AIM Chat Over Gmail [Update]

It is now possible to chat with our AIM buddies over Gmail. One caveat, English Internet Explorer 7 and Firewfox 2 users required. Check out the blog news here via The New York Times.

"Google has been committed to open standards and interoperation for instant messaging."

p.s. Google invites anyone who owns "a large IM network and would like to work with" them to contact them.
[Update]rickroberts, one of our forum readers, reports that it works fine under Safari 3. Nice!