Safari and iChat features missing?

I am wondering if in Tiger Safari and iChat had the following features removed?
Safari, version 2.0.2: When I type an address I need to include the .com whereas I used to be able to type something like google and the browser would add the .com. Now, before I get the lecture about cache etc. I know all about caches. This is not about that. You used to be able to just type the name of the site and it would pull up—if it were a dot com. I have checked this on another machine running Panther and it still works there.
iChat, version 3.1: There is no login sound unless the application is open. In other words, I have the icon in the menu so I can be available, or not, easily. Previously, I would log in (from the menu) and get two sounds letting me know it was active. One for Bonjour and one for the Buddy List. Now, only if I have the application open (iChat not just being available in the menu) will I get the sounds thus defeating the purpose of the sounds the way I have it set up—I can see that it is active and do not need to hear it. I have tried trashing the iChat preferences and that did not help.
Edit: Matter of fact I do not think I get the sounds for people becoming active or not now that I think of it.
I have run diagnostics, Disk Utility, cron maintenance, cleared caches, erased History. Additional ideas are appreciated.

"...Safari, version 2.0.2: When I type an address I need to include the .com whereas I used to be able to type something like google and the browser would add the .com. Now, before I get the lecture about cache etc. I know all about caches. This is not about that. You used to be able to just type the name of the site and it would pull up—if it were a dot com. I have checked this on another machine running Panther and it still works there."
Still works. You don't need to type ".com"

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