What I can not say on the Apple Discussions

Hi,


Rant time.

Many of the discussions of the Apple iChat 3 Discussion Area are just whinges by people who can not get iChat 3 to work.

There are some identifed problems listed in Trouble Shooting at the top of this discussion Area.

But it does seem that many are unwilling to take steps to resolve many of thes issues themselves.

"I know Tiger is different by it can't be my set up as it worked in Panter"
This forgets all the trouble some had with DNS server information being needed around 10.3.7 IT also ignors the fact that an upgrade from Panther does not pull this infromation across. It also ignors that the Tiger Firewall is different and now can control ports on the UDP protocol which Tiger did not.
The list does go on a bit when you add the Panther Add-ons and applications that eed to be checked but you get the picture.

The real thing is is that I have set myself personal rules about the answers I give.

In this post I can state that if you buy a car it should work.

Having said that it is helpful if it has the gear selection method you want/need, that you know what fuel it takes and that you can buy that locally and that the steering wheel is on the right side for the country you are in.

Come on Guys chunk it up (take one experience and apply it to other situations) and think.

Ralph