Steven Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 31, 2002 Author Share Posted July 31, 2002 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 AOL BLOWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2002 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 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 Originally posted by neo1980 AOL BLOWS This is not a flaming thread. Can't you read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted July 31, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2002 Originally posted by neo1980 AOL BLOWS Oh grow up And I thought that AOL were integrating the Gecko rendering engine into their AOL browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM602 Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 how bout a link :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limited inc Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 Gecko is being intergrated under AOL 7.0 refresh ll so basicly they're still playing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 Originally posted by Dazzla Oh grow up And I thought that AOL were integrating the Gecko rendering engine into their AOL browser. LOL look who's talking!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 31, 2002 Author Share Posted July 31, 2002 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 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM602 Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 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 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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