In many other places this may actually be a problem. However, there are a few things you should know about their dorm.
EAsT CamPUS was built early last century and has fairly liberal rules. Students are encouraged to paint their room and hall walls in any way they would like. You will note that the two beds in this room are lofted above their desks. These lofts were built by the students and most students move them from room to room. The items hanging throughout the room are mounted on their lofts and other personal items instead of being mounted to the wall. So, they should have no issue next year.
If you're an AIM user and went and got this virus, AIMFix from jayloden.com should take care of it for you.
While you're at it, try reporting the link you downloaded the virus from so it can stop being distributed. Remember, e-mail viruses include infected attachments, while IM viruses just link off to a website creating a single point of failure.
If you are using AIM, third parties have extended the functionality of the network to allow offline messaging.
Take a look at DoorManBot. While it does not (currently) have integration with the native AIM client, TerraIM has it integrated, and even without integration its a great tool when you need it.
The headline makes it sound like these bots were sending messages out advertising themselves to users.
I was afraid this would give useful "push" services a bad name.
DoorManBot does this, but only to deliver actual offline IM's to users from their buddies.
However, it looks like AOL was just having their System Message service notify the user of the change, without even mentioning the specific bots. As far as I can tell, that's pretty far from spam.
To expand on that, AOL has two protocols, OSCAR (which is used by the AIM client and Triton as well as gAIM and Trillian) and TOC (which was released in 1997 for third-party developers).
While TOC has been fairly crippled, OSCAR is still expanding (server storage of aliases, for example) and shows no sign of needing replacement.
AIM is actually the IM platform with the most users, so no, not only AOL.
As for size, the normal version is only a few MB.
However, if you really are concerned about size, take a look at TerraIM, which stands at about 600KB.
As far as I can tell, they've taken away pop-up windows (AIM Today screen), and even put a handle on SPIM, with the IM Catcher.
There isn't even a stock ticker on there anymore.
So, where are you getting "they still tacked on tons of ads and annoying pop-up windows, the dumb approach."?
This beta is running at about 100MB usage of RAM.
Also, viewing of profiles has not been implemented yet, along with several other 5.x features.
So, yes, still very early
They say they will be opening up to third party developers.
I checked the acccore.dll file, and seems to have some pretty extensive hooks. All the same, this is entirely client-side.
Recently, they have been clamping down more and more on third-party developers of services on the network. For example, a free offline messaging service, DoorManBot was forced offline for a few days recently. Hopefully, this new spirit of being open to developers will carry through.
While you can send offline messages on AIM with something like DoorManBot, the offline messages are stored at that third party, and is not done by AOL.
In the double-firewall scenario, file transfer and direct connections can be done, provided both users have recent clients. Both users already have a connection open to AOL. That connection can be used for a redirection of the file sending, allowing files to get through.
George Vulov, the guy who made TerraIM was telling me about implementing it. Apparently a pain, but well worth it
I keep logs of all messages sent through DoorManBot, which allows offline messaging on AIM, but I do that through special software only for the system.
For normal IM logging, I use Middle_Man, an AIM plugin. Other AIM plugins do this too, so take a look around.
IM Spam, or "SpIM" already exists.
As it is AOL has done a decent job with their network of limitting spim's efficiency. Unfortunately, they do this at the cost of more useful automated services.
yep, that feature is typically known as "buddy pouncing".
Services like DoorManBot take that one step further, by delivering messages even once the sender has signed offline.
While offline messaging is already available through third-party systems such as DoorManBot and some clients, such as TerraIM already have it integrated, it would be nice if AOL would actually make it native to their default client.
I hope their statements of supporting additions to the service will truly be open and not restricted to those the company already does business with. By making it open, the afford the opportunity of the broad support enjoyed by open source projects, where users feel they have some power.
Bankers may not love proprietary systems, but they do have some nice advantages.
A system like AIM is not going to go offline for days at a time, and leaves the organization without the hassle of managing an extra set of servers.
And AIM might not have message queuing built in, but systems like DoorManBot allow the function to be added.
Then again, Open Source is always nice, but I'm for a stable system any day.
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I find it interesting that an IM client is the top-billed supporter of U3.
TerraIM has been able to run without install since it was created (and fits on a 3.5" disk) plus has offline messaging through DoorManBot, etc.
Why is it that AOL is just now allowing this with ICQ, and only through a new standard?
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In many other places this may actually be a problem. However, there are a few things you should know about their dorm.
EAsT CamPUS was built early last century and has fairly liberal rules. Students are encouraged to paint their room and hall walls in any way they would like. You will note that the two beds in this room are lofted above their desks. These lofts were built by the students and most students move them from room to room. The items hanging throughout the room are mounted on their lofts and other personal items instead of being mounted to the wall. So, they should have no issue next year.
