I have nothing so far that I haven't been able to do in Linux.

I use Google Talk right now, but only through the flash applet; I'd like the ability to voice talk to my contacts back. I was hoping someone would know if the present client works through Wine or Cedega, but I'm not hearing any success stories here. No failure stories either, so I'm still puzzled.

I'd like to see a Linux native client myself, or at least a client set up to be run in Linux.

what a wonder! even after six months there is no sign of google talk for linux. I use ubuntu and will be certainly pleased to have gtalk voice on ubuntu.

I love Google, but sometimes the things you expect doesn't come. For example: a more stylish look for gtalk, a native Linux version (they have money and good developers, i don't see why this couldn't happen).
Phone calls and a good integration of gtalk to the Android platform, that's would be amazing.

Google should start working on making their apps to work with Linux. I too have shifted to ubuntu and I'm sure that the linux ppopulation will definitely increase rapidly.

I left linux Ubuntu because of no support for Voice call PC to PC which I use very much.. google talk is my main app for my comunications .. when google makes it happen i will come back to Ubuntu .. :(