About Aol Instant Messenger
Aol Instant
Messenger is another of the popular instant messaging clients,
which allow you to chat to other people via your computer in
real time. Aol messenger has a large following, and what
initially was a chat tool only for AOL members is now free to be
used by everyone.
The Latest version of
Aol chat is version 6.1 at the present time. Before downloading
Aol instant messenger make sure your pc is above the following
recommended specification.Windows XP, 2000 or Vista and has a
minimum of 128mb of ram Aol Messenger can be downloaded from
www.aol.com
Aol messenger also
allows audio chatting, for this you and other party you are
chatting too will need, a pc with a sound card, speakers or
headphones, and a microphone.
A relatively fast
internet connection, around 512k or above, otherwise the audio
Aol chat will be quite scratchy and may be difficult to
understand the other party. Aol messenger also has many other
functions built in such as..
MeeWees
where you can create a cartoon icon of yourself, which will be
seen by anyone chatting to you with Aol messenger .
Buddy Info Images
Add Images of your friends and family
Offiline IMs
This neat little feature with Aol messenger it allows you to
still send messages if the other party is not online, the
message will then be visible when they next login. Of course if
a message is sent to you while offline you will also be able to
view it the next time you login.
Picture Sharing
Aol messenger allows you to share images very simply, just drag
and drop using the later version of Aol instant messenger
Wallpapers
Aol messenger now has the facility of active wall papers, watch
what happens, lots to choose from.
There are many more
features with AIM or Aol messenger , but on the whole when
comparing to MSN messenger , Yahoo Messenger the differences are
small, and each instant messaging software has pretty much the
same features, some people are just more comfortable using
different software
Some people run more than one client, this way they can easily
chat to contacts using any type of chatting software.
Aol messenger seems
as though its been around forever, it has come along in leaps
and bounds over the years, and deserves its place amongst the
best instant messaging software, its ease of use and number of
free features together make it a nice professional piece of
software.
Be sure to checkout our other articles on MSN and Yahoo instant
messenger
Apart from Aol Instant Messenger we also have MSN messenger
checkout Yahoo instant messenger
AOL Instant
Messenger
"comments"
comment: Sun 25th July
Does anyone still use AOL messenger? Last I heard they still had no cross
platform compatibility with Yahoo or MSN
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