Originally posted by: Googer
I would blame the improper page loads on The Internet Explorer source code that AOL relies on for its web browsing. IE is notorious for not adhereing to standard protocols like CSS and SSL.
I actually don't think it's possible for an AOL user to have less than 2 installs on their computer nowadays. Even if they are installing for the first time, they will inadvertently install it again... just to make sure they got aol... :disgust:Originally posted by: CVSiN
becasue of thier crappy programming and the failure of thier install programs to sweep for old versions of the software... there fore I have seen users that get those CDs in the mail have 5-10 SEPARATE AOL installs on a PC and wonder why they are having trouble...
only to check network settings and see no less than 5 different AOL TCP stacks....
Originally posted by: CVSiN
Originally posted by: Googer
I would blame the improper page loads on The Internet Explorer source code that AOL relies on for its web browsing. IE is notorious for not adhereing to standard protocols like CSS and SSL.
You sir are either
A: an AOL employee doing marketing research.
B: a 60 year old new to the internet dweeb
c: a cluless 13 year old that loves the chat!
d: an Internet stalker that loves AOL becasue of all the 12 year old girls you can stalk..
e: a combo of the above...
I am a tech I have worked for many companies in the past Including Time Warner doing on site Road Runner support
in my experience... AOL uses 0 MS code in thier browser.. it is a steaming pile of poo that forces you where they want you to go...
AOL has been known to completely corrupt windows installs and TCIP stacks...
becasue of thier crappy programming and the failure of thier install programs to sweep for old versions of the software... there fore I have seen users that get those CDs in the mail have 5-10 SEPARATE AOL installs on a PC and wonder why they are having trouble...
only to check network settings and see no less than 5 different AOL TCP stacks....
AOL nothing but pure bloat and highway robbers... they charge for a service that has nothing you cant get for FREE if you pay a lower rate from a REAL internet company...
Chat... IRC
news MSN CNN etc..
Music... MTV newsgroups etc..
Mail....
you name it... faster cheaper and more healthy PC..
and less service calls
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: CVSiN
Originally posted by: Googer
I would blame the improper page loads on The Internet Explorer source code that AOL relies on for its web browsing. IE is notorious for not adhereing to standard protocols like CSS and SSL.
You sir are either
A: an AOL employee doing marketing research.
B: a 60 year old new to the internet dweeb
c: a cluless 13 year old that loves the chat!
d: an Internet stalker that loves AOL becasue of all the 12 year old girls you can stalk..
e: a combo of the above...
I am a tech I have worked for many companies in the past Including Time Warner doing on site Road Runner support
in my experience... AOL uses 0 MS code in thier browser.. it is a steaming pile of poo that forces you where they want you to go...
AOL has been known to completely corrupt windows installs and TCIP stacks...
becasue of thier crappy programming and the failure of thier install programs to sweep for old versions of the software... there fore I have seen users that get those CDs in the mail have 5-10 SEPARATE AOL installs on a PC and wonder why they are having trouble...
only to check network settings and see no less than 5 different AOL TCP stacks....
AOL nothing but pure bloat and highway robbers... they charge for a service that has nothing you cant get for FREE if you pay a lower rate from a REAL internet company...
Chat... IRC
news MSN CNN etc..
Music... MTV newsgroups etc..
Mail....
you name it... faster cheaper and more healthy PC..
and less service calls
ALL of those problems are USER ERROR. AOL does not delete old versions so a person can maintain internet connectivity if there is something wrong with the new version. The instalation instructions tell you to delete the old version after you verify the new works and connects.
Folks, again, the problems you associate with AOL are, in reality, problems with computer illiterate people in general. They are USER ERRORS that occur when someone does not read the instructions. I have used AOL since 2.0 and have had few, if any of the problem you guys are talking about.
Originally posted by: Salvador
Well.. One of the reasons is that some sites block access to AOL accounts, including this one, because AOL accounts are so easy to get and remain anonymous. A lot of Ebay frauds are done with AOL accounts because of this. They also don't do a very good job at blocking spam or at least they didn't.
One of the biggest reasons why I disliked AOL was because they oversold their servers and you could never log on during peak times. This was back during dial up.
Another reason was because the software seemed so dumbed down and unique to AOL. I can see why people that get started on AOL, that aren't computer savvy, stay with AOL. I think it's by design. People are afraid to learn something else once they are used to the way AOL works. That's why they run promotions to try and get newbies. Once a person learns how to use a regular web browser with the internet, they really don't have any desire to go to something like AOL.
Of course, AOL could've changed. The last time I used AOL was about 5 years ago.
Sal
Originally posted by: Googer
One of my biggest gripes about AOL is their Email Program, while it has some very nice email composing features; It will automaticly delete any message older than 30 days and does not support POP3 or IMAP. GMAIL Rocks!
Originally posted by: MrNutz
AOL has been crap ever since they killed the fate and server warez rooms... but of course 97% of the ppl in this forum have no idea what I'm talking about thought... that was back in the AOL 3.0 to 5.0 days
Oh yeah, this too:
Good Laugh for Ol' School AOLers...
