Communications > Chat & Instant Messaging

Description: Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple's iChat more enjoyable. Features include:Unified contact list shows all contacts from all accounts in one windowGrowl notifications for new messages and users changing statusAutomatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible usersPowerful, searchable log viewer that can also browse images and URLs from past conversationsActivity log that displays your contacts' status changesAuto-accept file transfers, AV chats, and screen sharing requestsAlways on top option for contact list, message windows and AV chatsSet font of names, status messages, and group separatorsOption to immediately display new messages, skipping the notification windowShow status changes directly in the message windowAdditional unread message notifications in the DockAutomatically hide chat windows and contact lists when iChat is inactiveToggle text status visibility of usersProperly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messagesWh...

Keywords: contacts windows contact browse screen viewer images text 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1536 kb; Updated: 2010-03-09

Description: Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.Adium is currently translated into Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.What's new in this version:Version 1.3.10Disabled the Facebook CAPTCHA, updated the Facebook plugin.Updated libjson-glib, fixing some 64-bit issues.

Keywords: client plugin free file fast into 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 21811 kb; Updated: 2010-01-13

Description: Syrinx is a free, customizable Twitter client with a strong, efficient workflow.Experience your tweets in color by customizing the background colors or using the built in themes. Keep track of unread tweets using the intuitive new bookmarking system. Search your tweets to find what you missed. Now with Growl support!What's new in this version:Fixed a bug where Favorites could not be setDirect messages can now be a full 140 characters, the d username preamble no longer counts toward the 140 charactersFixed a bug where certain tweets would not open correctly in the web browser while using the conversation bubbleWith the "Display the clicked tweet" growl option set, Syrinx will now activate and show the window correctly

Keywords: browser system search window client color free find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1741 kb; Updated: 2009-09-27

Description: MoreIchatEffects is a collection of 56 effects for iChat and Photobooth. This effects are available for Intel processor. Some could be supported by PowerPC G4 or G5 in Photobooth or Ichat. Thanks to: qPatches effects (http://www.qarl.com/menu/qPatches/)What's new in this version:Include a video tutorial for switching iChat and Photobooth in 32 bit modeInclude a new uninstaller

Keywords: effects video 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 16486 kb; Updated: 2009-09-14

Description: Smile different with More Ichat Smileys !This package installs additional smileys for iChat, various smileys or original creation smileys.This package is available for iChat 3, iChat 4, iChat 5, Skype, Adium, Mercury, Proteus, gAim or Miranda.What's new in this version:SnowLeopard support

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Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 6144 kb; Updated: 2009-08-30

Description: Psi is a client for the Jabber network. It combines a simple ICQ style interface with a cross-platform design, meaning that no matter which Operating System you choose, you'll find Psi easy to use.Psi is released under the GNU General Public Licence, version 2. Source code can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/psi/.What's new in this version:Bugfix for DOS vulnerability in the file transfer code. Thanks to Jesus Olmos (jolmos at isecauditors.com)

Keywords: network system client design source file easy find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 16077 kb; Updated: 2009-04-19

Description: If you have a broadband service with a monthly download limit, you may find SurplusMeter comes in handy. It measures the download and upload traffic on your Internet connection and keeps a record of your traffic volume. It gives you all kinds of useful output statistics, like daily allowance, average daily usage, accumulated surplus, and more. SurplusMeter runs invisibly in the background most of the time, but can present its interface on demand. SurplusMeter is open-source, and is released under the GNU General Public Licence.What's new in this version:First add.

Keywords: connection internet download upload record source time find 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 246 kb; Updated: 2009-03-10

Description: Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.Adium is currently translated into Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.What's new in this version:Updated to MSNp15 via libpurple (from MSNp12 via msn-pecan)Display pictures on MSN now work againFull offline messaging supportiTunes status (Now Playing) supportThe Custom Status window now shows your current status message when opened, making it easier to change your status without changing the status messageFixed contact visibility issues in 1.3 and 1.3.1 (#10917)Fixed frequent disconnections on the Yahoo! service (#11097)Fixed a crash when parsing DNS-lookup response...

Keywords: pictures contact window client free file fast into 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 23245 kb; Updated: 2008-10-10

Description: Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.Adium is currently translated into Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.What's new in this version:Fixed sending of invalid XML when asked for our version information in XMPP, which effectively broke XMPP connectivity. (Bug introduced in 1.2.6) (#10324)Improved handling of invalid XML over XMPP (#10347, #10353)Hopefully fixed a bug which caused an XMPP contact to infinitely flip between two groups shortly after authorization (#8834)

Keywords: information contact client free file fast into 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 21299 kb; Updated: 2008-07-05

Description: iChartwork is a preference pane, and will sync your avatar on iChat and/or Adium and the artwork of the song playing in iTunes. iChartwork is free.What's new in this version:Solved an important bug in 3.1.

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Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 90 kb; Updated: 2008-03-16