AOL Desktop for Mac 1.5 Beta Now Available

Posted Jul 24th 2008 2:22PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: Beta News, AOL Desktop for Mac


The AOL Mac Team is not taking a break this summer. We released AIM for iPhone and AOL Radio for iPhone and now we'll be following up with AOL Desktop for Mac 1.5 beta. This new beta program will focus on the next major update of the AOL all-in-one Internet software.

Our goals for this release are:

  • AIM File Transfer now enabled. Users can send files directly to other AIM users.
  • Users can now tear off browser tabs (and merge browser windows back to tabs).
  • Users can now log in with their .Mac user IDs and passwords.
  • All AOL Screen Names associated with an account will now appear in the Sign-In window drop-down list.
  • Mail header switching issues have been resolved.
We're looking to make window management better and pull all screen names associated with an account after you first log in. For all you AIM fans, you can now use AIM File Transfer to send files to your Buddies without firing up FTP or attaching to e-mail.

All of these features have been requested by our users and we're making sure we continually make AOL Desktop for Mac the best Internet app on the Mac. Please continue to use the Beta Feedback or leave a comment on the Mac@AOL Blog.

thanks!
Lee Givens
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 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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