iChat Extender will allow you to truly customize iChat. You'll be able to change the formatting of the "iTunes Now Playing" status, disable Smileys, change Group divider style, personalize incoming bubbles and login away.
What's New
Version 1.5:
Complete interface revamp
Complete Style pane overhaul
Added Advanced pane
Added Custom image setting
Integrated Help into system Help
Now using Sparkle update system to manage updating
Found critical information about iChatAgent & iChat, which now requires iChat to be closed when using iChat Extender
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later, iChat 3.0 or later.
This is still buggy software... I just downloaded 1.5 and opened it up (while ichat was closed) to see what options it had. I clicked through all the panes and decided not to use it/change anything. When I next opened up my iChat it hangs every time I try to change my status. In fact at this point I can't change my status. This is a new problem since I downloaded iChat Extender. i do not recommend this software.
I would recommend restarting you're computer. iChat Extender doesn't change anything in iChat unless you click apply.
However, if it persists, try enabling the iChat menu item and changing you're status via the menu item. Sometimes there is some error that causes things to
falter that happens when iChatAgent (the menu item) varies from iChat.
A simple but effective little addition to iChat, this and Chax address most of the shortcomings of Apple's chat app. I've never had any problems whatsoever with iChat Extender.
Downloaded and installed with 0 hitches, as did several of my colleagues. If you end up with a Artist% Genre% status, just switch the status to something else, then back to Current iTunes Track and it works after that.
Excellent support as well.
[Version 0.7b]
Anonymousreviewed on 07 Oct 2005
If you manage to get this software to do the thing it should do, then you will get disconnected every time there is a track change in iTunes. Not a very usefull app...
[Version 0.5b]
Anonymousreviewed on 04 Oct 2005
cool idea! but the app...
its pretty bad. doesn't do anything except waste space on your hard drive.
all these warning windows pop up everytime you try to do something, but you can't read any of the warnings, they are running out of the window cause the text is so effing large. so i blindlyy click the buttons in these windows, still get nothin.
not even sure why this was release yet.
[Version 0.5b]
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iChat Extender will allow you to truly customize iChat. You'll be able to change the formatting of the "iTunes Now Playing" status, disable Smileys, change Group divider style, personalize incoming bubbles and login away.
semidivine reviewed on 12 Dec 2006
I would recommend restarting you're computer. iChat Extender doesn't change anything in iChat unless you click apply.
However, if it persists, try enabling the iChat menu item and changing you're status via the menu item. Sometimes there is some error that causes things to
falter that happens when iChatAgent (the menu item) varies from iChat.
Dan
+49
hauntedtapedeck reviewed on 08 Jul 2006
+3
My site is currently down do to late payment to my host. This should be corrected in the next few days.
Again, sorry for the inconvenience.
Dan
Developer: Star
+12
That's great but you've misspelled misspelling.
Anonymous reviewed on 11 Oct 2005
Excellent support as well.
Anonymous reviewed on 07 Oct 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 04 Oct 2005
its pretty bad. doesn't do anything except waste space on your hard drive.
all these warning windows pop up everytime you try to do something, but you can't read any of the warnings, they are running out of the window cause the text is so effing large. so i blindlyy click the buttons in these windows, still get nothin.
not even sure why this was release yet.