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Hi everybody,
I am writing as I am very new to Mac and OS Lion and just found out that I can have all Google chats and facebook chat set-up with the Apple Messages appliaction. I have already setup the software to use with my Apple ID and indeed I can use it to exchange iMessages with other iPhones.
Still I can't set-up the option for my 2 gmail accounts and my facebook account. I followe all the procedures but I can't see the list of my Facebook friends/Gmail friens on the left bar of the Messages screen. Do I have to activate a specific view? I keep seeing all my iMessages history on the left and a green light at the bottom saying "Available" but I can't see the list of friends available
Thanks a lot for all your help
Alessandro

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I double checked ichat 4.0.9 in Leopard's last version and it also does not bounce the DOCK icon on setting it for logging in yourself.
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In either case it also will not bounce the DOCK (even if the app if Quit and restarted) IF and I repeat IF the App is the front app
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However the behaviour changes once the app is in the "background" or at least behind one other app (in this Case the Web Browser I was composing this reply in).
Checking iChat 4 and iChat 5 reveals the same behavior. If the "front" app - meaning your are already watching it in theory, then the icon does not bounce.
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