iChat Profile question

[masterjedi73]

Is there a way to set a profile through iChat? I have one set for AIM, but it doesn't appear through iChat. I can't seem to figure this one out.

thanks

[wPod]

i havent found one either. even though apple likes to play nice with AOL in music distribution, i dont think AOL likes to play nice with other people having the full capabilities of the AIM program.

[question fear]

i dont think so..if you're desparate for a profile-driven client there are a couple...admium, i forget the others.
and then of course good ole AIM for MAc.

[realityisterror]

i think not having profiles is just plain dumb. even worse, if you set one in AIM and then log in using iChat, your profile is deleted. Why?
here's my answer: Apple - iChat - Feedback (http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html)

reality

[question fear]

i think not having profiles is just plain dumb. even worse, if you set one in AIM and then log in using iChat, your profile is deleted. Why?
here's my answer: Apple - iChat - Feedback (http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html)

reality

it all depends on what you use aim for. when i was in college i would have torn my hair out using ichat with no profiles (i was on windows using deadAIM at that point), but now i just don't have time to upkeep a profile so its just as well.
however, i do agree that for many its an important feature.
wouold you rather have a profile or an away message feature? could be an interesting poll.

[wrldwzrd89]

it all depends on what you use aim for. when i was in college i would have torn my hair out using ichat with no profiles (i was on windows using deadAIM at that point), but now i just don't have time to upkeep a profile so its just as well.
however, i do agree that for many its an important feature.
wouold you rather have a profile or an away message feature? could be an interesting poll.
The only thing I need out of an iChat profile is a display name other than my email address. Anyone know how to do this? I don't really use the profile feature in the other IM clients I have (and that I can be IM'd with), anyway.

[michaelrjohnson]

i dont' really see the point of a profile... but maybe that is because i maintain my own personal webpage

[mnkeybsness]

here's how you get your profile...


Quit iChat
Go to your Applications folder and locate the program 'iChat'
Drag the Application 'iChat' to the trash in your dock
Click the Finder menu and select 'Secure Empty Trash'. Click OKAY when prompted
Open Safari
In the address bar, type http://www.adiumx.com
On the right side of the screen, click to download the newest Alpha release of Adium 2.0
Problem solved :)

[realityisterror]

wouold you rather have a profile or an away message feature? could be an interesting poll.

i would vote away message, but still it's such a simple feature. and you can easily see other's profiles. why not your own?

on windows i just put my e-mail address and a link to my homepage and i'd occasionally switch between some cool quotes. teens these days like to read profiles (myself included) and i get lots of "why don't you have a profile?"'s which is such a pain to answer...

reality

[question fear]

i would vote away message, but still it's such a simple feature. and you can easily see other's profiles. why not your own?

on windows i just put my e-mail address and a link to my homepage and i'd occasionally switch between some cool quotes. teens these days like to read profiles (myself included) and i get lots of "why don't you have a profile?"'s which is such a pain to answer...

reality

true.
of course, you can always run AIM and Ichat simultaneously, although ive only done that when i needed to put up an away message, no idea which one supercedes which in the event of an actual IM.

[ebow]

here's how you get your profile...


Quit iChat
Go to your Applications folder and locate the program 'iChat'
Drag the Application 'iChat' to the trash in your dock
Click the Finder menu and select 'Secure Empty Trash'. Click OKAY when prompted
Open Safari
In the address bar, type http://www.adiumx.com
On the right side of the screen, click to download the newest Alpha release of Adium 2.0
Problem solved :)


Rock on. :cool: Adium is good stuff. I hope they can focus on perfecting the features in process, de-geekify it a tiny bit, and hit the beta stage pretty soon. But still, it's been quite usable for me as an alpha. Does almost everything I need except file transfers and user icon setting.

[mnkeybsness]

Rock on. :cool: Adium is good stuff. I hope they can focus on perfecting the features in process, de-geekify it a tiny bit, and hit the beta stage pretty soon. But still, it's been quite usable for me as an alpha. Does almost everything I need except file transfers and user icon setting.

file transfers won't work if you are behind a router... it's a libgaim problem, not adium

as for buddy icons, just set your buddy icon in the address book. as long as you keep address book integration on (default setting), then your buddy icon will work (using TOC on 10.3 - not TOC2 )

[wPod]

i dont' really see the point of a profile... but maybe that is because i maintain my own personal webpage

. . . put a link to your personal webpage on your profile! i have a personal webpage but i am not going to IM like 50 of my friends telling them to look at it. if they want to look at it they should be able to see it on my profile. . . . until then i just put it in my away message and a couple have gotten the hint to look at it.