Why won't iChat start hidden?

It's a small irritation but one that's been with us since the very start: I have iChat in my list of Login Items with the Hide checkbox checked. iChat starts all right, but the icon goes into it's hidden (dull) state for a fraction of a second during iChat start up before iChat bursts into life and onto my desktop in a decidedly unhidden state.
Aside from assigning iChat to a distant desktop using Spaces, has anybody actually cracked the simple-sounding problem of getting iChat to start and stay hidden?

Hi,
Try also Hiding iChatAgent.
iChat Also "Remember" where each window was when iChat is Quit.
Closing A Buddy List Window (Red Blob Button) does not Log that Buddy List out but "Hides" the window. Therefore iChat will start up with no windows on show.
There was a thread recently where someone was having problem with iChat and Spaces.
Something about the way iChat is means that even if in another Space a New Invite arriving brings it to the Front and Current Space as well.
This may have been to do with Chax (an iChat Add-on that can set any iChat Window to be "Always in Front").
It may also be to do with the Dock and this being in any Space.
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