Ralph Johns

iChat Information Pages

Version 2


iChat Icon

These iChat 2 AV pages are coloured Green and have the iChat 2 icon 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.

iChat Version 2 Pictures

iChat was first and foremost an AIM client. (It could join the AIM service). The AIM servers closed in 2017 after AOL merged with Yahoo! and some previous security leaks. As a result iChat no longer works unless you have a local network (LAN) that has at least 2 Macs that use the Rendezvous - later Bonjour - chats.

That means these pages mostly form a Historical document of what could be done.

About this Page

Not only do these pages contain pictures of various parts of iChat but individual pages also have yet more information about the picture as well. In some cases there are extra pictures about where certain button and actions lead.

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iChat 2 In Pictures

Each of these Pictures is actually a Folder of the relevant Pictures for each section. I am not repeating the Modem and Router folders here.

Small Welcome Screen
1 iChat Start Up Screens
Menu pic
2 iChat Menus
Prefs pic
3 iChat Prefs
Windows Pic
4 iChat Windows
Add Buddy pic
5 iChat Adding Buddies
See Main Set
firewall pic
6 iChat Ports

All but one Picture is actually a Folder of the relevant Pictures for each section.
Most of the Info shown in the Main Set of Pictures is transferable to any iChat version. These here tend to look at the specific differences. The sixth picture only has a larger view of the last bit of adding port to the Mac Firewall in Panther.


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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Mostly this is kept as an Historical document.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

Realistically a Picture driven Index of Indexes for the Pictures regarding iChat 2

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) may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.