I have had MSN's instant messenger a while now and felt that there was no need to try any of the other instant messengers available. If you don't already know, insatnt messaging lets you talk instantly without a delay so you can actually chat to someone and they are private, not like an open ... Read review
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AIM to keep in touch
Advantages: Free, quick and easy to setup, you can search for friends. Disadvantages: Looks old and chunky, some problems and annoying noises.
I have had MSN's instant messenger a while now and felt that there was no need to try any of the other instant messengers available. If you don't already know, insatnt messaging lets you talk instantly without a delay so you can actually chat to someone and they are private, not like an open chatroom.
I had a friend who had not got MSN so suggested I got AIM (AOL's Instant Messenger) so I did to keep in touch with them. I found it ... ...
One advantage it has over MSN is that you can search for people by name, interests and location.
It has a good control panel, and a good list of friends or buddy's. It lets you know by making a sound when a friend signs on so that you can talk to them. It also makes a noise when you send or receive a message. It can be annoying when you send messages though. I think it could be like MSN by displaying a small box telling you ... more
I have had MSN's instant messenger a while now and felt that there was no need to try any of the other instant messengers available. If you don't already know, insatnt messaging lets you talk instantly without a delay so you can actually chat to someone and they are private, not like an open chatroom.
I had a friend who had not got MSN so suggested I got AIM (AOL's Instant Messenger) so I did to keep in touch with them. I found it fairly quick and easy to download and setup.
One advantage it has over MSN is that you can search for people by name, interests and location.
It has a good control panel, and a good list of friends or buddy's. It lets you know by making a sound when a friend signs on so that you can talk to them. It also makes a noise when you send or receive a message. It can be annoying when you send messages though. I think it could be like MSN by displaying a small box telling you when someone signs in, because if you have your speakers turned off you may miss them!
It has the ability to send pictures and dcouments, like MSN. You can set your own away or busy message which is useful as you do not have to send out the wrong message with a default one. I think the SEND button is okay, but the noise gets annoying.
There are too many lists in my opinion, buddies, friends, work collegues. There is also a news ticker that runs along the top of your screen which is interesting. You can choose other interests to have links to sport, news and the stock enxchange. Like MSN messenger you can actually talk to the person through your microphone by dialing them, but I have not tried this feature yet.
I think it is a good program, but not as good to look at or use as MSN messenger. It looks old and chunky. It can be difficult to use, but could rival MSN with a few improvements. I like using it, but would love to get rid of that annoying sound!
Instant Messaging is something I've used since the start of my online life, and in my opinion has been the sole biggest factor in drawing people of my ages group (18) to the internet. Back in the day when I had a 486 PC with a 14.4K modem I used ICQ, mainly to talk to my friends. As time moved on so have I, and I now use MSN Messenger as my main IM program, with ICQ used to keep in contact with the people I met on there. I never really found internet ... ...a neat idea to begin with and I did make a few friends from them, but just about every chat room came down to the same thing. You get the 12 year old boys who repeat 'n e hot laydees wanna cyber', you get the 60 year old men posing as a 16 year old girl, and the abusers who post links to some so called great sites, which always turn out have something in it for the person involved. I'm not belittling chat rooms, because if you know the right places ...
real_rob_writer 17.09.2001
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Advantages: fast, reliable, buddy list Disadvantages: none really
Get The Message?
Theres little doubt that email has helped to revolutionise the way we communicate with each other. Its convenience and low cost mean that postal delays and hefty telephone bills can now be easily avoided.
Howerevr, even email has its limitations. Fopr one, there's no way of telling if the person you're sending a message to is online, meaning your message could stay in their inbox for days. Some people only check for email once ... ...youll get a speedy responce. Theres also the issue of slow or unreliable delivery. Heavy traffic, or problems with a mail server, can stop an email getting through quickly. Instant messaging on the other hand, allows you to coinduct 'real time' conversations over the net and lets you know when your friends are online. As with chat rooms, you can talk to more than one person at a time, invite other uses to join you, and exchange files and web links. ...
waltersontour 09.07.2001
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Advantages: free, can talk to multiple people, file transfer, away messages Disadvantages: voyeurism, makes it hard to avoid people, impersonal
When I think about the AOL Instant Messenger (commonly referred to as AIM), it makes me sort of sad. Years ago, people used to phone each other or (gasp!) go to each other's homes to chat. Don't people ever talk to each other in person anymore? This program makes it very easy to have superficial relationships and may cause misunderstandings, since it is difficult to express sarcasm and other subtle human tones and emotions over the Instant Messager. ... ...technology is ruining human relationships, let's discuss the program itself.
AOL and AIM
AOL (America Online) is a huge corporation that seems to be taking over the world. But I don't feel guilty about having this programme on my computer since it is free to download from the AOL website. The service is sponsored by ads which scroll rather unobtrusively on the top of the program's window. AIM doesn't take up much space on your screen. The vertical ...
OKkaraoke 27.10.2002
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Advantages: Modern, easy to use/install, simple, clear and fast. A great service from a world-trusted group. Disadvantages: Being picky, it's fiddly to send if you prefere a keyboard to mouse, and you can't see if a person is writing a message or has left. Apart from that, a splendid job!
AOL have done something that would (and should) turn Bill Gates Green with envy. What a fab service! It's fast, fun, easy to use/install, availible the world over and is an easy way to meet new people.
Being new to all this computer malarky, I's grasped the basics of AOL, and found my way into chat. AOL's chat is well designed, just a shame they can't controll the people in them! I find the chats often are led away from the theme, with a lot of ... ...and their is a reporting system and strict rules so it's OK I suppose.
Anyway, you go into an (AOL) chat room, find someone you click with and simply click on their screen name. Then send an instant message (refered to as IM), and your away. All the usual font, smiles, ect. are there, along with your name and the person's name clearly posted, so you know who's sayed what. The only thing I find a bit anoying is that tapping 'enter' acts as a return ...
7sefton 14.07.2001
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Advantages: easy to use, packed with features Disadvantages: does not support video communication
For all those Instant Messaging freaks out there check this out if you haven't already! ;)
Instant Messages....you've got to admit they can be funny at times and provide that personal and intimate environment when spreading the latest goss or having that little heart to heart when you just can't keep away from your loved one. Alternatively when you're bored and just want to meet someone new if only for a while then this tool is perfect! Though I’ve ... ...it and preferred something easier to use. I also have MSN but find this very limited in that you can only communicate with people who have hotmail/msn e-mail accounts.
I was introduced to AIM a couple of years ago by a friend of mine and found it incredibly easy to use and jam packed with lots of cool little features. If you haven't figured it out by now this is an instant messaging program very similar to ICQ and others like MSN. As with many of ...
Fiz_whiz 15.07.2002
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