I love my AOL IM account again
I've had my AOL IM account for years and years and years. My ID is NickCody99. However, I've always hated the AOL IM client. Compared to the brilliant design of Yahoo! IM and the Google Talk client, the ad-filled AOL IM client was always severely lagging behind.
At one point, I tried using the Triton beta of AOL IM. It was definitely a UI improvement but the presence of ads was still too much in my face. I had the option to choose whether ads are displayed full-time in the buddy list or when I'm chatting in the chat window. Both options were lame as far as I'm concerned.
Enter my new MacBook and iChat. iChat is an awesome chat/audio/video client. It has the simplistic design similar to Google Talk. iChat works with their own iChat accounts, AOL IM accounts, Jabber servers, and locally with Bonjour (formerly Rendevouz but not after Reuters got pissed off at the use of their trademarked messaging middleware).
So, I'm now chatting with someone who's likely using the AOL IM or Trillian but I don't care that I'm doing it via my AOL IM account. I'm using a better client.
Slowly but surely, the Mac improves my life. Even if only in trivial ways,.