Ralph Johns

iChat Information Pages

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These pages are about iChat.

They consist of old info about iChat 1, 2 (AV), 3 as well as new stuff about the latest incarnation, iChat 5.

The info in these pages has been somewhat reorganized. I hope to make sure that things are grouped in a more logical order to explain somewhat how iChat has got from iChat (ver 1) though to the current iChat 5.x.x

The Menu at the top will contain everything but may change from page to page.

Historical Document

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

I will make attempts to renew and refresh Links to either the most current site or use the Way Back Machine Archive so that people can at least look at what was used. I will make Edit Notes on this and on those where I can find no link to replace the older one as I go through the document.


iChat In Pictures >> You are in Folder iChat Start Up Screens >> Jabber Account Option Screen
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iChat Start Up Screens Jabber Option

iChat Start Up Screens Jabber Option

Similar to the Bonjour Screen, this enables the Jabber side.

Unlike Bonjour that uses your Address Book this Screen requires a Jabber Screen name but like the AIM/@mac screen but it is linked to the Address Book as you go and does not need that data (Real Name) to be entered again.

iChat does not have what is caaled a Jabber Registration module so you have to have a Jabber ID first if you want to enter it here. For more on this see the top three links in page 5 (Jabber in Tiger).

You can of course set up a Jabber ID as a New Account in th iChat Preferences later if you do not have one at this point.

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©  2005 Ralph Johns: Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006
Updated September 2006

Information Block

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
It has had a major Edit in September 2024 moving towards being HTML 5 complaint. It has essentially become an Historical document on how things could be done in iChat.

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

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

About This Page

The Jabber activation Screen. It requires that you have the name/ID first. If you do not then do not select this to be active right now but set up a Jabber ID and enter it in the iChat Preferences > Account section later.

Compatibility

As mentioned above this has had a Major Edit/Update in November 2024 meaning that the Browsers listed at the bottom 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) should only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

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