D9  This particular alpha release has been nothing but trouble for me. I'm reverting to the present stable 2.x release.

3.0a4 will not remain in my iChat's Preference window. I can install and set the Chax preferences but upon restarting iChat, Chax is no longer available in the Preference window. Worse, some features still work after "losing" Chax while others don't. It also seems now to be too slimmed down as far as feature selections.

Chax is without a doubt a must-have for any and all iChat users, but this current iteration is not stable enough to bother with. Stay put with version 2 until a new alpha or better yet, a beta is released.

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(Version 3.0a4)

STELLAROLA  Thank you so much for doing a fix for Snow Leopard's iChat. Even though, as you said it's not optimal, it's still better than nothing. :)

Growl back in ichat, thanks! :)  
(Version 3.0a1)

NED SCOTT  always works well and never seems to break anything else on the computer.   
(Version 2.2.2b1)

MISHA  Chax is terrific, albeit a bit less relevant in Leopard than it was in Tiger.

Nonetheless, it's one of the first things I install on a new Mac and I absolutely love the new Send Camera Snapshot feature—what a great idea!

But please give us the option of having a 3-2-1 countdown timer for the snapshot like Photo Booth, so you won't need to keep a hand on the mouse button to take the shot...  
(Version 2.2)

DCT  I love this application and, interestingly enough, I prefer the direction Chax 3.x is headed in Snow Leopard. It feels much more integrated. The developer is really on top of this and the timely updates are rolling out surprisingly fast. Thank you and keep up the great work!  
(Version 3.0a3)

MY2KCHILD  Thanks for the 3.0 update with the release of snow leopard. So far it's running great.  
(Version 3.0a1)

THUS.SPAKE.Z  If, after installing Chax you want to uninstall it, Chax's own uninstaller leaves 7 files behind.

After using Chax's uninstaller I used EasyFind to check for any files remaining. EasyFind found 7.

Don't know whether or not the remaining files might cause any issues but if you no longer need them, why keep them?  
(Version 2.2.1)

TONKA2  Do I have to have Growl and Sparkle predownloaded for Chax to open?  
(Version 3.0a4)

TONKA2  Downloaded Chax, dragged to App folder but it would not open. I trashed it and downloaded it again, and still it would not open with error popups both times. So I trashed it again.

Is there something I should know in the installing process? I'm on Snow Leopard 10.6.1.  
(Version 3.0a4)

RBUGAJEWSKI  Chax is the missing plugin for iChat!

During the last couple of years I used Adium a lot, but a lot of things bothered me (e.g. missing MobileMe sync, sometimes strange contact list behavior, the software isn’t pre-installed on a Mac). Then I discovered the excellent iChat plugin Chax.

With iChat you can already add a lot of different services, but Chax provides an all-in-one contact list that makes things really easy. This was the only functionality I used over a couple of months. Then I discovered that Chax has a lot more to provide than the all-in-one contact list and I fell in love with this plugin.

It’s worth noting that the developer does all the work in his sparse free time, but he’s blazing fast. There was already a Snow Leopard compatible version of Chax out there a couple of days after the official Snow Leopard release.

You should definitely try this software out and donate a couple of bucks to the author of this excellent plugin.  
(Version 3.0a4)