GMail - Turning off the Google Talk Window

I have begun using my gmail as my primary email address in anticipation of dropping the email provider I have used for the last 8 years. GMail defaults to displaying a Google Talk window on the GMail interface. This might not be a problem for some, but I am using Miranda as my instant messaging client, and don’t need GMail to run a competing client on my machine.

Turning off the GTalk client was simpler than I thought it would be. I found the instructions over at Tech-Recipes:

Scroll down to the very bottom of gmail after you log in. You should see the standard view without chat link. Click it and you are set.

I’ve included a quick screenshot that shows where it is: