#aol aim

[90s-2000s-barbie]

AOL Instant Messager [AIM] (1997 - 2017)

[my90schildhoodnostalgia]

Anyone remember growing up in the late 90′s and rushing home from school to sign on to AOL Instant Messenger and chat on AIM? This is so nostalgic for me and brings back such sweet memories. Sometimes i wish the internet was this simple again, and by simple i mean simple lifestyle wise not simple as in difficult to use.

[hisinvisiblefriend]

It's even sadder than seeing no one online the last time I signed in ...

[retrocompmx]

Un día como hoy (3 de noviembre) en la tecnología

El 3 de noviembre de 2002 AOL anunció que ICQ y AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) trabajarían en conjunto, compartiendo información de login. En 1998 AOL había comprado los derechos de ICQ para competir contra Microsoft Messenger #retrocomputingmx #AOL #ICQ

[xanjero]

AOL Instant Messenger Shuts Down after 20 Year Run

#AOL #InstantMessenger #AIM Shuts Down after 20 Years -- #Xanjero

AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after serving millions of users since 1997, ending the use of the pioneering chat app that paved the way to SMS….

American Online might be a distant memory for some. But, it did bring a host of familiar (albeit revamped or morphed) features to the web browsing experience. AOL announced it is discontinuing AIM or AOL Instant Messenger, effective December 15th 2017. 

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[mattanddaveshow]

Nostalgia...

[aims4ever]

#TBT How many of y’all 1990′s babies remember AOL Instant Messenger? You wasn’t popping in the early 2000s if you ain’t have no AIM! This photo series is called “IM (Instant Messenger) AiM$”

[somebodyletmedown]

I am beyond annoyed with aol aim right now. They cut support on older versions of aim (including the one I’ve been using since 2009) so I was forced to download the new version, which is HORRIBLE. It no longer tells you how long a person has been signed on. It doesn’t show “away messages”, but statuses instead, and instead of keeping the status up until you take it down, it just posts it as your latest update. So no longer does a “shower brb” status mean anything because no one can see when you take it down. Also I’m assuming the little “don’t” symbol ( the circle with a diagonal line through it ) means that the person has gone idle? But I really cannot find any information about that whatsoever, which is another complaint I have about the support, or lack there of, that their website provides. But regardless, it doesn’t show how long they have been idle. A lot of the other settings/preferences that older versions offered are now gone. Linked screen names are no longer supported, so you cannot be signed onto more than one screen name at a time ( on the Mac version at least ) which is horrible news for a roleplayer like me. The manner in which the logs are kept is awful as well. They no longer keep logs by the date of the chat in individual files, but instead in one giant log which each user you talk to. So a log with user XYZ will just add more and more onto the same file each time you talk. And the Mac version also does not offer spellcheck. I’m sure there are a ton of other flaws this version has that I have yet to find, but I am not happy.

what the actual fuck? what is even the point in using aim anymore? i’m honestly livid right now. this version is so fucking ugly and horribly unmanageable.