AOL Desktop for Mac Beta
Posted Sep 27th 2007 3:30PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: Beta News, AOL Desktop for Mac, News, Announcements
Highlights will include:
- Speed: Installs in seconds and launches fast -- so you can begin browsing immediately, without signing in.
- Tabbed Organization: Tabs on browser and IM give you easy access and an uncluttered, organized view for all of your windows.
- AIM Integration: AIM is built right in so you can see which buddies are online, chat and more.
- Security: Access AOL Parental Controls to keep you, your family, and your PC safer online at no additional charge.
- Customization: Highly customizable toolbar makes it easy to keep your favorites right at your fingertips with access to them on any Internet-connected computer
- For everyone: Designed to work smoothly for dial-up and broad band users
We're listening to our users
The AOL Mac Team will be reading comments on the Beta Central message boards, the AOL Mac message boards and even visit our local Mac user groups for feedback. Another first for the AOL Mac Team - we will be responding to user feedback here on the Mac@AOL blog on most Fridays. Please download the beta for AOL Desktop for Mac (AOL Beta Central), leave comments and we'll review and answer as many as we can on our team blog.
Thanks!
Lee Givens, Jr.
AOL Mac Product Lead
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Welcome to the Mac@AOL Blog. My name is Lee Givens and I'm the Product Lead for the Mac and iPhone products at AOL. You can find the latest information on AOL's software development on the Mac and any cool happenings at AOL. The purpose of the blog is to create a feedback loop so we can hear from our loyal AOL Mac users. Managing a blog is a lot of work, so I enlisted support from the whole team...the Mac team is made up of dedicated Macintosh developers, QA engineers and Product folks.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
21. Just emigrated to Mac from about a decade's PC and AOL use. The Mac experience is fabulous, but I have to agree, Aol for Mac OS X is horribly dated. It won't even offer to remember your password! I accept the new Beta for what it is, a Beta. I hope the AOL team will get the chatrooms working in Desktop. Also, I hope that they are working on re-designing the icons - the new ones look pretty grotesque. Let's pray they are temporary placeholders or something!! I am glad that Mac Users are suddenly back on the agenda. AOL for Mac Os X is a good 4-5 years old!
Posted at 5:49PM on Oct 25th 2007 by Mark
22. This freeze up of the AOL Mac welcome screen is very annoying. I am so sick of the stupid sneezing woman. When is that going to be fixed? The Welcome screen has not been updated in days.
Posted at 7:58AM on Nov 19th 2007 by Linda Lyons
23. I just purchased an iMac due to being fed up with Microsoft..but I also still have a Windows laptop. I installed AOL for Mac today...and am very disappointed in it. Its an antiquated version of AOL. I've been a loyal member of AOL for 15 years...I dont' want to swith. I don't see why an up to date, modern version can't be done for Mac. Let alone it being so old in appearance....it also doesn't work. And a nice little message when you sign on tells you there are issues. Leopard came out when? In October? Its January. Come on AOL, you have faithful consumers out here who are CHOOSING to stay with you...Mac or Windows. Lets get things working and up to date... its very disappointing and currently I run AOL on my laptop which defeats the purpose of the iMac purcahse....for the better security without all the program conflicts and crashes that end up not protecting the computer anyway.
Posted at 10:52PM on Jan 9th 2008 by Laura