Beta AOL 8.0 4129.40 Released to Beta


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The new release sports "Desktop Themes" basically it takes on the XP Theming engine and changes the way AOL looks.. a bit but these themes look proprietory to AOL.

the new Release Sports "Prefereed Mail" which lets you choose what mail you see, its a filter basically.

and the installer is now all Totally done in Flash.

35.6MB

a preview release is also slated for today as well, according to C|NET news.

Note: this is not a AOL Flaming Thread. :D

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AOL unveils 8.0 test version

By Jim Hu

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

July 31, 2002, 7:00 AM PT

America Online released on Wednesday a preview version of its upcoming AOL 8.0 service, slated for official release this fall.

Separately, AOL unveiled a new version of its Web search engine that is powered by Google. AOL Search, as it is called, will also incorporate results drawing from the keyword system in AOL's proprietary online service.

As previously reported, the AOL 8.0 is not a dramatic shift from its current AOL 7.0. New features will include enhanced parental controls, new bells and whistles in its e-mail and instant messaging clients, a redesigned AOL Music channel and a new Shop@AOL area that incorporates product search technology from Amazon.com.

A review of AOL 8.0 in June revealed that a central theme in the client's design will be customization. People will be able to incorporate more graphics into their instant messenger interfaces in the form of new smiley faces and animated icons on their IM windows.

Indeed, AOL earlier this month released a preview version of its upcoming AOL Instant Messenger 5.0 that includes a customization feature dubbed "AIM Expressions." Similar to Yahoo Messenger's IMVironments, AIM Expressions allow people to import animated backgrounds into their IM windows. One AIM Expressions background was based on the Warner Bros. film "Eight Legged Freaks."

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Originally posted by neo1980  

AOL BLOWS

i hate aol too but damn if they finally have a GOOD VERSION OF AOL since aol 3.0 :)

really nice version too got the cd in the mail with some letter .

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Originally posted by neo1980  

AOL BLOWS

Oh grow up

And I thought that AOL were integrating the Gecko rendering engine into their AOL browser.

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Originally posted by DanM602  

how bout a link :)

i can get you a the software, if you wish to host it. but no link, cuz you can only get it in AOL Beta.

you can sign up easy, on AOL, go to keyword "BETA" and they'll let you downoad it :)

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yea i know that i used to be an aol beta tester back when i had aol. I tested from 5.0 to 7.0 but then I went broadband.

Is there anyway just to get that compainion :)

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