I have uploaded a fix for this problem.

I will see if I can find time tonight after school

a. iChat's design which this is a clone of, doesn't show it at all on a per-message basis.
b. it looks cleaner without the timestamp.
c. every few minutes, a timestamp is inserted between chats as a "status message" in light grey
d. to me, timestamps aren't important - if I really need to see it, I am willing to hover the cursor over a message or open my chat log.

interesting. can you post a screenshot? or send it to me@camronflanders.com. thanks

Yours doesn't look like this when you hover over each box? http://img.skitch.com/20090331-npp585...cyps8rg.jpg