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iChat Matte eliminates glossy iChat bubbles
Here's a nice piece of freeware. Now that Aqua's shiny buttons are all but history, the glossy balloons in iChat really stand out. If you would prefer something more subtle, check out iChat Matte. It replaces those eyesores with flat, matte bubbles that are more pleasant to look at. Version 2.0 is compatible with Leopard (there is a Tiger version as well), accepts custom colors and includes an uninstaller. iChat Matte is free. Now, if only I could do the same thing with SMS on the iPhone....
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
egordin said 12:17PM on 11-19-2007
You actually can do the same thing with your iPhone using the Customize.app. I created custom non-bubble SMS replacements very simply and uploaded them to my phone via SSH.
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Greg said 1:04PM on 11-19-2007
Same thing that egordin said, you can do that via Customize (thankfully, that feature hasn't been gimped yet).
Going off on a tangent now... Goddamn, what is up with the last few versions of Customize!? rSBT has been seriously gimped in terms of not being able to organize the second page of SpringBoard, not being able to hide, and now I find out that I'm limited to four icons in my Dock because of a careless mistake. >:( I realize the guy is getting around to re-writing his code, but I'm really not a fan of little incremental releases like he has been doing.
Okay, done :)
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the7roy said 1:38PM on 11-19-2007
Also check out Compact View in View > Messages > Show as Compact.
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Rhywun said 2:48PM on 11-19-2007
> Aqua's shiny buttons are all but history
They are? Not on my Leopard :/
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JohnPQ said 3:54PM on 11-19-2007
Now it we only could get Apple to get rid of the glossy screens on the iMac. :-(
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thethirdmoose said 5:55PM on 11-19-2007
forward delete on a laptop is fn+delete
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Kris Payne said 10:54PM on 11-19-2007
Leopard added MORE glossy. Where do you get that there's LESS glossy? Even in graphite mode the buttons on my windows are still painstakingly glossy.
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kameron said 1:00AM on 11-20-2007
I've adapted these bubbles to use for the iPhone.
http://www.iphoneskinning.com/2007/11/matte-iphone-sms-bubbles.html
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Ondra Soukup said 1:02AM on 11-20-2007
What's that shit with forward delete ?!?!
Desktops have the delete key and laptops, in order to save keys and leave more room for less key...they have bigger keys!! Even some sub-notebook makers learned that. And Fn-Backspace works...always.
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blah said 9:50PM on 11-20-2007
doesn't work for me.
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