A newer version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) XP/2K is available.
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Version: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) XP/2K 1.0.4
"Not the direction I was hoping AIM would go in. Stick with version 5.9."
Pros: By the way: this version listed as being for Windows 2k/XP is the AIM Triton beta project available with your AIM account at AOL's beta webpage (beta(.)aol(.)com). The version listed as being for Windows 98/ME, the version 5.9.3, does in fact work in Windows 2k/XP contrary to the information listed on Download.com.
Its free.
It has a brand new interface.
These new versions lack certain features, which is a good thing since it lacks expressions and AIM games...god what atrocities!
Cons: The new codebase, while written from scratch and looking all cool, is much slower than the one seen in AIM 3.x/4.x/5.x.
These beta versions (as that is what this version is) lacks a lot of the features you find currently in AIM 5.9...Im sure down the road they will be available, but right now they arent. The list includes, but is not limited to, file sending, direct connectioning, video chat and audio chat.
I dont think this new client is as configurable as the old 5.9.
Like 5.9, these new Triton builds include advertisements in the buddy list window.
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If you need to do file sending, or picture sharing with direct connection, or audio or video chat, then this version is definitely not for you. I dont think its for anyone to tell you the truth. While the interface is all cool looking, I really dont like it all that much, include this with the fact that the program is slower, it runs one extra process over version 5.9 (aolsoftware.exe) and the uninstaller is that horrible AOL uninstaller, which even after you remove all AOL software the uninstaller remains in the add/remove programs. Stick with AIM 5.9 with the popular AIM Ad Hack. Not that AIM Ad Hack doesnt exist for this version, I just dont like this AIM version regardless.
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