In Tiger, having several iChat conversations open at the same time means having several chat windows open, too. In Leopard, you can group all of those open chats into a single window without using any special plug-ins or add-on applications.
Hereis how:
- Launch iChat. If it isnit already in your Dock, check in the Applications folder.
- Choose iChat > Preferences.
- Select the Messages tab.
- Check Collect chats into a single window.
 Leopardis iChat can group chats in a single window. |
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If you already had more than one chat window open, you may have to restart iChat before the change takes effect.
Now all of your open chats will appear in a single window. You can select a chat by clicking on a participantis name in the left column, and the chat with them in the right column. iChat will let you know if someone in a different chat sends you a message, so you donit have to worry about jumping between chats just to see if someone typed something.
 iChatis grouped chat view. |
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Tiger users that want to clear up some Desktop space by grouping chats in a single window can check out Chax from Kent Sutherland. Chax includes some extra features that enhance iChatis functionality, but for now the iChat plug-in isnit Mac OS X 10.5 compatible.
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