iChat AV Beta Build 112

Awesome... they really need to work on a few bugs... AND ADD AUTO-REPLY FOR CHRISTS SAKE!!!!

Does anyone know if any of the beta builds are going to be publicly available, like the occasional Safari betas were? I hope we don't have to wait until the final...

I don't use iChat much, and have never used the AV features, but it's good to know that they're working on it and improving it.

I assumed this was a public update, I ran Software Update and it didn't give me anything, but since I don't use it much I didn't bother looking on the iChat website. But I guess you've already looked there?

nope... not a public version.

(I added "private" to the article)

arn

I chat needs alot of work, it should still be in beta, ichat AV isent much better but at least they made it so u type more than 1 line at a time

Will Jaguar users who spent $150 on an iSight have to pay the 30 for iChat AV?

Originally posted by xmad
Will Jaguar users who spent $150 on an iSight have to pay the 30 for iChat AV?

seems so

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Is there anything we can do. Just bought 2 isights and now I find out I'll have to pay for iChat av?
That sound like it will piss some people off, including me.

... that's what iChat AV is at the moment. Until Apple gets it into their thick skulls that having a Mac Only Video Chat solution renders it virtually useless I am not buying iChat AV and I am going to demand a 30$ discount for Panther. Out of all the IM Providers Apple choose AOL just the one that is legally shunned by the FCC to include Video Chatting in their messenger. Until that FCC ruling gets reverted (and that will take aeons) AOL will not have Video Chat and iChat will not be able to do Video Communication with 95% of the computer world. Good job Steve :rolleyes: !

Ahmed:mad:

Originally posted by AhmedFaisal
... that's what iChat AV is at the moment. Until Apple gets it into their thick skulls that having a Mac Only Video Chat solution renders it virtually useless I am not buying iChat AV and I am going to demand a 30$ discount for Panther. Out of all the IM Providers Apple choose AOL just the one that is legally shunned by the FCC to include Video Chatting in their messenger. Until that FCC ruling gets reverted (and that will take aeons) AOL will not have Video Chat and iChat will not be able to do Video Communication with 95% of the computer world. Good job Steve :rolleyes: !

Ahmed:mad:

So you think it would be better if they went with ultra-propietary, archrival MSN? Or puny pathetic Yahoo? Or some IM service we've never heard of? Yeah, that'll fly.

Apple is using an open standard that is free and they've announced that they'll help anyone willing to use it. You wanna top that?

Also, go read up on what AOL actually has to do to get Video Conferencing and the announcements that it's actually working on it. Until then, stop blaming everyone else for your problems.