Ok, the more I use iChat, the more I like it. I've started to ditch the people on my buddy list I never talk to. So organization isn't as big anymore. Still something I would like.
I just added BaB to my address book, under both his names, and they grouped it, so both aren't on my list. It seems to auto-default to send the message to the name which comes first alphabetically. But I just right clicked on the name, and under the "Accounts" section, I took out his other account. It no longer appears on my buddy list, but I only send a message to the other account.
Buddy icons are nice too. I dragged and dropped an image and it gave me the option to resize it, and move it around. So if I didn't just want to resize it, I coul shrink it a little, and display only a certain portion of the image. Much better than AIMs auto-shrinkage.
Displaying by name or screen name should still be a choice. But it seems nicer having real names on your list. I thought iChat would suck. Silly me
and BTW, some of the smilies are much nicer. Like the cry one.