I don't understand the difficulty in adding contacts to Ichat. You
just hit the add a buddy or group button. As far as adding your AOL
buddies go, just add their screen names. Their screen names are just
the first part of their email address, in other-words, if my email
address were [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you wished to add me as an aol buddy
you would add me as timgrady . As far as Yahoo contacts and MSN
contacts go, no, Ichat doesn't support them, and if you need to
supports those contacts then you should use Adium to support those
contacts and any other messenger contacts that Ichat doesn't support,
but since you can only text chat with Adium I can't really see why you
would want to not use Ichat for the accounts it does support.
On Sep 25, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote:
Hello; I've been having trouble trying to use instant messaging.
It seams that ichat was easier to use in tiger than it is in
leopard. Its frustrating that I can't add my yahoo friends to it.
Its also agrivating that even my aol friends can't be added unless
they have an aim account. Is there something I'm missing as far as
adding buddies. I've read the help files, but nothing seams to
click in my mind. Then there is yahoo messenger. It seams a little
more accessible, but it isn't easy to add contacts that aren't yahoo
addresses. Is there an accessible messenger client that will allow
me to have all of my contacts in one place? I'll appreciate any
help any of you can give me here. Also, if any of you have any
tricks for using skype, please email me as well. I really want to
be able to send and receive texts as well as make calls over the
internet like lots of people do now days. Take care and thanks
again, Max
