• C: Compose new message.
• Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.
• Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.
• K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or “O” opens focused email.
• J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.
• N: Switch focus to the next message in the “conversation.” Enter or “O” expands/collapses messages.
• P: Switch focus to the previous message.
• U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.
• Y: Various actions depending on current view:
• Has no effect in “Sent” and “All Mail” views.
• Inbox: Archive email or message.
• Starred: Unstar email or message.
• Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to “Inbox.”
• Trash: Move back to “Inbox.”
• Any label: Remove the label.
• X: “Check” an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.
• S: “Star” an email. Identical to the more familiar term, “flagging.”
• R: Reply to the email.
• A: Reply to all recipients of the email.
• F: Forward an email.
• Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.
• Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.
• Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.
• Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.
• G then I: Switch to “Inbox” view.
• G then S: Switch to “Starred” view.
• G then A: Switch to “All Mail” view.
• G then C: Switch to “Contacts” view.
• G then S: Switch to “Drafts” view.

Wumpus Game : Invite wumpus.game@gmail.com from your google talk. If your invitation is accepted, you can play a text based game. It is an easter egg game.

Line Breaks : Hold down shift and press enter to give a line break in the gtalk IM window. In this way you can write your message in multiple paragraphs.

Font Size : Hold down ctrl key and move your scroll button (mouse) up or down to change the font size in the message.

Bold Text : Use asterix before and after the text to make it bold. Like *hello* will make it hello.

Italic Text : Use underscores before and after the text to make it italic. Like _hello_ will make it hello.

Invitation Tips : You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend, you can simply ignore it, the request will go away.

Do you know ?

A message in the google talk can be as long as 32767 characters long.

I’ll add some more tips and tricks on google talk as soon as they come my way.