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An IM icon represents who you are online. This unique avatar can be a picture of you, your children, your dog or your favorite pair of shoes. The choice is yours. Creating an avatar is extremely simple and soon you'll be able to have an image that represents you in a sea of online anonymity. more »
It's not unusual for one person to have multiple Instant Messenger (or IM) accounts. From AIM to Yahoo! to Facebook and Livejournal, there is no shortage of ways to keep in touch. One of the hazards of having so many different IM accounts is the clutter in the applications department, and if the IM account is with a major social... more »
The latest release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, also known as Leopard, comes with an updated version of the iChat messaging software. Users can connect to either their AOL Instant Messaging or MobileMe chat accounts with iChat. After setting up an account, users can add any new buddies who have an AIM or MobileMe username.... more »
Apple's iChat software can work with a variety of messaging clients, including AOL's Instant Messenger, often referred to as AIM. And with the latest version of iChat, AIM members can control various aspects of their accounts, including their profiles, directly through iChat. AIM users can create profiles, where they can paste their... more »
The latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system and all new Mac computers come with an updated release of the iChat messaging software. With iChat, Apple users can set up and use either an AOL Instant Messenger or MobileMe account and then add new buddies with whom to chat. In addition, users can organize their contacts into... more »
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The latest release of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, also known as Leopard, includes an updated version of the iChat messaging software. In... more »
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iChat (formerly iChat AV) is an instant messaging software application by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. It has audio, video and screen-sharing capabilities as well as text messaging.
iChat can serve as a client for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP. It uses a XMPP-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery and it also allows for LAN communication. iChats AIM support is fully endorsed by AOL, and uses their official implementation of the AIM OSCAR protocol. Using a XMPP transport"", allforces.com, 2005., iChat users may also integrate their MSN, Yahoo! and Google Talk contacts into the XMPP pane.
iChat bears Apples Aqua interface and uses speech bubbles and pictures to personify the online chatting experience. With iChat, green (available), yellow (idle), and red (away) dots can be seen next to the name of each connected user on the buddy list. To cater for color-blind users, this can be altered to show different shapes to illustrate status rather than color.
History
In June 2003, Apple Inc. announced iChat AV, a new version of iChat, the industry-standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for video chat and audio chat. The final version of the software was shipped with Mac OS X v10.3 and became available separately on the same day for users of Mac OS X v10.2 for 29.95USD. Apple eventually discontinued sale of iChat AV as a separate product; it can now only be acquired through OS X or with a new Mac.
In February 2004, America Online introduced AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 5.5 for Windows-PC users. This version allowed video (but not voice) chats over the AIM protocol and was compatible with Apples iChat AV. On the same day, Apple released iChat AV 2.1 Public Beta to allow Mac OS X users to video conference with AIM 5.5 users.
In June 2004, Steve Jobs revealed that the next version of iChat AV (commonly called iChat 3) would be included with Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger). iChat 3 support read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat
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