Chax returns to Leopard, brings back Growl

Yeah, my iChat doesn't auto-accept text chats either. But Chax has an option for it.

I'm still on the fence between iChat and Adium. I've used Adium for over a year and only with Leopard am I finally giving iChat a try, and I like it well enough. I only do text chatting, so the only real plus for me in iChat is that I find it somewhat more "Mac-like" than Adium. The font-handling seems broken in Adium, as my messages never quite resemble the sample shown in the preferences pane (I always have to bump the font size way up to make it legible). I guess with Leopard I'm trying to simply and use built-in software where I can, and iChat is "good enough" for me. The buddy list needs a lot of attention, though.

Glad to see that Chax is Leopard-ready, especially since the Auto Accept AppleScript bundled with iChat 4 is bugged :

I did the same thing as Adam (#9 post above). Since iChat now permits Applescripting of reacting to events (logging in, going away, logging off), it was easy to put together a script passes along the event notification to Growl. Plus, it means not having to use PlugSuit and SIMBL (for those that would rather not use those tools).

It's rather humorous, too... the Applescripts I'm using are based on one that the Chax developer put together before the first Leopard-ready Chax alphas came out! http://www.ksuther.com/weblog/?p=41

Anyway, Growl notifications were all I needed... no need to use Chax.

I still think Adium is better than iChat, even with Chax. Here's why: http://leopardtips.blogspot.com/2007/11/adium-vs-ichat.html

Since iChat now has event handlers that let you invoke AppleScripts, I was able to set up Growl notifications with a simple script and no extra software. Works great.

@4: Well, no I didn't because I have Chax running without PlugSuit. I will say that I did have to re-install SIMBL manually.

I didn't install any plugsuit thing, and Chax is working fine for me. I welcome back the Growl and the auto-size.

I wonder if the Chax developer could work on a way to integrate buddy lists for multiple accounts(at least make them all groups in one window). Adium has spoiled me!

I'm glad to see Chax back. Luckily, the new ichat took care of a lot of things on it's own (auto accepting text chats, multiple chats in a window) but I miss the auto-resizing window. That makes Chax worth it on it's own.

I'm glad to see Chax back. Luckily, the new ichat took care of a lot of things on it's own (auto accepting text chats, multiple chats in a window) but I miss the auto-resizing window. That makes Chax worth it on it's own.

*tsk tsk*

Mat, you forgot to mention that you need PlugSuit installed for Chax to work properly. Link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33346