ichat

laughingseed · 11-28-2002, 11:59 PM

ok im new at this so go easy on me but i have a few questions...i just got ichat and i am use to AIM and i liked the options i had with that program..i am gonna give ichat a chance but i would like to know if there is a way to make your own profile, also is there a way u can know which person instant messaged you when they are clicked down in the place at the bottom of the screen and the last question is about away messages....i try to put one on but people dont see anything so whats the deal with that?

ok thanks for reading so now try and help me cuz its frustrating thank you

idioteque · 11-29-2002, 09:55 AM

My suggestion would be to just use Adium. It's a 3rd party AIM client that works a lot better for me than iChat or AIM (more preferences, faster, away messages and info works, blah blah blah). Try it out and see if you like it, you can download it off versiontracker.com, search 'adium'

darkpaw · 11-29-2002, 10:39 AM

Or Proteus. $10 shareware, but it lets you use more than one chat client (it supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Yahoo!, MSN etc.). And you can have multiple accounts per service, so for example, if you don't want people to know your personal hotmail account, you can sign up for a new one and give them that address instead (use it only for online chat).

I know ICQ has a profile, as does AIM, so you should be able to use either of those services with Proteus, and keep your original AIM username.

Check on http://www.indigofield.com/ for the latest version.

Lori · 12-14-2002, 07:51 PM

You have to sign on to AIM to make your profile. Click on AIM in the menu bar and scroll down to "edit profile"

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	also is there a way u can know which person instant messaged you when they are clicked down in the place at the bottom of the screen

I don't understand what you are trying to say here? Do you mean that you minimize the message window to the dock, and if you are talking to more than one person and have all the message windows minimized you don't know which one is talking to you? hmmm...not sure about that one, I just keep my message windows open. Now I see what you mean. With Aim, it tells you which one just sent a message, with ichat it doesn't. Maybe that will be a added on in the next update.

11-28-2002, 11:59 PM	#1
laughingseed Prospect Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1	ichat ok im new at this so go easy on me but i have a few questions...i just got ichat and i am use to AIM and i liked the options i had with that program..i am gonna give ichat a chance but i would like to know if there is a way to make your own profile, also is there a way u can know which person instant messaged you when they are clicked down in the place at the bottom of the screen and the last question is about away messages....i try to put one on but people dont see anything so whats the deal with that? ok thanks for reading so now try and help me cuz its frustrating thank you

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11-29-2002, 09:55 AM	#2
idioteque Prospect Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12	My suggestion would be to just use Adium. It's a 3rd party AIM client that works a lot better for me than iChat or AIM (more preferences, faster, away messages and info works, blah blah blah). Try it out and see if you like it, you can download it off versiontracker.com, search 'adium'

11-29-2002, 10:39 AM	#3
darkpaw All Star Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: England Posts: 513	Or Proteus. $10 shareware, but it lets you use more than one chat client (it supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Yahoo!, MSN etc.). And you can have multiple accounts per service, so for example, if you don't want people to know your personal hotmail account, you can sign up for a new one and give them that address instead (use it only for online chat). I know ICQ has a profile, as does AIM, so you should be able to use either of those services with Proteus, and keep your original AIM username. Check on http://www.indigofield.com/ for the latest version.