AOL Instant Messenger

Pros: Very user-friendly
Cons: Profiles/directory useless, hard to find friends

Though I've always been prejudiced against AIM and liked ICQ better, it is admittedly improving. Over the past few months, I've been forced to use AIM (since most of my friends refuse to convert to ICQ), and I have learned to tolerate its short-comings....

Pros: very easy to use and fast download
Cons: I don't see any

I have been using AOL instant messenger for over a year now. I had been introduced to it by a friend. For anyone who has never used an instant messenger service, in my opinion this is the simplest one to learn how to use. It is not fancy like ICQ and...

Pros: Easy to download, works behind a firewall
Cons: sometimes difficult to connect

Recently my fiance went to work for a company that keeps normal hours, 9am-6pm style. Unfortunately I work for a deli and usually work 2pm-11pm. Therefore we rarely get to see each other though we live together.

AIM to the rescue!
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Pros: Simple, To The Point
Cons: File Transfers

As a loyal follower of ICQ I had a difficult time switching to to AOL Instant Messenger. I thought it was too simple and that ICQ had more features. Well, that's just the beauty of AOL. It's simple. Very simple. AOL was the original pioneer for...

Pros: I can keep in touch with my ladies, and chat with my pals
Cons: I don't really have any ladies to keep in touch with, and the confusing jargon

So, here's a little anecdote for you (the truth of which you can debate with your co-workers or friends during a coffee break or a trip to see the newest flick). It's late August in southern Illinois. The weather is warm, and the sky is clear. Summer...

Pros: One window that stays open for all of chat session
Cons: somewhat limited features

As I've said before, I believe ICQ is the best IMing program around, but AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) is a close runner up. Although for a while ICQ was milestones ahead of the rest of the competition, AIM has come out with some new features that...

Pros: Fast, simple, effective way to reach out to millions.
Cons: Lacks sophistication

AIM is a great way to have an instant message ability with your clients, friends, family, etc. The software is remarkably simple and takes up an insignificant amount of disk space. You can have it sit awaiting messages without it being on your task...

Pros: Easy to use, convienent
Cons: Sometimes it interrupts you

Well, the internet provider AOL is probably my least favorite out of all the ones out there. However, i do like the feature of being able to talk to people just like a chat room but much easier. This is why i was pretty thrilled when AOL came out with...

Pros: A lot of people use it, easy to use, cool
Cons: losing users to icq

Aol instant messenger, other wise known as AIM, is a great instant messaging provider. You can reach people from all across the world, and practically everyone that uses the internet has the service. It is now even better, you can send a file from one...

Pros: Conversations in pink.
Cons: No head.

Now I like this thingy, but come on, cinnamon! Why the best part about this is the "conversations in pink". Ten years older and now I'm none the wiser. Cause the lamps tookie. I went to use it the other day and around noonish I was very...

Pros: Easy to use. Most popular universal messaging service.
Cons: Associated with AOL.

AOL's free instant messenger software (AIM for short) is the only instant messaging software I use. Why? The reasons are simple. It's free and it's easy to use. I will be the first to say that I am very anti-AOL. Their rates are over priced, their...

Pros: can easily keep in touch with friends and family for nothing
Cons: not many that I can see

Over the summer of last year, many of my friends always talked about using the internet and talked about this IM thing, which I had no idea about. I had an early 90's model Tandy which couldn't even support the internet, never mind anything else. I...

Pros: Popular in the USA, the fastest way to communicate with instant messangers. Unique Features.
Cons: Awkward RAM errors, firewall errors, limited buddy list.

Is AOL Instant Messenger the best?
Yes, here's why

AOL has the most features, with voice chat, regular chat, direct connections, buddy icons, able to access buddy list anywhere, games, away messages, file transfer, custom...

Pros: Let's you chat for free
Cons: Can't access profiles of AOL customers

Aol's Instant Messanger lets you directly chat with anyone else who has AOL or the freestanding program Instant Messanger. While you have to pay for AOL, Instant Messanger is free. This is a giant reason to ditch AOL, get yourself hooked up with either...

Pros: It's free, allows you to talk to many people
Cons: Being kicked off easily, the amount of advertising in chat rooms

Well I will start off by telling you the pros of this product. Fist of all it is absolutely free. Although there has been many times that I have received notices saying that AOL would start a $9 fee per month. Well that never happened but who's to say it...