Heh, I used to think that way. I resisted for the longest time. Then I needed to be able to talk with my programmer real time. Next, my mother, then my employees when traveling outside of Japan. Before I knew it, IM totally had me. It is annoying sometimes when family members want to chat about silly things, but by and large it's really a killer app. On May 25, 2005, at 5:02 PM, keithw wrote: > iChat and any other kind of Instant Messaging is little more than a > new version of Citizen's Band radio! Enough to make one gag! > > > -- http://www.jlist.com/ You've got a friend in Japan http://www.jastusa.com/ A full-service retailer and distributor of PC dating-sim games from Japan