09.18.05
iSight and H.323
I really wish iChat would talk H.323. I don’t honestly care about NetMeeting, but I want things to “just work” when chatting with people who have hardware videophones. I got things working reasonably well with ohphoneX and my brand-spanking-new iSight.
Except it was a pain in the ass. I would mysteriously get no incoming video. It was choppy. I couldn’t do anything but a full-screen chat, which meant I didn’t get the low-battery warning that I luckily caught in time.
That isn’t to say I don’t appreciate the free software, I really am glad it exists. I mean, how else would I justify getting an iSight? 
I’m just willing to pay for something that just worked.