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[ZonoBurk]

Welcome to Web Mail Beta ? Now With Integrated AIM?/b>

Last month we rolled out a new version of Web Mail (code name: Cayman) complete with a new visual design, inline read and compose, a set of Panels, and more. For this beta release (code name: Cozumel), we're excited to say that we have completed the initial integration of Web Mail with AIM, so now you can chat with your buddies right in the convenience of your AOL e-mail inbox.

http://beta.aol.com/projects/websuite/img/mail_im_smile.gif[/imAn equation we can all agree on!/b>

Some of the AIM functionality you'll find in this beta version of Web Mail includes:

AOL and AIM Users/b>

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• Tabbed multiple conversations, with blinking IM notifications
  
• The ability to display your buddies and their statuses in your buddy groups
  
• The ability to add and delete buddies in the Buddy List? Pane
  
• Being able to choose from a set of default away messages or create your own custom message
  
• Display accept dialogs for contacts not on your Buddy List window, to help protect your privacy
  
• Be invisible! If you're not in the mood for IMs, you can choose to not be displayed in your friends' Buddy List windows

And There's More!
At the same time, you'll see some other major enhancements in Web Mail:

• Presence Icons in email that show whether senders or recipients of emails are signed onto AIMKeyboard Shortcuts that allow you to more easily and quickly navigate Web MailAdjustable Columns so you can set how items are displayed in your mailbox
  
• The ability to sort Contacts Pane to display your contacts in the order you wishUnlimited Storage in your mailbox. We're happy to expand the same unlimited storage in your Saved folders that AOL users have enjoyed to AIM.com email and AOL My eAddress
  

Please do not hesitate to share your thoughts and impressions of Web Mail! We are continuing to turn your suggestions and requests into features in our upcoming releases. If you have ideas for how to make Web Mail better, if there are features you'd like to see, please use the Feedback form or the Web Mail Beta Message Boards in this area to let us know.

Please take a moment to review the Testing Instructions, the Frequently Asked Questions, and the Known Issues before test driving the Web Mail Beta. And we ask you to please report any issues you experience using the Report a Bug form.

Source: AOL Beta Central

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[Rappy Veteran]

Useful adding AIM to it and Unlimited Storage :D

[ZonoBurk]

Been waiting for this for a while. Google has it, Yahoo! has it, now AOL. Windows Live Hotmail will soon have it, lol.

[Argi]

Been waiting for this for a while. Google has it, Yahoo! has it, now AOL. Windows Live Hotmail will soon have it, lol.

Web messenger has been around for a while already.

[DanManIt]

Looks like they want to keep up with the competition. I hate the AIM mail though, they always spam me with their AOL services.

[Paulstorm]

Web messenger has been around for a while already.

I think Mch was talkin about the more integrated WebIM coming to Windows Live Hotmail...

any screenshots of this sucker?

[ZonoBurk]

I think Mch was talkin about the more integrated WebIM coming to Windows Live Hotmail...

any screenshots of this sucker?

Yes that's what I meant. :)

Screen shots:

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

Great - another AOL test to hurry the hell up so that we can move on up to the next client version after 9.0 VR (10?).

Oh, and Mch? You KNOW damn right that they are. TBH, all the tests at AOL Beta Central are absolutely useless except AIM 6.x (which I wish they'd hurry up and make that GM so we can move on up with AIM 7, btw) and the AOL client software, like 9.0 Tahiti, 9.0 Strauss, and 9.0 VR. Quite frankly, I'm tired of this 9.0 rut we're stuck in. We've been testing 9.0 *ever since* March 4th, 2003 when it was under the AOL 8.0 Plus Refresh test that evolved to Blue Hawaii, then 9.0 Optimized.

You have to admit that you *are* pretty tired of seeing 9.0, lol.

Oh, and guess what? The current 9.0 VR Refresh II test will not GM. It's purely just a test of back-end components.

[ZonoBurk]

Great - another AOL test to hurry the hell up so that we can move on up to the next client version after 9.0 VR (10?).

Oh, and Mch? You KNOW damn right that they are. TBH, all the tests at AOL Beta Central are absolutely useless except AIM 6.x (which I wish they'd hurry up and make that GM so we can move on up with AIM 7, btw) and the AOL client software, like 9.0 Tahiti, 9.0 Strauss, and 9.0 VR. Quite frankly, I'm tired of this 9.0 rut we're stuck in. We've been testing 9.0 *ever since* March 4th, 2003 when it was under the AOL 8.0 Plus Refresh test that evolved to Blue Hawaii, then 9.0 Optimized.

You have to admit that you *are* pretty tired of seeing 9.0, lol.

Oh, and guess what? The current 9.0 VR Refresh II test will not GM. It's purely just a test of back-end components.

Yes I am ready to see another client. I was sick of 9.0 after Strauss. I don't want it to be something like OpenRide though. :s Ahh the good ole beta days - when everything was hidden from non AOL beta testers, and they had better tests. :)

[Rappy Veteran]

Yes I am ready to see another client. I was sick of 9.0 after Strauss. I don't want it to be something like OpenRide though. :s Ahh the good ole beta days - when everything was hidden from non AOL beta testers, and they had better tests. :)

I remember when I was testing AOL Thailand Client :D

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

I remember when I was testing AOL Thailand Client :D

Yeah, Thailand is just the internal code name for "Tahiti," which is the prettified code name for 9.0 Optimized SE (and no, it's not Second Edition; it's Special Edition - a beta staffer told me that when Tahiti Beta 5 was released, when SE and LE was intro'd).

[Paulstorm]

How old is the 9.0 client? LOL About as old as MSN Explorer 8? :)

thx for screenshots Mike!! Looks kinda cool. Do most AOL users hit up webmail when not on their PC? They haven't had webmail all that long...

[Rappy Veteran]

How old is the 9.0 client? LOL About as old as MSN Explorer 8? :)

thx for screenshots Mike!! Looks kinda cool. Do most AOL users hit up webmail when not on their PC? They haven't had webmail all that long...

I seemed to forget to check my AIM mail when I log in...so I can do both now :D

[ZonoBurk]

How old is the 9.0 client? LOL About as old as MSN Explorer 8? :)

thx for screenshots Mike!! Looks kinda cool. Do most AOL users hit up webmail when not on their PC? They haven't had webmail all that long...

AOL 9.0 was released in 2003. Beenie says March 4th, 2003 was when it was released into Beta. (He keeps up with his stuff, lol.) I think MSN Explorer 8 and 9 was released in 2002?

Yeah they have had Webmail for quite some time. At least since 2004-2005- so I guess it hasn't been that long. You can still get (AOL users only) to the "Classic" Webmail here. You can get to Webmail 2.0 here. Then of course 3.0 (Cayman) is the current one. I like how AOL allows you to choose which type of Webmail you want use.

Screen shot of Classic Webmail:

Edited June 29, 2007 by MchWalte

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

Nope, Mch. MSN 8 was released in Oct 2002, then 8.5 in March 2003.

Then MSN 9 was released in December 2003, along with 9.1 in Dec 2004.

Then 9.5 sometime in Oct (?) 2006, when they managed to make it Vista-compatible.

Go figure; AOL is just trying to compete with MSN via making it an advertising portal and making every one of its services web-based.

Frankly, I'm disgusted at AOL's currently failing attempts. They should just go back to the old way, the unique way. And, bring back the old AOL logo!

I hate the all-blah's that AOL's going into nowadays.