[skytalon]

I noticed that there is a character limit in the away and available messages. It is 42 characters long.

Does anybody know why this happens? I want to put a sentence longer than 42! Wonder if there's a connection with the question in Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy?

[msuper69]

Originally Posted by skytalon

I noticed that there is a character limit in the away and available messages. It is 42 characters long.

Does anybody know why this happens? I want to put a sentence longer than 42! Wonder if there's a connection with the question in Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy?

It happens because the program is coded that way.

You going to get dinged for posting in the wrong forum.

Edit: I just tested the limit and it's a heck of a lot higher than 42 characters. Why do you think it's 42?

[Grrr]

Psst, Applications forum..

Anyway, I can't imagine why any away message needs to be longer than that. Its just supposed to be a simple message, not a book for people to spend hours pondering over..

Maybe the multitude of iChat add-on type apps can change this, I don't know. 'Chax' is probably worth a look. It does a multitude of things for iChat, including adding the much demanded tabbed chat windows.

[skytalon]

Sorry! I thought Ichat is under OSX... Gotta look harder than that. Sorry.

Mod- Sorry!!!

and everyone else, thanks!