mikejd1 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I know this is bad to say....but the newest BETA to the AOL 8.0 client...is really getting better. I hate AOL, but the new options, look, program stabiltiy, I have to give two thumbs up! Good job AOL. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jaxbulls Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by mintll Does it have Gecko yet? No not yet, I'm assuming that will come towards the end but for now its still on IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Baigley Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Any Screen Shots.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I'll post some in a few mins :) and yea i've been on since beta 5 too :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 KayMan2K Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by freeza 900?! wtf, do you have 1GB of RAM or something? No. I only have 512mb RAM... Windows had to use a very very large swap file to compensate for the need for such amounts of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mikejd1 Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by scuba Any Screen Shots.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 freeza Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 oh.....damn .... everytime i install 8.0 it tells me there is a problem with my connection and to reboot .. and when i do it still says that **** and i cant do or go anywhere on AOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by freeza oh.....damn .... everytime i install 8.0 it tells me there is a problem with my connection and to reboot .. and when i do it still says that **** and i cant do or go anywhere on AOL WEIRD, o well anyways the newer AOL 8 beta install looks better with the moving screens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 http://un0x.saburovo.com/AOL/aolinstall1.JPG http://un0x.saburovo.com/AOL/aolinstall2.JPG http://un0x.saburovo.com/AOL/aolinstall3.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 freeza Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 looking a lot better than the first beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 yup alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steven Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 They added a companion app, that runs outside of AOL AOLCompanion. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Scorbing Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 How about a screenshot. Post one so that we can see the new interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steven Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by Scorbing How about a screenshot. Post one so that we can see the new interface. /me have no place to host.. sry :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 How can I run AOL Companion??? I closed the icon in the taskbar. so I dunno, and Stain send me it and I can host it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steven Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by uniacid How can I run AOL Companion??? I closed the icon in the taskbar. so I dunno, and Stain send me it and I can host it its DEFAULT LOC is C:Program FilesAOL Companion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kirk26 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Man, this looks Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mikejd1 Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by kirk26 Man, this looks Sweet! hehe, it doesnt work right though, its still very buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hobsgrg Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by kirk26 Man, this looks Sweet! AOL and sweet in the same sentance???? AOL is just a bloated piece of rubbish in my opinion no matter how pretty they might make it look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Steven Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by hobsgrg AOL and sweet in the same sentance???? AOL is just a bloated piece of rubbish in my opinion no matter how pretty they might make it look Something must have slipped my mind because i didn't realize that this thread was RENAMED DIS AOL :shrugs: oh, it wasn't so SHADDAP :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hobsgrg Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by xStainDx Something must have slipped my mind because i didn't realize that this thread was RENAMED DIS AOL :shrugs: oh, it wasn't so SHADDAP :evil: Sorry it was my automatic reaction whenever i hear the words AOL after i had such a bad time with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dan.Varga Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 anyone have a screenshot of this 'companion'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Toxikk Veteran Posted July 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2002 i think that 8.0 is going to own. its getting better and better. i think we will get a lot of members from it. muahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 freeza Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 8.0 is looking better with every build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Toxikk Veteran Posted July 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2002 pyr0... i got some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kryptonik Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 I'm still sticking with Trillian, but ill probably download AIM when the new final verison is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I know this is bad to say....but the newest BETA to the AOL 8.0 client...is really getting better. I hate AOL, but the new options, look, program stabiltiy, I have to give two thumbs up!
Good job AOL.
Mike
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