With the 3.3.5 patch, there were several features added to the default UI for the chat frames. Many of them were things that I had been using a larger chat addon for, and now could move to something smaller. I decided to create that smaller chat addon myself, and ChipperChat was born.


Features:

• Hide chat buttons (jump to bottom button moved to lower-right corner, only shows when you are scrolled up)
• Move edit box to the top of the chat frame
• [optional] New editbox textures
• Move chat frames to edges of screen
• Channel abbreviations
• Increased chat history
• Now with support for extra chat frames! (whisper/conversation windows)

How To Install:

• place ChipperChat folder inside Interface\AddOns
• [optional] place CHATFRAME folder (located in ChipperChat folder) inside the Interface folder (NOT in AddOns) for the new editbox textures
• log into the game and open up Interface Options > Social

• select "Classic Style" in the Chat Style dropdown (this will let the edit box hide when not in use and give access to the chat tabs when edit box is set to be on top)

How To Configure:
This addon is configurable only through a .lua file. Open up cc_options.lua in any text editor. (My editor of choice is Notepad++.) If you make extensive changes to the defaults, I suggest saving a backup of your edited copy of cc_options.lua. All options in that file are documented extensively. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments here.


Want More Features?
(Note: The addons listed below are by no means "the best" or "the only" options. They are merely an example of what is available.)

Timestamps
Go to Interface Options > Social > "Chat Timestamps" and select a style from the dropdown menu

Mousewheel scrolling
Go to Interface Options > Social > "Enable Mouse Wheel Scrolling"

Class colored names
Right-click a chat tab and select "Settings". Mark the box under "Show Class Color" for each channel you want colored

Customized class colors
Download and install Class Colors by Phanx.

Pretty/Sleek/Minimalisitic chat tabs
Download and install the addon Fane by Haste or nibChatTabs by Nibelheim.

Sound Notifications
Download and install the addon ChatSounds by Dridzt

Keybindings for chat channels
Download and install ChatKeys by Zax

Buttons for chat channels
Download and install ChatBar by AnduinLothar

Spam filtering
Download and install BadBoy: Anti Spam Automatic Reporter by Funkydude (there are several additional modules as well)

Hide the black bar on the Combat Log
Download and install nibHideBlackBar by Nibelheim

Minimize chat window
Download and install Chiccai by Lolzen and Cargor

Move Battle.net Toaster popup window anywhere on screen
Download and install Toastmaster by morkesh

Clickable URLs
Download and install LinkMe by Taudier

Copy Chat
Download and install CCopy by Borlox