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Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple’s iChat more enjoyable. Some major features include:

  • Unified contact list shows all contacts from all accounts in one window
  • Growl notifications for new messages and users changing status
  • Automatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible users
  • Built-in log viewer
  • Activity log that displays your contacts’ status changes
  • Auto-accept file transfers, AV chats, and screen sharing requests
  • Toggle text status visibility of users
  • Always on top option for contact list, message windows and AV chats
  • Set font of names, status messages, and group separators
  • Option to auto-accept text chats, skipping new message notification window
  • Show status changes directly in the message window
  • Additional unread message notifications in the dock
  • Automatically go away when the screensaver activates
  • Properly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messages

What’s new:

  • (New) Message history shows messages from the previous conversation in new chat windows
  • (New) Send Camera Snapshot in the Buddies menu allows you to instantly send a picture from your camera as an inline image
  • (New) Added option to confirm before ending AV chats
  • (New) Added multitouch swipe gesture to switch tabs in message window
  • (New) Hidden default SaveWindowFrames saves per-contact window positions
  • (New) Hidden default ShowSenderAccount shows the active account in each conversation
  • (Bug) Fixed parsing logs with some languages
  • (Bug) New chat windows no longer steal focus when using auto-accept
  • (Bug) Fixed unlocalized UI elements appearing in some languages

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