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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

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05 iChat 2 HyperLink in Chat

Oct 2008

5 HyperLink in Chat Picture

This is the iChat 2 Text Chat Window with a Hyperlink.

You can create a Hyperlink two ways. It always involves the Edit Menu or at least the keystrokes ⌘ and the k keys together (your keyboard may show  or in some cases both ⌘ and .

If you use the Edit menu first and the Add Hyperlink option it pops up and dialogue box to enter the URL needed. Clicking Add or OK will add the word "here" as a hyperlink as in the picture.

The alternative is to type a word or phrase then Highlight it and then use the Edit Menu option. That word or phrase will then become the Hyperlink. That link can of course be any part of some typing rather that the single word option shown in the picture.

The next place to see is the Incoming Visible Invite window

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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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

Adding Hyperlinks to Text chats

Works in Groups chats as well.

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.

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