Chax....

[wayland1985]

I love adium... but adium hates me. I can't for the life of me get file transfers to work... and since it's a big part of my workflow, I have to let adium go....




iChat is okay... but I heard great things about Chax. Now, does chax fully integrate into iChat? If so, can I easily delete it without destroying anything?

 

[dolphin842]

Chax as far as I can tell is pretty harmless... the installer has an uninstall button IIRC (it's been awhile since I used it).

The big draw for Chax back in the day was tabbed IM. Now that iChat does it natively, it's less of a draw. But it's still maintained to provide all the other creature comforts it offers. Perhaps of particular mention in your case is the ability to auto-accept file transfers.

All the info on Chax can be found on it's website.

 

[wayland1985]

Well, I grew a set and downloaded it. Seems very neat.


2 things:

Is there a way to disable the second buddy list that pops up? I know all you need to do is X it out when iChat is open... but that's soemthing I'd rather not do all the time (I'm lazy.... sorry)


Also, does the "Status Log" carry much weight to it? Will I see lots of space lost on my HD due to it?

 

[mathcolo]

Well, I grew a set and downloaded it. Seems very neat.


2 things:

Is there a way to disable the second buddy list that pops up? I know all you need to do is X it out when iChat is open... but that's soemthing I'd rather not do all the time (I'm lazy.... sorry)


Also, does the "Status Log" carry much weight to it? Will I see lots of space lost on my HD due to it?

Question #1: Go to the Chax preference area in iChat preferences and you can set it not to use the All Contacts list as the primary list.

 

[wayland1985]

Cool... Works great.


Now my issue is this: I'm getting these "Service Timeout" messages, which I've never had before