Ralph Johns

Contact Testers

Suitable for iChat 2.x, iChat 3.x and iChat 4.x

Everything is in the title.

Testing with Another User
Use the Tables below to contact the various Test Accounts or Real people testers.

The Online/Offline Status Indicators are just that - indicators. Mine top and bottom are the active ones that will text me.

Table 1. These account names need to be added manually to your Buddy List. Apple runs Tiger on some and Leopard on others. I may not have them marked up correctly. Some play iPhone ads others play "I am a Mac..." ads. One at least plays a Video Effects feedback placing a Pirate hat on your Head and follows your movement.

 

Current Known Test Account Names
Auto-Respond Accounts	Whereabouts	Capabilities	Level of Expertise
appleu3test01 (AIM)	Apple	On Leopard: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)
appleu3test02 (AIM)	Apple	On Tiger: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)
appleu3test03 (AIM)	Apple	On Tiger: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)
appleu3test01@mac.com (@mac.com)	Apple	On Tiger: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)
appleu3test02@mac.com (@mac.com)	Apple	On Leopard: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)
appleu3test03@mac.com (@mac.com)	Apple	On Leopard: Video only Responses	Dummy: Auto-respond (No Need to Text)

Regarding the next Table. This has been edited in May 2006 and again in Sept 08. It now includes the relevant screen name of the person (Where they have agreed). Their Apple ID is also listed which, in most cases, links to a profile at the Apple Discussions. This can be the Current discussions and in some it is the Profile in the Previous Discussions. With the Previous discussions you may find that if you have recently registered on the Apple Discussions you may find that you do not see the whole Profile and the iChat name is missing from the display.

Regarding the iChat name - some prefer arrangements by email first - some list trial account @mac accounts that are not current email accounts, just to add to your fun.

Add the Test account name or the contact's account/screen name into your iChat Buddy List.

    I would suggest Texting first.

Then you can double click the Video icon. In the Edit of September '08 I have included those that I know are on Leopard.

Some of us can boot back into older versions of the OS and therefore older iChat versions.

Table 2.

Current Willing Testers Account Names
Person/Apple Discussion Nickname	iChat name	Whereabouts	Capabilities	Level of Expertise
Defcom (UK)	defcom1@mac.com	London, UK	Leopard: Hosting and Screen Sharing	Can sort some routers and contact testing. iChatAV for late Jaguar users
Allan P. Eckert	eckertallanp@mac.com	Denver, Colorado	Tiger includes Hosting 4 Way Chats	Contact Testing. Long time Mac user
Erik Bech	<<--- Click on Erik‘s name	Yellowknife.	On Tiger.	Contacting testing only.
Ryan M	blindside953 Please Text first	Maryland.	Jabber, iChat (AIM) testing and explanations	Knows more about Macs than most.
ChrisBel	chrisbel@mac.com Occasional contact.	Paris, France.	Using Tiger	Contact Testing. Some Continental popular routers and modes
James A. Weston	jawestonb@mac.com Please Text First	San Francisco	Has PCs and Macs, 3- and 4-way hosting.	PCs and Macs, routers, networking.
Gilbert N Taylor	giltaylor1@mac.com	Cape Cod, MA, USA	Leopard with Jabber Hosting 4 Way Chats	Contact Testing and Jabber set ups Knowledgeable Mac user
Jeremy Varner	jeremyvarner@mac.com	Pennsylvania	On Tiger	Knowledgeable of Macs, contact for testing audio/video
John Holt	nqmacuser	Australia	Tiger includes Hosting 4 Way Chats	Contact Testing. Long time Mac user
Ed Windeler	modelamac@mac.com Grandpa On Discussions	Michigan, USA	Leopard only. includes Hosting 4 Way Chats	iChat/Modem/Router/Mac Basic Troubleshooting
Ralph Johns (UK)	ralphjohnsr Please Text first	Dorset, England. UK	Leopard: Tiger(iChat 3) and Panther (iChat 2) possible	Some networking device issues and Contact Testing

Some list trial account @mac accounts that are not current email accounts.

Click this Pic if "Available"

 

©  2005 Ralph Johns Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006, 25/08/2007
Updated September 2006. Moved to Gargoyles and edited Mar 2007
Edited: 10:01 PM Sunday; September 7, 2008

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About This Page

Just what it says really. A couple of Table to help explain things.

Click me for Table 1

Apple Run Test Auto-Responding account names

 

Click me for Table 2

 

Real People: their Screen names and other info

Compatibility

Confirmed to work with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) should only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.