So did you know that there’s a way to add a…
An…
Well, maybe instead I should just show you:
So you see what I’m getting at: you type something in the chat window and it appears as a “chat status” sort of thing instead of a bit of text being spoken by your buddy icon. You can do this by just typing “/me” and then the text you want to broadcast. iChat will paste down your name followed by the text.
I just learned this today and I’ve been trying to figure out just what you’d really use it for. I suppose the most likely application is, you know…”stage directions.”

This other guy knows that as soon as I come back up from the basement, we’ll settle once and for all who the true loser is.
I guess you never used irc. As far as I am aware this is a standard feature of every chat client.
Hunh. I did use IRC before iChat, but never on a regular basis. Learn somethin’ new every day, eh?
Do you happen to know how, or rather if, this works with people who use Adium? I have a couple friends who’re stubborn about that for some reason.
Nerd fight!!!!
;-P
Hmmm… Adium… no, before that… GAIM on Linux! No… wait… OH YEAH! IRC! Geesh, Andy, we need to get you into a controlled environment for your introduction to the Internet Relay Chat. Let me know if you’re interested in joining us over at Comic Genesis.
I’d laugh at this, except I have all three of those books.
/shame
Totally off topic, but my thesis and I would like to thank you for the recommendation of Scrivener. I love it when software developers write programs that think the way I do. (If I ever start thinking like Microsoft Office I suspect I shall require considerable amounts of medication).
….and now back to your regularly scheduled discussion.
The question is moot, because Dark Phoenix could kick both of their asses. Simultaneously.
Andy, when I tried this from my leopard mac pro to my wife’s tiger G5, it worked as expected on my end but appeared as conventional old bubbles on her end.
Is this a Leopard only tip?
@Shane Yup, looks like it’s Leopard only. But still, so cute. I still have the /me tic from n+1 years ago… :-)