RSSAIM Now for Vista, AOL Web Mail
By Nate Mook | Published March 28, 2007, 3:11 PM
AOL on Wednesday released the final version of AIM 6.1, which primarily brings support for Windows Vista, as well as announcing a new beta of AOL Web Mail that integrates AIM. Users will be able to conduct AIM conversations directly from their Web-based AOL Mail interface.
AIM 6.1 has been in beta testing for a number of months and is fully compatible with Vista, which launched at the end of January. Other new features in the update include the ability to send an offline IM or SMS message when a buddy signs off AIM, and new Buddy List docking and color picker options.
With AIM 6.1, users can also view their linked AOL accounts at the top of the Buddy List and set individual away messages and invisibility options for each linked screen name.
Following in the footsteps of Google with its Gmail service, AOL plans to bring instant messaging directly to its "Cayman" webmail client, currently in beta testing. Although AOL Web Mail has featured some support for AIM since 2004, the update means users can participate in full chats from within their Web browser.
A Buddy List on the right side of AOL Web Mail highlights frequent contacts and lets users choose between sending a message via e-mail or AIM. The updated beta of Cayman is expected to reach testers in the coming weeks, although AOL has not said when it will be rolled out to all users.
AIM 6.1 is available for download now via FileForum.
Now the real question... When will Aim Ad Hack be available?
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|KICK ARSS!!!!!!
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|Wait...I thought the EU said 3rd party applications don't work with Microsoft OS's??
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|Ok how many times you going to post this? What are you a bot set to post this comment for every Microsoft Headline? Go away already.. I seen this post 10 times in the last 5 headlines...
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|really 10 times? That's funny cuz I only posted it twice...you sure you don't have some kind of memory issue and you reread the same article 10 times?
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|Too little too late.
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|Well said.
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|"Too little too late." A phrase by those who can't stand to see success by a company they don't like.
I for one am excited about this new development. I don't really care if you "like" it or not..it's how I feel.. if you really don't like it, well, too bad.
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|Puh-leaze, spare me the flowery drivel.
This quasi-*new* development comes on the heels of what Google has done with Gmail some seven-nine months ago.
A company I don't like? Aren't you just a presumptuous, slow gnat.
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|So you do like the company??
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|"Puh-leaze" - LOL ROFL - Sounds like someone has been watching WAAAAAYYYY to much Queer-eye
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|Indeed....nothing exciting here. Just Vista compatibility and ripping off another companies idea.
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|Which is it: Lol or ROFL? I mean let's be petty.
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|jesus, why do companies always release the compatible software after the final os has been released. RC2 was out for a while, they should have got it straight then
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