Another new build of AOL Blue Hawaii (9.0) - 191
Posted by AQUaDeX on 02 June 2003 - 03:27 · 38 comments & 4737 views
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#1 Posted by SidVicious on 02 Jun 2003 - 03:45
- Interesting...
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#2 Posted by Tem on 02 Jun 2003 - 03:55
- how did u obtain this if it aint even on AOLS Beta Site?
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#3 Posted by mipra on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:01
- Pretty nice...cant wait to try one. BTW, anobody know if we have to have an account with AOL to use this?
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#4 Posted by lebmike on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:12
- yea, im not seeing it in "beta"
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#5 Posted by Phil Gates on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:25
- wow someones copying MSN and Apple
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#6 Posted by nathanintu on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:36
- WOW, very nice!
I tryed AOL Australia a couple of months ago and the Australian browser is alright, tho the broadband browser is nothing more then IE full screen from what I have herd.
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#7 Posted by xStainDx on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:41
- Should be there tomarrow, AOL Betas are Normally released at the beginning of the new work week, Monday
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#8 Posted by empty on 02 Jun 2003 - 04:46
- MSN8 is much prettier.
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#9 Posted by aquadex on 02 Jun 2003 - 05:15
- EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED
Some might doubt the existance of this build, honestly I don't have so much free time to fake those, so here are some more goodies as a proof:
Default AOL desktop with windows minimized, it's a beauty.
And here are the new introduction animations:
init.swf
coreclnt.swf
newmemb.swf
also, during extensive usage of this new build of Blue Hawaii, I discovered that AOL's web cacheing technology, Velocity, is included in this build as well, browsing of AOL sites is indeed alot faster than before, using normal Blue Hawaii Builds
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#10 Posted by comped on 02 Jun 2003 - 07:20
- looks pretty cool. i like the blue
one thing i dont like is the dumb poll questions like the one on the screen about whats your weather like?
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#11 Posted by Mr. Black on 02 Jun 2003 - 07:57
- I used to Beta test for AOL back when 5.0 was released.
Most boring testing I've ever done...
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#12 Posted by Bryan000 on 02 Jun 2003 - 07:59
- Very cool.
I'm currently using 8.0, I would MUCH rather be using this new Blue Hawaii, can't wait for the final. Since i'm currently on Dialup I'm probably not gonna try downloading these betas, wait for the CDs to come out.
It does look far more streamlined. Very happy that they got rid of Realplayer. I've been using NSV in Winamp 3.x and the newer 2.9x and it's nice ans slim, fast, not clunky with a VERY UGLY overdone interface (GOD Real get your act together, you've been nothing but downhill for years, maybe you'll wakeup now that AOL is abandoning you)
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#13 Posted by ady199 on 02 Jun 2003 - 11:28
- Is this available in the UK..????
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#14 Posted by AquaDex on 02 Jun 2003 - 11:54
- images are mirrored back here, seems I got over my bandwidth limit...
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL1.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL2.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL3.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL4.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL5.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL6.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL7.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL8.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL9.gif
http://aquadex.hn.org/neowin/images/AOL10.gif
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#15 Posted by plasnray on 02 Jun 2003 - 12:18
- I can't wait for 9.0 for Wal-ma*t connect. $9.95 a month for AOL service. hehe!!!
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#16 Posted by morphen on 02 Jun 2003 - 12:21
- urk..looks damn ugly!
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#17 Posted by CoLdFuSi0n on 02 Jun 2003 - 13:13
- AOL can suck my dick
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#18 Posted by fb- on 02 Jun 2003 - 13:28
- AOL?!?! Judas priest! I would never use that crap, let alone a beta of that crap.
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#19 Posted by ady199 on 02 Jun 2003 - 14:37
- Can anyone please tell me if this is available in the UK yet..???
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#20 Posted by omega on 02 Jun 2003 - 15:14
- Since AOL says that you can store email on AOL as long as you want, does this mean they finally have a storage limit (in terms of megabytes)? Or is it still measured in terms of pieces of email you can store? If this is the case, AOL needs massive storage to store all those email users want.
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#21 Posted by nimasoft on 02 Jun 2003 - 15:14
- cool!
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#22 Posted by WishX on 02 Jun 2003 - 16:05
- Ya gotta hand it to AOL. If nothing else, they sure know how to polish a turd.
"AOL Turd 6.0"
"New AOL Turd 7.0"
"New and Improved Shinier Turd 8.0"
Its still Internet with Training Wheels.
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#23 Posted by RDX on 02 Jun 2003 - 19:12
- Can anyone tell me how i cna get this beta off the RM Library or whatever its call.
Forget it. AOL jsut put it in the beta section.
Last edited by 19240 on 03 Jun 2003 - 02:58
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#24 Posted by Krankerz on 02 Jun 2003 - 22:17
- Why is the a "?" in the About window for the years of publishment. You telling me they don't remember when their company started?
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#25 Posted by Spike101M69 on 02 Jun 2003 - 23:15
- is there any way to d/l this from the internet, and not from aol?
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#26 Posted by marinermoose241 on 04 Jun 2003 - 01:40
- How come I just downloaded the new beta and mine has Real Player installed? I hate that trash!
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#27 Posted by TheEvilDevil on 28 Jul 2003 - 21:10
- can u post them screenshots somewhere else cuz for sum reason they aint working
As in previous Blue Hawaii Builds, this build also includes the unreleased Beta version of QuickTime 6.3 and Viewpoint Media Player, but, what's new in this build is that it has RealPlayer removed, so it seems that AOL has already started the process of moving the current RealMedia content in their service to their own Nullsoft Video (NSV) format.
Due to the fact that I used this new build of AOL for less than 1 hour time, other new features are still yet to be discovered.
For your viewing pleasure, I had taken a couple of screenshots. Click read more to view them.