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AOL to Replace AIM with Triton

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the millions-of-chatty-teens-grow-silent dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BetaNews is reporting that AOL has begun beta testing a replacement for its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) software. Triton has an entirely new user interface that adds highly anticipated features including tabbed messaging and logging. The client will also be open to third party plug-ins." From the article: "It is no coincidence that AOL is fielding so many betas concurrently. AOL Browser, an Internet Explorer based Web browser; AOL Media Player, a standalone audio and video player; AOL search technologies and AOL's synchronization utilities are all part of what was once a unified communications client called Fanfare."

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  1. Interesting features... by angst7 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    adds highly anticipated features including tabbed messaging and logging

    I've been using this for quite a while, though. It's called Gaim.

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  2. Now how about taking features away... by acroyear · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...like using pure Flash for advertisements?

    I had to switch to GAIM not for any particular feature, but to get rid of the advertising.

    Seemed the version of AIM I was using at the time allowed Flash advertisements with sound, and the sound completely ignored my other settings in the AIM client to turn all sounds off.

    so here i am, in my quiet little room trying to get work done, and suddenly I get interrupted by a trailer for some movie coming from the one app that should have been totally silent.

    I was not amused.

    and AIM was off my box in seconds.

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    1. Re:Now how about taking features away... by zerkon · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Don't even get me started on AIM advertising, how about one day I walk over to my computer and the Java VM is running... odd there isn't a browser open... all thats open is AIM?? last thing I need is aim using up (in addition to the already bloated software that it is) an additional 20MB of ram to run Java...

      then of course there is the "mouse over to hear" advertising that comes blaring out of my speakers when I minimize a window and mouse over by accident...

      and my gf wonders why i use gaim

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