AIM higher
Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 (3 years, 11 months ago)
It’s been a while since I logged into AOL Instant Messenger (and even longer since I’ve logged into AOL Instant Messenger using the actual AOL Instant Messenger program— Adium X for Mac OS X functions and looks about a hundred times better). So I logged in tonight to check if someone was online and I was hit with an upgrade screen. Turns out my version of AIM is about nine versions behind…
So now I’m all upgraded and using the latest version, even though by the next time I sign in using AIM, I’ll most likely just have to upgrade again.
Still have the sAIM gripe (sorry, I had to do it)
Warn button? Come on, now. I really don’t know how anyone benefits from this. Who has pressed this button other than for the sole purpose of annoying the hell out of the person you’re having a conversation with?
And a slightly newer gripe
Still using the term “Buddy List”, I see. I’m pretty sure a lot of people have contacts on their list that aren’t exactly buddies. What about the “Enemy List”? Or the “Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend that I like to stalk and annoy endlessly and make sure they’re miserable even when they’re online because they destroyed my world and future chances of having a relationship List”? Or the “These people aren’t really my friends, but I like to talk to them online so I can act a lot differently than the loser that I am in real life List”?
It’s time we evolved beyond the blanket term of “Buddy List”. I demand satisfaction!
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