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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.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

You are In:- iChat >> Versions >> iChat 2 >> iChat 2 Pictures Index >> iChat2 Windows Pics Index >> Bottom of Buddy List

2[9]

02 iChat 2 Bottom of Buddy List

Oct 2008

2 Bottom of Buddy List Picture

This is the Bottom of the iChat 2 Buddy List. It has been "PhotoShopped" to protect the innocent.

I have reduced this to just three Buddies and the Bottom of the window to show you the 4 buttons.

The Plus (+) sign on the left will give access to a Slide Out Panel that comes from the top of the Buddy List to Add Buddies. At first there is a Option to select a Current Contact from your Address Book or Add a New Person. THe New Person option leads to this picture on the left. Filling this in will add them to the Address Book.

Back to the Buddy List. When a Buddy is highlighted by a Single click in the Buddy List the Other three Buttons at the bottom bar of the Buddy List become active. You can then use them to Start a Text chat or an A/V chat with them. You can do a Text Chat and one type of A/V Chat at the same time if you wish but not a Video and Audio chat at the same time.

In fact you can have several Text chats going on at the same time (with different Buddies) but only one A/V chat at a time.

Next is the Buddy List Groups drawer.

Top of page

---

Created with JAlbum 4.0.6

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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

I have separated out the Bottom of the Buddy List to highlight the 4 buttons to Add Buddies, Format the text or Start Audio or a Video chats from the Buddy List

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.