Ralph Johns

iChat Information Pages

iChat Icon

These iChat (Version 1) pages are coloured Blue and have the iChat (1) icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs from later ones by having the Running Man.  

These pages have sat here since 2008 with no update. In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

iChat 1 Pictures

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iChat Menu
5 Buddies Menu

 

At the time this Menu was Screen grabbed none of the windows this menu effects were the front one.

Mostly these become Active when the Buddy List is the Front window and a Buddy is Highlighted. Some then still require that the Buddy is in the Address Book as well with an Email address to allow that link option to work with Mail.

The Add Buddy will be active as it is shown as a starting point if the Buddy List is the front window. If a 1-1 Chat is the front Window the Buddies Name will be in square brackets at the add Buddy point. If they have been previously added they will then be greyed out.

The Format Menu is next right.

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©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

Revised and Edited Links and Content with corrections and updates Nov 19th 2024.

Information Block

These pages have sat here since 2008 with no update. In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

This 2024 Edit/Update does make some tense changes to the Contents but mostly it stands as written. The general purpose of the update was to move, as much as possible to HTML 5 compliance where I could.

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

This Information Block will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

About This Page

The Buddies Mneu. This picture in particular highlights the fact that some menus depend on which is the front window.

Essentially it is where you can start Chats or add Buddies. In a move to make sure all things Apple are integrated then there is a Mail option

Compatibility

As mentioned above this has had a major Edit/Update in September 2024 meaning that the Browsers listed below are likely to no longer work.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

The original pages worked 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) would only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.