Using iChat for the First Time
Originally posted at cocoacrusty.com on Sunday, February 11th, 2007.
I used Apple’s iChat instant messaging application today. I have seen a lot of people singing the high praises of this chat client ever since I got my MacBook in October of 2006. I didn’t have any friends or otherwise who used a Mac so I haven’t had a chance to try it out until this morning.
I stumbled upon a previous reader of the average admins blog recently on Flickr and sent him a message, he added me as a Flickr Contact, I saw he used ICQ, added him to my Adium contact list, and then we started chatting. He (Jesús) lives in Spain so we were just kicking it, talking about “regalo whatnots” when he asked me if I had ever used iChat. Of course, being the honest person that I am, I said no.
We fired up iChat, added each other’s .mac accounts to our clients and started chatting. Jesús started showing me the ropes of iChat. The video and voice quality of this chat client is phenomenal. He would move his mouth to speak, I saw it and heard it at almost the exact time. Little to no latency with the video and voice syncing up. Pretty impressive.
Jesús then showed me how to drag and drop files into the chat window for transfer or viewing and how multi-person video conferencing worked. This chat client is pretty impressive. Of course, it was developed and distributed by Apple, so what do you expect?!
Anyway, I’m glad Jesús offered to show me the ropes of iChat. It is a very impressive instant messenging client as well as video and voice over IP client. Thanks for the class in iChat, Jesús!
Until next time…