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: MrNutz
AOL has been crap ever since they killed the fate and server warez rooms... but of course 97% of the ppl in this forum have no idea what I'm talking about thought... that was back in the AOL 3.0 to 5.0 days
Oh yeah, this too:
Good Laugh for Ol' School AOLers...
Thanks for the dead link...
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: CVSiN
Originally posted by: Googer
I would blame the improper page loads on The Internet Explorer source code that AOL relies on for its web browsing. IE is notorious for not adhereing to standard protocols like CSS and SSL.
You sir are either
A: an AOL employee doing marketing research.
B: a 60 year old new to the internet dweeb
c: a cluless 13 year old that loves the chat!
d: an Internet stalker that loves AOL becasue of all the 12 year old girls you can stalk..
e: a combo of the above...
f: none of the above
I am a tech I have worked for many companies in the past Including Time Warner doing on site Road Runner support
in my experience... AOL uses 0 MS code in thier browser.. it is a steaming pile of poo that forces you where they want you to go...
AOL has been known to completely corrupt windows installs and TCIP stacks...
becasue of thier crappy programming and the failure of thier install programs to sweep for old versions of the software... there fore I have seen users that get those CDs in the mail have 5-10 SEPARATE AOL installs on a PC and wonder why they are having trouble...
only to check network settings and see no less than 5 different AOL TCP stacks....
AOL nothing but pure bloat and highway robbers... they charge for a service that has nothing you cant get for FREE if you pay a lower rate from a REAL internet company...
Chat... IRC
news MSN CNN etc..
Music... MTV newsgroups etc..
Mail....
you name it... faster cheaper and more healthy PC..
and less service calls
ALL of those problems are USER ERROR. AOL does not delete old versions so a person can maintain internet connectivity if there is something wrong with the new version. The instalation instructions tell you to delete the old version after you verify the new works and connects.
Folks, again, the problems you associate with AOL are, in reality, problems with computer illiterate people in general. They are USER ERRORS that occur when someone does not read the instructions. I have used AOL since 2.0 and have had few, if any of the problem you guys are talking about.
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: Googer
AOL Customer Service is top notch, I have never found another company as willing to please as AOL.
What have you been smoking?
Because I want some!![]()
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: Googer
One of my biggest gripes about AOL is their Email Program, while it has some very nice email composing features; It will automaticly delete any message older than 30 days and does not support POP3 or IMAP. GMAIL Rocks!
there was an option to archive your old mail into another folder. Personal Filing Cabinet iirc, in the years I was using AOL, I kept every single piece of mail I ever wrote. Sucks that I did a clean install one time and forgot to back up that directory...oh well.
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: MrNutz
AOL has been crap ever since they killed the fate and server warez rooms... but of course 97% of the ppl in this forum have no idea what I'm talking about thought... that was back in the AOL 3.0 to 5.0 days
Oh yeah, this too:
Good Laugh for Ol' School AOLers...
Thanks for the dead link...
it was funny at first the server rooms were killed, and then it took a while for them to realize they changed the name to cerver, and then zerver....and t hen they got off that naming convention...stupid aol hehe
Originally posted by: Googer
I know that, but It is not avalable on all versions. I don't know of any other program that deletes unanserd e-mail. No matter how long I keep email in my mozilla mail box on the Gmail or yahoo server none of it ever gets deleted unless I tell it so. Too bad aol does not do this.
Originally posted by: mchammer187
without AOL what would haxx0r wannabees have to bash to make them feel L337
Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Believe me, there's more to it than "OMG I'm such a fagg0t lets bash AOL".
Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: Googer
AOL Customer Service is top notch, I have never found another company as willing to please as AOL.
What have you been smoking?
Because I want some!![]()
Dude, you don't. It makes you think AOL IS GOOD.
Think about that again. That must be some STRONG SHIT.
Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Originally posted by: mchammer187
without AOL what would haxx0r wannabees have to bash to make them feel L337
You do know this isn't just the reason people bash AOL.
I know over here, at least, if you try and cancel a free trial, or cancel your account at all, they will practically resort to fellatio before actually letting you cancel it. It's pathetic. Either that or they will get unreasonable ratty with you.
Their support sucks.
The speed of the service sucks, their advertising sucks, and in the UK, they have been on a borderline-legal tax dodge for a long time, so they don't even help our economy.
You get disconnected a LOT, I hear people cursing near-constantly, one of which was my ex-girlfriend, and it always seemed to be those who 'UPGRADED' to the 1Mbit service, oddly.
Believe me, there's more to it than "OMG I'm such a fagg0t lets bash AOL".
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Believe me, there's more to it than "OMG I'm such a fagg0t lets bash AOL".
you'd be surprised...i don't know if you read the whole thread but theres a lot of replies that have no reason other than aol sucks.
This is true. AOL was a great way to connect to the internet back before Windows came with a phone dialer and built-in browser (which was Win95B with IE3 when that happened btw).Originally posted by: loki8481
fixed.Originally posted by: Babbles
AOL is probably the single best thing that has happend to the internet.
AOL really helped fuel the internet explosion in the mid/late 90's.
Yep, that is what AOL became.Originally posted by: dwell
AOL is like P&N -- it keeps all the bad people in one corral.
