AOL Triton
Tags :Announcement
I finally got around to upgrading to the new
AIM (like Ed
did a short time ago) for
comparison purposes to Trillian and Yahoo Messenger. Like Ed, I was
not impressed, even with the flashy screens telling me what it could do
while installing AIM Bite-On.
First we have the wonderful license which included this tidbit
(ii) FEATURE USAGE INFORMATION. The Software may also provide
AOL with anonymous information about use of AOL features and buttons on
the Software. AOL uses this information in the aggregate to determine which
Software features and buttons are most popular and useful to its users.
(iii) SOFTWARE ID. The Software may contain a specific identification number
for the purpose of tracking the number of unique instances of the Software
in use.
Now, the damned browser software proceeded to install even though I am
positive I deselected it on the first screen. Of course, it always
uses the integrated browser for launching what you click and even sucks
over your bookmarks automatically from IE. Now the tabbed browsing
is a nice touch that is coming out soon enough in IE.
I also noticed that they integrated streaming music to compete with Yahoo.
Nice touch, along with the drag and drop file transfers. It
seems there is not a limit but I recall back in the day there was no limit
and we used ti all the time to move huge files around. I wonder when
that changed.
I didn't even go far enough to play with the emoticons or chat windows.
Once I saw the initial look, I made sure it was not set to
launch when Windows starts (as most things do it seems now by default)
and closed it up. One more application to sit in the unused program
directory.
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On Monday, November 28th, 2005 by Chris Miller
