Apple Mac OS Manuale Utente

 

Mac OS X iChat service provides secure instant messaging for 
users supported by Mac OS X Server.

iChat is a service that permits users to collaborate by chatting and sharing information 
using instant messaging and data transfer. This real-time interaction between computer 
users promotes collaboration without the delay of mail responses and blog postings or 
the expense of telephone communication or face-to-face meetings.

This collaboration might include:

 Brainstorming solutions, making plans, reporting progress, and exchanging design 

images

 Exchanging weblinks and files for use as real-time references, or for follow-up 

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 Generating iChat transcripts when you want a written record of interactions without 

taking notes

 Conducting weekly staff or project meetings, which can also facilitate collaboration 

among geographically-dispersed team members

 Using built-in computer microphones for audio chat
 Using video cameras for videoconferencing—a direct, personal, and engaging form 

of collaboration.

How iChat Works

iChat provides secure person-to-person instant messaging and chat-room services 
using standard Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) which is found in 
many instant-messaging servers such as Google Talk, Wildfire, and Jabber.

The core of iChat is open source Jabber v2.0, which provides user-presence information 
(status, icons, and so on) and basic text-message exchange between users or groups 
(via chat rooms). iChat chat-room features are provided transparently by the Jabber 
Multi-User (MU) conference module.