AIM is such a peice of crap

[notfred]

The last message was not sent because you are over the rate limit. Please wait until sending is re-enabled and send the message again.

What the hell is that? I haven't sent a single message in over an hour, and I wasn't etting any warnings an hour ago...

It seems to do this every once in a while jsut to spite me. I hate it.

 

[yakko]

If you hate it then stop using it.

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: notfred

The last message was not sent because you are over the rate limit. Please wait until sending is re-enabled and send the message again.

What the hell is that? I haven't sent a single message in over an hour, and I wasn't etting any warnings an hour ago...

It seems to do this every once in a while jsut to spite me. I hate it.

Had you been checking alot of profiles? It'll do that to you if you check a certain amount...I think it's like 6 or 7...

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: yakko
If you hate it then stop using it.

owned

 

[Kelvrick]

Aim rules, except for the crappy coding and occasional server crashing....

 

[Adul]

each service has it own quirks about it. MSNM has by far the best voice chat, but it seems to disconnect often. AOL has all sorts of quirks, icq is not to bad, but damn all those spam ads

 

[Nefrodite]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk

Originally posted by: yakko
If you hate it then stop using it.

owned

im should be like email, you shouldn't have companies controlling the network @%# aol and the weak limp wristed fcc

 

[bwass24]

AIM and AOL in general don't want you to be using any sort of automated system on AIM. Their assumption is that if text goes into the AIM window faster than a fast typist can type, the user is using a bot, and they forcefully slow you down. You can test this by very quickly typing 1 character and pressing enter repeatedly. After a few times you'll get the same message. (I know this because I was part of the development team for a product that was supposed to work with AIM, and AOL just wouldn't let us do it. The only commercial relationship AOL has with anyone using AIM is with a company called FaceTime that offers tools for AIM based technical support, and they let them bypass the rate limiting system.)

 

[bmacd]

i used to strictly be an MSN user, but i switched over to Trillian b/c my ex-gf used AIM and sometimes i just didn't feel like talking to her on the phone and i certainly wasn't going to clutter up my computer with AOL software. Anyways, i tried it, didn't like it, left it on my computer, and it grew on me. I'm still playing around with it and i've had it for about a week now, and i think i'm using a different skin, but it doesn't look any different. I dunno. But use trillian. It's pretty good.

-=bmacd=-

 

[fr]

I think you were just checking too many profiles for pics.

 

[Nefrodite]

since its almost a fact of life that you'll need aim, install aim+ over it atleast that fills in a few missing features. doesn't have icq's kewl ability to send offline messages though

 

[incallisto]

IRC can be hilarious:

<aZNsTunNa> f*** you riley... this is #cars, not #aim...
<rileybrd> but aim is messin up and i need some help dammit!
<mustang42> AIM is for people with facial deformities
* aZNsTunNa laughs out loud!

 

[JohnCU]

Anyone notice on AIM, when you have an away message up, it messes up your profile when you view it? It'll make the smiley faces change size and it'll put lines in it and stuff.

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
im should be like email, you shouldn't have companies controlling the network

Companies do control the network. Have you tried getting email without any internet service?

 

[Nefrodite]

but they are compatible with each other. you don't have to install at&t email service to send email to an at&t user

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
but they are compatible with each other. you don't have to install at&t email service to send email to an at&t user

That is also why you pay for internet access. AIM is free. If they charged I would fully expect it to be compatible with every other IM service.

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: Adul
each service has it own quirks about it. MSNM has by far the best voice chat, but it seems to disconnect often. AOL has all sorts of quirks, icq is not to bad, but damn all those spam ads

ICQ Lite

 

[Nefrodite]

u can get free email too. the fcc is supposed to force compatibility but they are dragging their feet.

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
u can get free email too. the fcc is supposed to force compatibility but they are dragging their feet.

The FCC should stay away from AIM. There is absolutely no reason AOL should make it compatible with all other services unless they want to. It should not be forced. You can't get free email with out internet access. I know you will want to say that there are free ISPs out there but they have ads running on them which someone paid to put there which means the service is paid for. The free email services also have ads that pay for it.

 

[Skawttey]

The one feature that i really would like to see in AIM is invisibility so i can be online and talk to people but not have other people see me.