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I wish they had- It loses several major features of iChat sharing- Screensharing, replaceable backgrounds, Multi-person chat...

• lukifer 16y ago
  Reminds me of Quicktime 7 vs. Quicktime X: I end up having to use both, since X is a better player, but 7 is a better casual editor.
• johns 16y ago
  Which are all features that would ruin FaceTime.
  • e1ven 16y ago
    How so? Honestly? Why would it ruin Facetime, but not ruin iChat?
    • johns 16y ago
      I bet there are already more non-geek users of FaceTime than iChat because it's so approachable. Adding features like those caters to the wrong audience. The beauty of FaceTime is its simplicity. (This sounds like an Apple fanboy thing to say, but I'm really not.)
      • slantyyz 16y ago
        I would also say using iChat also dilutes the FaceTime brand.
        • derefr 16y ago
          In the event video, the FaceTime icon had replaced the iChat icon's traditional position on the dock.
  • roc 16y ago
    Except multi-person chat. That's right up its alley but probably just isn't feasible for the mobile users, bandwidth-wise.
• masklinn 16y ago
  > It loses several major features of iChat sharing Good news: if you're chatting with an other mac, iChat still exists, it's not been removed. > Screensharing Wouldn't work between an iPhone and a mac > replaceable backgrounds Terrible feature > Multi-person chat... Might yet be reintroduced. Even if it were folded in iChat, those features would not be available there.
• bradgessler 16y ago
  The only thing I'd want extra is absolutely rock-solid multi-user audio/video chat. I'm talking more reliable than Skype, which is not easy to beat.