Chax 2.0 Beta Released

They said it couldn’t be done. There was word that certain Input Manager hacks would be broken in Leopard, and additions like Inquisitor and Saft would no longer work. There were security problems with leaving the Input Manager open to application enhancers.

Well, call me surprised, because Chax has now released a beta of their iChat enhancer. Supposedly Apple didn’t completely remove the door into the Input Manager, they just introduced stricter security rules. And I’m so glad, because I love Chax. Chax adds features that Apple didn’t include, like a built in log viewer, Growl support, the ability to change fonts in the contact list, and many other tweaks.

What’s new in the 2.0 beta? The developers announced these changes from the previous alpha:

• Extra Growl notifications no longer appear
• Fixed possible visual bugs in the log viewer and contact list
• Now distributed as a package installer bundled with SIMBL
• Removed nonfunctional group font customization field
• Update checker is now functional
• Exporting logs from the log viewer works again
• Fixed AV chats not being received properly

So head on over to the developer blog to download Chax, as the beta download does not appear on the main Chax page just yet.

Now if Chax would just bring back the video hologram effect that had us drooling over Leopard a few months back.

For more info on Chax check out our recent review.