How do I add my contacts to ichat?

I expect more from Apple. I keep hearing that I can drag and drop from address book into iChat - but that's not working for me. I have ichat open but no friends to chat with. Why isn't there a way to import them all from addressbook?

Hi,
If the Address Book cards have the Screen Names the potential Buddy uses then yes you can select one or many Names and drag them to iChat.
The most I have done in one go is 249 names.
I used it to transfer names I had gained over time to Add them all to another Buddy List.
People's @mac.com and MobileMe Email Addresses may be their Screen Names but in many cases are not.
AIM ore recently seem to be encouraging people to Register for an AIM Email address or substitute a third party one rather than using the Screen Name only method.
Mine is really old and is just ralphjohnsr gained from using Netscape but is a valid AIM name.  (no @whatever.com)
In iChat you can create an Address Book Entry.
Click the Add Button at the bottom of the Buddy list
Select Add Buddy from the menu
Add their Screen Name in full in iChat 5
Add First Name, Last Name details
(You can at this point use the Blue arrow thing, next to Last Name, to link to an Existing Address Book Entry)
You Cannot create two Address Book Entries with the same details. (First Name, Last Name
iChat does make it look like they are being added (the fading in and out)  but then they don't appear in the Off line or Online sections - but then does not tell you why.
iChat lets you create Nicknames in the Buddies Info Card (When you have Buddies select one and do a Get Info)
Nicknames get added to the Address Book and again you cannot have two the same (if using Nicknames only)
11:09 PM      Friday; May 20, 2011
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