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How to Have iChat Auto-start Video Chats
One of the things I have always wanted from iChat was the ability to set whether
or not you wanted video chat requests to auto-start, thus saving you the two
clicks and maybe some
beachball of death
action just so you can answer a quick question from your mother. Well its high
time we get this functionality!
...so I wrote up a very simple Applescript application that will allow you to
toggle whether you want to automatically accept all incoming iChat video
requests. I know, you can do this with a quick terminal command, but as easy as
that sounds, its much easier to just start a quick app that will do it for you.
It just asks you if you want to accept all incoming iChat video invites. A
simple yes or no and after you restart iChat, you won't have to worry about
clicking anymore. You will have to worry about your relatives or friends
catching you jacking it if you aren't paying attention though. "With great
power comes great responsibility!"
Surprisingly, there is no direct support for Applescript in iChat. Because of
this, I made the script into an application and you can just dump it anywhere.
If you know you just want to set your iChat to auto-accept all video requests
and do see yourself turning it off, you can just run it from the mounted dmg
file. I threw mine in my Applications folder so I can turn it on and off at
will.
I have it coded so that after I make the preference change it should quit iChat
and then restart it for you. However, I've found in my testing that it quits
fine but doesn't restart it about 75% of the time. The error (which I suppress
in the released code) says "iChat: Invalid Connection" This is my first foray
into Applescript, I gleaned enough knowledge from just reading the scripts I
have on my computer, so I'm no expert. If you know the problem, pass along that
info will ya?
Ideally I would like it to be on a per-user basis and maybe give you a 10 second
warning so you can jump out of the way if you happen to be naked or something.
But until Apple bakes that into iChat or they at least bake in full Applescript
support that will be just a pipe-dream. For now, its "Always Accept" or "Always
Ask".
Please comment on any problems, suggestions, naked pictures of our girlfriend,
anything...
Thanks to http://hellyeahbitch.com/archives/2006/06/040239 for this how-to.
