Developer website: Kent Sutherland
Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple's iChat more enjoyable. Some major features include:
- Unified contact list shows all contacts from all accounts in one window
- Growl notifications for new messages and users changing status
- Automatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible users
- Powerful, searchable log viewer that can also browse images and URLs from past conversations
- Activity log that displays your contacts' status changes
- Auto-accept file transfers, AV chats, and screen sharing requests
- Always on top option for contact list, message windows and AV chats
- Set font of names, status messages, and group separators
- Option to immediately display new messages, skipping the notification window
- Show status changes directly in the message window
- Additional unread message notifications in the Dock
- Automatically hide chat windows and contact lists when iChat is inactive
- Toggle text status visibility of users
- Properly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messages
What's New
- (Bug) Fixed a serious crash when that could occur if using groups.
Requirements
Mac OS X 10.6 or later