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Leopard's new iChat features are actually useful
- Background images. You can now appear to be sitting in front of one of your iPhoto photos, so a really cool landscape like the Great Wall of China could be the venue for your next video conference. What can we say; that's just neat.
- Tabbed chats. 'Nuff said.
- SMS forwarding. OK, we admit there could be a time when we might use this.
- Quick Look support. This is Leopard's extensive new document-previewing feature. Now you can show a Keynote slideshow or a QuickTime movie remotely through an iChat conference. In fact, you'll be able to share anything that adds Quick Look support.
- Recording. You can now save audio and video conferences. This is ideal for podcasting.




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robbyrob said 4:17PM on 10-16-2007
its about time they let us save.. we were talking about that at work the other day!
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Root said 8:13PM on 10-19-2007
Good to hear about the new features, thanks. Just a hint though: iChat's strong side is the interface, and if you separate the client from the protocols, it is actually quite useful. I have mine configured for all my Google Talk and MSN buddies as well, and then it's pretty handy.
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