For those who are interested, I managed to get a couple more images of this interface here and here.
Bonus points if anybody can figure out where the shots came from and shut them down.
AOL's TOS says:
"You may access AIM Products only through the interfaces and protocols provided or authorized by AOL."
AIMCC certainly qualifies as an interface being provided as AOL. So, as long as you stay within their restrictions, third-party clients seem safe.
If you're an AIM user and went and got this virus, AIMFix from jayloden.com should take care of it for you.
While you're at it, try reporting the link you downloaded the virus from so it can stop being distributed. Remember, e-mail viruses include infected attachments, while IM viruses just link off to a website creating a single point of failure.
If you are using AIM, third parties have extended the functionality of the network to allow offline messaging. Take a look at DoorManBot. While it does not (currently) have integration with the native AIM client, TerraIM has it integrated, and even without integration its a great tool when you need it.
The headline makes it sound like these bots were sending messages out advertising themselves to users.
I was afraid this would give useful "push" services a bad name.
DoorManBot does this, but only to deliver actual offline IM's to users from their buddies.
However, it looks like AOL was just having their System Message service notify the user of the change, without even mentioning the specific bots. As far as I can tell, that's pretty far from spam.
If you look at the files, you will see it is very much Boxley, in fact, I found one file still referenced and available on his site
On another note, I read that the IM rendering window is being done by IE now, is this a mistake?
To expand on that, AOL has two protocols, OSCAR (which is used by the AIM client and Triton as well as gAIM and Trillian) and TOC (which was released in 1997 for third-party developers).
While TOC has been fairly crippled, OSCAR is still expanding (server storage of aliases, for example) and shows no sign of needing replacement.
AIM is actually the IM platform with the most users, so no, not only AOL.
As for size, the normal version is only a few MB.
However, if you really are concerned about size, take a look at TerraIM, which stands at about 600KB.
Go ahead and kill the ads. Now, will you be moving?
As far as I can tell, they've taken away pop-up windows (AIM Today screen), and even put a handle on SPIM, with the IM Catcher.
There isn't even a stock ticker on there anymore.
So, where are you getting "they still tacked on tons of ads and annoying pop-up windows, the dumb approach."?
This beta is running at about 100MB usage of RAM. Also, viewing of profiles has not been implemented yet, along with several other 5.x features.
So, yes, still very early
They say they will be opening up to third party developers.
I checked the acccore.dll file, and seems to have some pretty extensive hooks. All the same, this is entirely client-side.
Recently, they have been clamping down more and more on third-party developers of services on the network. For example, a free offline messaging service, DoorManBot was forced offline for a few days recently. Hopefully, this new spirit of being open to developers will carry through.
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While you can send offline messages on AIM with something like DoorManBot, the offline messages are stored at that third party, and is not done by AOL.
In the double-firewall scenario, file transfer and direct connections can be done, provided both users have recent clients. Both users already have a connection open to AOL. That connection can be used for a redirection of the file sending, allowing files to get through.
George Vulov, the guy who made TerraIM was telling me about implementing it. Apparently a pain, but well worth it
I keep logs of all messages sent through DoorManBot, which allows offline messaging on AIM, but I do that through special software only for the system.
For normal IM logging, I use Middle_Man, an AIM plugin. Other AIM plugins do this too, so take a look around.
IM Spam, or "SpIM" already exists. As it is AOL has done a decent job with their network of limitting spim's efficiency. Unfortunately, they do this at the cost of more useful automated services.
yep, that feature is typically known as "buddy pouncing". Services like DoorManBot take that one step further, by delivering messages even once the sender has signed offline.
offline messaging = using IM for all your communications and not switching identities between IM and e-mail
While offline messaging is already available through third-party systems such as DoorManBot and some clients, such as TerraIM already have it integrated, it would be nice if AOL would actually make it native to their default client.
I hope their statements of supporting additions to the service will truly be open and not restricted to those the company already does business with. By making it open, the afford the opportunity of the broad support enjoyed by open source projects, where users feel they have some power.
Jabber is the protocol, but there is no central server running millions of connections like any of the largest IM platforms have.
The company could always just pay AOL and have those restrictions taken away. Their own "AOL System Msg" service doesn't have restrictions.
Bankers may not love proprietary systems, but they do have some nice advantages.
A system like AIM is not going to go offline for days at a time, and leaves the organization without the hassle of managing an extra set of servers.
And AIM might not have message queuing built in, but systems like DoorManBot allow the function to be added.
Then again, Open Source is always nice, but I'm for a stable system any day.
I find it interesting that an IM client is the top-billed supporter of U3.
TerraIM has been able to run without install since it was created (and fits on a 3.5" disk) plus has offline messaging through DoorManBot, etc.
Why is it that AOL is just now allowing this with ICQ, and only through a new standard?