Chax - Collection of minor modifications and additions for iChat

Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions for iChat. Chax makes using Apple's iChat more enjoyable.

Here are some key features of "Chax":

User list:
￭ Toggle text status visibility of users
￭ Automatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible users
￭ Set font of names, status messages, and group separators
￭ Show animated user icons
￭ Ability to hide iTunes music store links in text statuses
￭ Idle time included in tooltips
￭ Display Address Book nicknames instead of full names
￭ Option to show a warning before messaging mobile users
￭ Hide the audio/video status icon at the top of the user list
￭ Message a specific screen name for people with multiple screen names

Message window:
￭ Tabbed chats, allowing you to keep all of your chats together in one window
￭ Option to auto-accept text chats, skipping new message notification window
￭ Show status changes directly in the message window
￭ Disable the smiley button in text input lines
￭ Option to open images sent through direct connect directly in Preview
￭ Send away auto-reply only once per conversation
￭ Save and restore window positions for individual screen names

Other:
￭ Unread message notification in the dock
￭ Growl notifications for new messages and users changing status
￭ Properly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messages
￭ Automatically set status to away when screensaver is activated
￭ Option to auto-accept file transfers
￭ Hide all iChat windows when iChat is inactive
￭ Always on top option for user lists, text chats, and audio or video chats
￭ Set a custom away auto-reply that is different from the away message
￭ Change the delay of or disable auto-away
￭ New message windows cascade properly instead of always appearing on top of each other
￭ Built-in log viewer
￭ Activity window shows history of user status changes
￭ Warn before quitting while there are active chats
￭ Option to disable pausing of AV chats while there are active file transfers
￭ Disable picture-in-picture in video chats
￭ Automatically reconnect when disconnected
￭ Disable alert sounds when away, idle, or available

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· (New) Message history shows messages from the previous conversation in new chat windows
· (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