Ichat / Adium / OTHER?
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- Atkinson
Hello, I now have a mac and it seems this is an old question, but...MSN, google talk and video chat all in one - is this asking too much or is there an answer? I just downloaded Adium which seems ok but no vid?
- HumanMale0
If you want video try Mercury:
- Atkinson0
hmm, cant find any info on that, looks ok though, might try
- HumanMale0
It wasn't a question, video works. That's what you wanted, right?
- Atkinson0
yes, I wanted video. I realise it wasn't a question. Merc doesn't seem great though.
- version30
fire.app, no video though, free too
- Atkinson0
yeah, seems daft having the camera built into the imac and not being able to use it! Not really sure whyit's there except for vanity reasons!!
- CyBrain0
It's built into the iMacs and can work with iChat.
- Complexfruit0
yeah, seems daft having the camera built into the imac and not being able to use it! Not really sure whyit's there except for vanity reasons!!
Atkinson
(Apr 7 07, 13:44)It's good for client work and keeping up with friends, fam...I am working on a project for a friend who is in China right now, and having iChat video has been a life saver.
- Atkinson0
sure, it's great if the respondent also has ichat. Sadly most people have MSN and if you combine msn / ichat / google talk etc then you can't use it. Perhaps the answer is in my statement. Hmm!
- Complexfruit0
Yeah it is pretty crappy there's no video support for msn and google talk.
But if you want to just text chat...ichat can work with msn and google talk without having to dl programs like adium and whatnot.
- version30
"i can't see people on the other side of the planet through my portable computer."
funny, the things mankind finds to complain about.
- cacoe0
When I had a mac, I used adium for everything except video. For video, I used skype.
- Bullitt0
skype
- Atkinson0
yeah, I forgot about skype!
Adium is good
- welded0
I believe that Fire has been discontinued, so regardless of whether it supports video or not, I'd find an alternative.