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Stupid iChat Tricks

Posted on February 1, 2008 at 5:29 pm

So did you know that there’s a way to add a…

An…

Well, maybe instead I should just show you:

iChat screen capture

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.”

iChat trick - second example
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.

Filed under: Mac, yellowtext.

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  1. I guess you never used irc. As far as I am aware this is a standard feature of every chat client.

    Aaron — February 1, 2008 @ 5:37 pm —

  2. Hunh. I did use IRC before iChat, but never on a regular basis. Learn somethin’ new every day, eh?

    Ihnatko — February 1, 2008 @ 5:40 pm —

  3. 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.

    Jeff Harrell — February 1, 2008 @ 5:55 pm —

  4. Nerd fight!!!!

    ;-P

    Andre — February 1, 2008 @ 6:11 pm —

  5. 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.

    STrRedWolf — February 1, 2008 @ 6:22 pm —

  6. I’d laugh at this, except I have all three of those books.

    /shame

    Joseph J. Finn — February 1, 2008 @ 7:35 pm —

  7. 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.

    Mike — February 2, 2008 @ 3:24 pm —

  8. 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 Kerr — February 3, 2008 @ 7:42 am —

  9. @Shane Yup, looks like it’s Leopard only. But still, so cute. I still have the /me tic from n+1 years ago… :-)

    Kerri Hicks — February 6, 2008 @ 10:09 pm —