MacArthur 3.1 review

MacArthur is a script/application that sets the away message on one or more chat clients at the same time.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 7965K Developer: Walker Publishing Unlimited Buy Now Price: $1.00 Updated: 02 Nov 2006

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MacArthur is a script/application that sets the away message on one or more chat clients at the same time.

It looks up the location and title of the next event in specified iCal calendars, and offers that as the text of your away message (but you can override that by typing whatever you want). It also allows you to set all of your supported chat clients status as "available" at once when you return.

Supported clients are: iChat, Adium, AOL Instant Messanger, Yahoo! Messanger, and Proteus. Partially supported clients are MSN Messenger, Fire, and IRC in a terminal window.

Limitations:
"Unregistered--" comment shows up on all of your away and return messages.

Requirements:
iChat 2.0 or higher
iCal 1.5 or higher.

What's New:
Improved integration with iCal
Free homeland security monitoring for Stephen Colbet fans
New icons and sample extension scripts added