Chax 1.4.1 released

One thing I love about Chax, the vital iChat plug-in, is that its developer has been reliably rolling out a good handful of new features and fixes, even with a .0.x update like this one. New features in 1.4.1 include:

Growl notifications for when a user comes online, goes offline, goes idle, goes away, and becomes available
Options to have the tab window come to the front when receiving a new message
Option to disable the close buttons on tabs
Option to have the contact lists automatically resize to fit the number of visible contacts
Contact list row height will now adjust itself according to the size of a custom font as long as user icons are hidden (the two line view will not resize)
Default iChat floating window notifications now work with tabs
Clicking on a Growl message notification will bring iChat to the front and select the originating message window

You can check out the full list of new features and bug fixes in Chax's release notes, and grab your own copy from Kent Sutherland's site.

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Source: http://www.ksuther.com/chax/

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Zwei

Sadly, I am unable to see AIM chat rooms after I installed the new version. I've joined the room, and the Window menu at the top has it listed. It just isn't showing up.

May 04 2006 at 7:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

#4: no idea, I've never asked. I know my friends that use this setup don't send files over IM anyways; they're big email and ftp nerds.

May 04 2006 at 1:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

#5: Of course some people used tabbed chatting; it's one of the major features of popular apps like Adium and it was one of the top requested features when we ran our 'What would you change about iChat?' poll.

It's a matter of preference; some people like it, some don't. No one's wrong either way.

May 04 2006 at 1:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

CajunLuke

Does anybody actually use the tabbed browsing? I've tried it in Adium and with Chax, and I can't seem to find any purpose. I like having a different window for each person - on my 14" iBook.

May 04 2006 at 12:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kevin

David, how is the file transfer for MSN and Yahoo if you set it up that way? I'm guessing it's a bit buggy

May 04 2006 at 10:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

cluett

check out www.ijabber.com

that'll get everyone in there

May 04 2006 at 9:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

#1: Sorry, not that I know of. If you're running Tiger I've seen tutorials on how to add MSN and Yaoo buddies into iChat by using the Jabber protocol, but it's usually kind of a clunky setup. For example, you'll have a separate buddy list for each protocol; they don't get lumped into one large buddy list like in true multi-protocol apps like Adium.

It's definitely do-able though, I know a couple people who use that setup on a daily basis.

May 04 2006 at 8:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

andy

are there any good hotmail plug-ins though? ? im shakled by msn friends

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