Status Messages!

Hi All,

So, as said in the post prior, we finally have Status Messages in AIM 6, but it's still in its early stage and hidden because of this. But hey, why not check the code in and let some of you have a taste right? ;)

To enable status messages, go to:

C:\program files\aim6\services\imApp\ver6_2_14_2\resources\en-US

and open up strings.xml with your favorite text editor.

Search for the following string: (shouldn't be too far down)

imApp.showStatusMessages

Now change the '0' to '1'. Exit AIM and restart.

You'll see a bunch of text under every buddy's screen name...and you'll find a way to set your status message in the "Away Menu Dropdown" next to "Set Away".

Unfortunately, because this feature is supposed to be hidden, I had to keep some of the styling the same so it doesn't look too "pretty" in the buddy list (doesn't look pretty at all to be quite honest with myself ;) ). Also, because no one really knows of its existence, you probably will not find too many people with actual "status messages" set.

But hey, like I said, it's just a taste.

I hope to see a few "Available - I love AIM!"s out there :D

Enjoy and Many Thanks for the support.

Happy AIMing and enjoy/remember Memorial Day.

Beta Fun :)

Hi All,

Once again, it has been awhile, but I'm excited to say that we'll be getting beta's out more consistently, with greater functional reliability, and with features worth the download...this first beta is our first step in that direction.

What's in 6.2.14.2?

Offline Settings - Ever find it inconvenient that you had to sign on in order to set a preference? Well now you don't have to - settings that are local to your machine are now available offline.

Metrics - Okay, this really isn't user facing but it's just as important as if it weas. Those arguments we've had about button usage, item positioning, etc...this will help settle some of the scores. I'm looking forward to this adding more insight in the way our users interact with AIM and having some of the higher ups understand what our users REALLY want.

Status Messages - Ever want to post an away message without actually being away? Well now you can...sorta. We have the feature hidden because it's a considerably large task to deliver in a single beta. In a post following this, I'll show you how to enable status messages just so you can get a taste of where it's going.

There are a few other things but those 3 are the ones that stick out most. Again, this is only the first beta in a series that will lead to our actual GM build, but come Beta 2, I hope you see why you stuck around. ;)

Get it here at beta.aol.com

Thanks Everyone and Happy AIMing!