AOL Instant Messenger
Current Version: 4.3.1232 / 4.7.1333 (February 18, 2004)
From the AOL Instant Messenger home page: "AOL Instant Messenger combines AOL's popular "Buddy List" and "Instant Message" features. The "Instant Message" feature lets users send and respond to messages immediately while the "Buddy List" feature lets users know instantly when friends are online. Previously only available to [AOL] members, AOL is now delivering these features to Internet users worldwide." Another nice feature of the AIM service is that it's accessible via a web browser no matter where you are. Versions 4.6 and later feature ICQ integration, "Mobile IM" and other new features. Version 4.7 adds "friendly name support," allowing you to view people's actual names rather than cryptic IM addresses, and "multi-point file sharing" that allows you to share the contents of more than one folder.
User Reviews
"The Instant Messenger is a must have for all non AOL users. It is very easy to set up and quick to send and receive messages. If you don't like waiting for replies with E-Mail, this is the best solution. It doesn't take up much memory or hard drive space, both of which are scarce on my Performa 550. So for low memory, and high expectations, I definitely suggest that you download this now."
—Zack Katz
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the latest OS 8.6 version (4.3.1232).
the latest OS 9 & X version (4.7.1333).
The new AIM.app version 1.0b4 (November 14, 2008) is available for Mac OS X (Cocoa / Universal). AIM.app is made for "Mac users, by Mac users" and is built around the OpenAIM SDK. The AIM developers use AIM.app for testing new features like AIM Lite. Version 1.0b4 is the fifth public release of the client. See the release notes for more information.
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