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Apple releases .Mac-exclusive iChat icon sets
Sure, they
aren't the exclusive Dashboard widgets we've heard so much about, but Apple has released 11 sets of iChat icons for .Mac members. Included are the familiar chat
bubbles (pictured at right), Japanese stamps, sticky notes, status indicators and illustrations. According to Apple,
they're only going to be made available until June 1st. The complete collection of 218 icons can be downloaded as
a single 640kb image. So grab them if you can, and spiff up your copy of iChat.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Liam Parkinson said 7:45AM on 3-17-2006
meh, im just wish they would have a discount for people renewing their .mac membership rather then the full 70 a year.
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Eric B. said 8:28AM on 3-17-2006
I second the meh. My renewal came up and I just had a hard time renewing for that kind of cash.. I can't see new iChat icons throwing me over the edge.
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MIke said 8:28AM on 3-17-2006
Could someone maybe e-mail me the 640kb file? Not a .Mac member anymore, I switched to Spymac.
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MIke said 8:36AM on 3-17-2006
my e-mail is celebi23@spymac.com
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David C. said 10:38AM on 3-17-2006
crappy icons are not a very good incentive for me to join .mac
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Dan said 1:37PM on 3-17-2006
Mike,
You stopped paying for the service. I find it offensive that you would ask for these to be sent to you. You stated that you aren't a .Mac subscriber any more, thus you don't deserve to relish in any of the .Mac services that others pay good money to enjoy. I hope that posting your email on a public website results in endless spam landing in your inbox.
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MIke said 1:48PM on 3-17-2006
Dan: I'm sorry that I've just found a service (Spymac) that allows you to get more for your money. 3GB storage, works with iWeb (can publish iWeb pages to your Spymac page http://celebi23.spymac.com/Site/Welcome.html ), Photocasts, Personal Blog & included Blogging tool. Cost: $25 for 1 year (Spymac) vs. $99 for 1GB of storage (.Mac). Hmm, which is the better deal?
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kg said 2:40PM on 3-17-2006
It's funny, the team at .mac always seem to come up with things which seemed useless when I had it, and now that I don't, mildly annoy me. Either way, it's not good marketing to annoy me. A lower price would be bring me back at this point. Nothing else.
MIke, enjoy your downtime on Spymac. You'll have plenty of it.
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Jordan said 3:20PM on 3-17-2006
Just wait a day or so, these files will obviously end up on the Mac torrent sites.
Also, .Mac is overpriced, and Spymac is a pretty mediocre webhost.
Be a big boy and go get some real hosting.
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narco said 7:53PM on 3-17-2006
I guess if you don't have .Mac, then it's easy to say 'it's not worth it." Quite frankly, the $99 is worth knowing you have a dedicated email address and web storage that never changes.
Fishes,
narco.
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Mark Studdock said 11:25PM on 3-17-2006
.Mac is overpriced- you will be able to find those icons soon somewhere - but only a nub would actually use them. Spymac should not be paid for: it is good to share and get feedback - no, I mean it was good for that. There will be more downtime with spymac than other places, but it isn't so bad. Blog - nobody cares, crappy iweb website - nobody cares... Best option is a real host. A good host will give you server+1 domain for less than 40 a year with more features than you need, but sadly no simple template blogs or 1 click upload my nobody cares webpage...
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Ron Luker said 11:40PM on 3-17-2006
I have had a .mac account for three years now and I have never payed full price.
Apple discounts it $30.00 at least once once a year or when you buy a new system.
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