These iChatAV (Version 2) pages are coloured Green and have the iChat 2 icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs from Version 1 by having the camera logo added.

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical document of how it worked.

iChatAV (Version 2) Pictures

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01 iChat Welcome Screen

Oct 2008

1 Welcome Screen

This is the Chat 2 Welcome Screen on First run of iChat 2. Apart from some Styling compared to iChat version 1 there is no difference. It is basically a Click to Continue Screen.

Use the UP icon and Arrows to navigate through the pictures.

Next would be the Name Entry Screen

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Information Block

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

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

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

About This Page

OK I created an Album of pictures for iChatAV (vers 2 in effect) and this set are the Start Up Screens

Realistically I then added extra bits after the Picture and title to offer further explanations.

There is a text style menu of previous Folders and this pages location.
below that is a folder icon for "Up one level" and forward and back arrows to navigate through the pictures themselves.

Compatibility

Much of this page has been altered to be as HTML 5 compatible as possible. This may cause issues with any of the Browser below.

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.

Previously 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.