One feature about iChat that I don't like is that it doesn't automatically log me in when the system starts up. I made this small AppleScript to launch and close iChat, ensuring that I am logged on at startup:
tell application "iChat"Set this script to run at startup in the Login Items preference panel to insure that iChat logs you in at startup.
activate
quit
end tell
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