Ralph Johns

These iChat (Version 1) pages are coloured Blue and have the iChat (1) icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs from later ones by having the Running Man.  

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

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03The Right Click Menu

Oct 2008

3 The Right-Click (Control-Click) Menu

This is the menu that pops up if you Right-click (Or Control Click) on a Buddy in the list.

Basically it is similar to the Buddies menu and gives you option to the type of Chat you can start.

Invite to Chat allows you to Create a Room and invite Buddies to a Group chat.

Send Instant Message is an everday IM like clicking the icon at the bottom of the Buddy list or Double Clicking a Buddy.

Direct IM is supposed to be more secure. The chat moves to the UDP Protocol rather that the TCP protocol that is used for the Login and plain Text chats. Files and Pictures can be sent via the Text Entry field of a Text chat this way, and it will change to a Direct Chat/IM if it not already

Send a File is sending a file or a picture as a file without opening a chat. This can also be done by dropping a file or Picture on a Buddy in the Buddy List. This is just the Menu way of doing things.

You also have access (Get Info) to the Info Card as discussed on the previous page.

The last in the sequence deals with the Status Message.

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©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

Revised and Edited Links and Content with corrections and updates Nov 19th 2024.

Information Block

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

This 2024 Edit/Update does make some tense changes to the Contents but mostly it stands as written. The general purpose of the update was to move, as much as possible to HTML 5 compliance where I could.

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x

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

This Information Block will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

About This Page

This page looks more clearly at the Pop Menu pane that appears when you Right (or Command) Click 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.

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.