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iChat AV: Any Indication of Cross-Platform Audio Chat?
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WICKEDfour
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Oct 12, 2003, 06:38 PM
 
If anyone's looked at AOL Instant Messenger for Windows, you'll notice that there is that long-forgotten "Talk" feature. Can we say "iChat AV to AIM"? Related to this is the indication provided by Mac OS Rumors a while ago that the FCC recently lifted restrictions on the AIM network that would allow webcam implimentation. I'd put a link with this but Mac OS Rumors no longer has archives.

So far, unless there is in Panther's iChat AV (I don't have Panther ), I haven't seen any indication of integration between iChat AV's audio chat function and AOL Instant Messenger's Talk feature.

If you recall, this Talk feature was in the last OS 9 only version of AIM. It was dropped when OS X compatible AIM was released. It still remains in the Windows version of AIM.

As another side note to this, Apple notes that iChat AV has obviously been "Improved in Panther", according to their Mac OS Feature Comparison page. Any ideas of what's been improved on, besides stability and reliability?

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Oct 12, 2003, 06:51 PM
 
Originally posted by WICKEDfour:
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Off topic but interestingly none of the mentioned OS' support "PPTP based VPN client" (don't know what that is). So why is it even in that list?
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Oct 12, 2003, 07:05 PM
 
iChat to AIM audio chat would be WONDERFUL.
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Oct 13, 2003, 04:03 AM
 
Originally posted by Developer:
Off topic but interestingly none of the mentioned OS' support "PPTP based VPN client" (don't know what that is). So why is it even in that list?
It says it's supported in both Panther and Jaguar when I visit the link.
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