Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Nestamicky
On 11/22/09 4:41 PM, Glen McKnight wrote: I use mine fairly regularly, I use it to connect to others machines and show them various things or watch them and tell them where they are going wrong, and of course I talk to my family and friends. Glen...how do you do this? I thought the camera only

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Glen McKnight
On 25 Nov 2009, at 14:12, Nestamicky wrote: On 11/22/09 4:41 PM, Glen McKnight wrote: I use mine fairly regularly, I use it to connect to others machines and show them various things or watch them and tell them where they are going wrong, and of course I talk to my family and friends.

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Michael G.M.
I believe you can use a standard equipped Digital camera or camcorder properly attached to your Mac for iChat and AIM. I've never bothered with it either though. I remember all the scares I was getting about iChat years back with the security issues. Screen sharing and ichat seem to be the domain

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-22 Thread Dan
At 12:29 PM -0800 11/21/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never seen and that's the big question of the day it seems that for some reason, of which I still haven't figured out why, most G3-5er's don't do

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-22 Thread Dan
At 2:11 PM -0800 11/21/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: It is truly rather difficult to multi-task when you're doing a video chat.. and some people generally feel like it's an encroachment of space. Getting work done can be quite difficult when iChat is

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-22 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Dan wrote: At 2:11 PM -0800 11/21/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: It is truly rather difficult to multi-task when you're doing a video chat.. and some people generally feel like it's an encroachment of space.

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-22 Thread Dan
At 10:48 AM -0500 11/22/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Dan wrote: At 2:11 PM -0800 11/21/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: It is truly rather difficult to multi-task when you're doing a video chat.. and some people

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-22 Thread Glen McKnight
On 21 Nov 2009, at 21:04, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I use an iSight camera I do now, I tried some USB cameras but they never seemed to work when I moved to System 10. I use mine fairly regularly, I use it to connect to others machines and show them various things or watch them and tell

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never seen and that's the big question of the day it seems that for some reason, of which I still haven't figured out why, most G3-5er's don't do

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Bequette Jeff
Never got it work and never had/knew people doing it. Bequette Jeff jbeque...@tconl.com On Nov 21, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never seen and that's the big question of the day it

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never seen and that's the big question of the day it seems that for some reason, of which I

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Bequette Jeff wrote: Never got it work and never had/knew people doing it. Bequette Jeff jbeque...@tconl.com On Nov 21, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Ok, you big family of Mac-people, my distant but close bunch of acquaintances that I've never seen and that's the big question of the day it seems that for some reason, of which I

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: What do u use for a webcam? I-m interested in hooking something up to my DA Dual 533 ... suggestions? It helps to also have a fast internet connection too DSL or similar. Dial-up won't

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread yersinia
Jeff Engle writes, it seems that for some reason, of which I still haven't figured out why, most G3-5er's don't do the ichat thing at all? You know that cool way of greeting people done so long ago? face to face! There!, I've said it, it's out in the open! I started this weird Mac

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: What do u use for a webcam? I-m interested in hooking something up to my DA Dual 533 ... suggestions? It helps to also have a fast

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:43 PM, yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: Jeff Engle writes, it seems that for some reason, of which I still haven't figured out why, most G3-5er's don't do the ichat thing at all? You know that cool way of greeting people done so long ago? face to face! There!, I've said

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: From the sounds of it, you've got all you need to video chat but the camera... I'm talking about ichat primarily, so I'm not clear on what your question is? - Basically, what webcams people are using on a Mac. I was thinking folks were

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: From the sounds of it, you've got all you need to video chat but the camera... I'm talking about ichat primarily, so I'm not clear on what your question is? - Basically, what webcams