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February 09, 2004
Chatting, Evolved
I finally broke down and bought an iSight over the weekend, and I'm very impressed with it. So far, I'm not getting a huge amount of use out of it, however, since I only know a couple of people with both Macs and iSights, and I don't like the idea of one-way video chat (it just doesn't seem fair). Fortunately, the newest version of AIM (5.5) is supposed to have a video chat feature that is compatible with the public beta of iChat 2.1. I tried to get it working at home with a Windows machine upstairs, but I think you need Windows XP, and I'm still using 2000. If anyone wants to give it a try, my AIM screen name is "qantrell66". (For old-fashioned text chatting, my ICQ number is "57644155").
Posted by cantrell at February 9, 2004 12:24 PM | References
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Always glad to video iChat when on my Mac- my nick is 'skotfegette' on AIM. Don't do ICQ, tho...
Posted by: Scott Fegette at February 10, 2004 05:54 PM
Christian, any definitive word on whether iSight works with Flash video? I've held off on purchasing iSight because it sounds like iSight and Flash aren't compatible.
Posted by: Marc A. Garrett at February 11, 2004 08:05 PM
I did some initial testing, and it appears that the iSignt does not work with Flash. I will get the official word and post here.
Christian
Posted by: Christian Cantrell at February 12, 2004 09:49 AM
WARNING! Stay away from iChat 1.2 Public Beta v151. After about 10 minutes of video chatting, your entire machine will freeze and require power-cycling. Happened to me twice!
Christian
Posted by: Christian Cantrell at February 12, 2004 09:53 AM
I take that back. The iSight does work. I'll make an official post.
Christian
Posted by: Christian Cantrell at February 12, 2004 10:03 AM