How to start a group chat in Google Talk client?

The "group chats" are a nonstandard feature, incompatible with XMPP multi-user chats, and can only be created using the Talk gadget in Gmail.

You can make your own chat room address by generating a uuid.

http://hamisageek.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-talk-group-chat-on-pidgin.html here's a link on how you can do it:

When someone invites you to join a group chat, you get a message with some text that looks like [email protected] and a link that launches your browser that leads you to a page that launches gtalk gadget. Note that "xxxxx" represents some random string that is most likely used to identify the group chat room.

So here's how to join a Gtalk group chat from Pidgin using the above information :

1. Click Buddies from the menu
2. Then click Join Chat
3. In the account drop down, make sure you use a Gtalk account.
4. For the Room textfield, paste private-chat-xxxxxxx
5. For the Server te