Apple’s iChat Wins for Usability (at least halfway)

Friday, January 11th, 2008 | Apple, Computers, Macbook Pro, OS X, Usability, iChat

When trying to send a folder to a buddy who uses the PC AIM client, I got this msg from iChat in the chat window:

Your buddy cannot receive transfers of directories (folders). You could create and send a zip archive of the directory before sharing, or share each file in the directory individually.

This is very nice! Simple easy explanation for what went wrong and how to resolve it. Now go all the way and give a prompt to create and send the zip file for me!

“Would you like us to zip this folder and send it now?” [Yes] [No]

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