iChat or Adium?

pyr3pyr3
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
How many people have switched from iChat to Adium or vice versa, and why?



One thing that I dont' like about iChat is the logging. The logs are stored in a binary format that only iChat reads. I want plain text or html logs. Things that have open standards.



Another thing that I don't like about iChat is that I can only block someone from the preferences or from the message box when someone first messages me. No where else can I block someone, which is annoying. Sometimes you just want to block someone on your list when you get mad at them and don't want to sign off completely.



As you can guess, I went back to Adium. Any other such complaints / stories? Anyone switch the other way with complaints and/or stories?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    crawlingparanoiacrawlingparanoia Posts: 443member
    iChat is terrible and has enough bugs to make it unusable for me. I use AIM (the official client).
  • Reply 2 of 10
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    iChat is pretty ****ing cool. When used as a basic instant messenger it has no rival. Although, AIM is much more dynamic at a cost of ads, poor interface, and bad design. I've never used Adium, but iChat is where it's at.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    How about seamless buddy chatting? you just add a participant to an existing instant message. Unbelievably simple and effective. That is dynamic..
  • Reply 4 of 10
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Until Adium supports communication with mac.com people, I can't use it.
  • Reply 5 of 10
    badtzbadtz Posts: 949member
    i just switched off iChat.....



    using adium, but too bad it doesn't have file transfer capabilities......



    but i do like the tabbed message boxes......
  • Reply 6 of 10
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by crawlingparanoia:

    <strong>iChat is terrible and has enough bugs to make it unusable for me. I use AIM (the official client).</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Same here.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    Proteus.



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 8 of 10
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by Spart:

    <strong>Proteus.</strong><hr></blockquote>Does it support mac.com names? I'm looking for a good alternative to iChat (other than the official AIM), but support for mac.com is ESSENTIAL since so many of my buddies are now mac.com users and since I am too.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    The real question is whether or not proteus supports oscar rather than toc. Toc is AIM's protocol that was abandoned for oscar. You can still connect with toc but not all the features will work. Oscar is what supports every in AIM now. As long as you can get a client that supports oscar then you will be fine.
  • Reply 10 of 10
    hotboxdhotboxd Posts: 125member
    I'll wait until iChat 2 comes out before I use it. Right now it feels too unpolished for me to want to use all the time. Adium is where it's at.
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