Comments on: Worst OS X Tiger Application Award

By: Wardski Gics

Wardski Gics — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:59:13 +0000

I have a Tiger OS in my Mac iBook G4. i installed Yahoo messenger 3.00 and even if i click the yahoo messenger smiley icon, it just bounces once then it stops. Therefore, i cannot open ym. Is ym 3.00 compatible with my OS?

By: One Savvy Goat

One Savvy Goat — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:09:41 +0000

Seriously? You are complaining about very trivial bits. So an application cannot
do what you want it to. So you use another application to do it. That is pretty straight forward. iChat works with AIM, sure, and Jabber, etc, etc, etc, But why do feel it is such a
travesty? That is like saying ok… I had a Sega Genesis, and newer video game consoles came out after it. It works with what it is meant to work with. Nobody is going say, “Hey, my Nintendo Wii or XBox 360 is more powerful that that, and it runs games, so buy default since say “Sonic the Hedgehog” is a game of older or different compatiability I should be able to plug my Genesis cartridge into any no modern console and it should run, no matter what, no mattter, what is designed for, no matter why it operates the way it does…..” Etc, and don’t give me bull shit, like well a better processor can emulate such a game (or service).” It would be ridiculous to assume it just could because it is newer.

Yahoo messenger didn’t work on Leopard’s Beta? It is a Beta…. obviously they have fixed that otherwise I wouldn’t have to put up with Yahoo! Client. A Beta OS still has some things to work out, right? You can feed baby food to an adult and an adult could consume it. That doesn’t mean it is working the way it should to gave an adult the nutrition needed, however, while still the baby might not be able to process more complexed baby food just yet with their imunesystem. Do you see the metaphor here?

Just because one application has standards that are not coincidal with it’s peer’s doesn’t mean that it is inferor…..

etc, etc, etc,

By: DistortedLoop

DistortedLoop — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:51:16 +0000

FYI - Yahoo Messenger 3.02 doesn’t work in Leopard’s latest beta. Crashes on open, every time.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:48:06 +0000

To be honest, I think that iChat should just support SIP, as SIP would make things easier for all of us. Perhaps Apple could simply support WengoPhone, and help people join it?

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:40:10 +0000

@Jaryd - I think iChat could’ve been great. My point is more that if Apple ships an app, it should work out of the box. iChat will not work out of the box for most people. I don’t consider having to sign up for a Jabber account as “working out of the box”. I also think you are pretty much on a virtual chat island by yourself if you use iChat because you can only chat with Jabber, .Mac or AIM.

It will be interesting to see what improvements Apple makes to iChat when Leopard ships. Something has to be done to make it easier to integrate with other chat apps or people might as well just use something else, for instance as you indicated - gmail, or my current preference Skype.

By: Jaryd

Jaryd — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:26:43 +0000

I don’t think you covered the option to use a gmail account. While I can’t chat with MSN or Yahoo!, I could always just use MSN or Yahoo!. It’s like complaining when using MSN that I can’t chat with people on AIM. Well, of course not, it’s MSN. iChat can’t do everything, but I find the things it does do very well.