"Chat is disabled"?

That's the message Gmail threw at me just now.

There was some trouble the chat part of the Gmail window was having in connecting to the server, but usually you get a message saying that there is a problem connecting and whether you want to retry.

Just now, I got a "Chat is disabled" message. I refreshed the window and the message disappeared.

Funny, huh?

I've been noticing a gradual decrease in the service quality of Google and Gmail / Google talk. Hope they solve the problem.