AIM Lifestream, now available in AIM for Mac 2.0 Beta 1
Posted Jul 6th 2009 6:25PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: Beta News, AIM for Mac
The AOL Mac Team has been busy. AIM for Mac 1.5 was delivered at the end of June and today, we are pleased to announce AIM for Mac 2.0 Beta 1. Our next version of AIM for Mac builds on AIM for Mac 1.5 and adds AIM Lifestream. AIM Lifestream is a new view that allows you to keep tabs on what's going on with your Buddies. You can add Facebook or Twitter services so never miss an update!
On the Lifestream selector, you'll see the new Lifestream event badge, to let you know how many Lifestream updates are available since the last time you took a peek at the Lifestream view. The Me view will keep you posted on any comments or changes to your Lifestream.
Check out what's new in AIM for Mac 2.0:
- AIM Lifestream view is now available by clicking Lifestream on the view selector. Lifestream will display status updates, photos and comments posted by your friends and family in your lifestream. For more information, please visit http://lifestream.aim.com.
- AIM "Me" view, shows you your current Lifestream status along with any lifestream posts that are directly connected to you. You can see your "Me" view by clicking Me on the view selector.
- Away toggle, invisible toggle, group row color picker and Find Buddy have been moved to the new Search Toolbar in the Buddy List. You can open or close the new toolbar by selecting "Show Search Toolbar in Buddy List" or pressing Shift-Option-F.
- Consolidated mode selector. Just click the "Running Man" pull-down menu to select Available, Away, Invisible or Mobile. If you have created Away Messages in a previous version of AIM, you will see them as a sub-menu at the bottom of the pull-down menu.
- A new, streamlined AIM registration is now integrated with your AIM for Mac sign in window so you can create new screen names to be used with AIM or AIM Mail.
Other changes from 1.5:
- Improved AIM registration flow web site that is included on the AIM for Mac sign-in window.
- Added animation to the Edit Buddy Icon label.
- Fixed various bugs and improved performance.
You can view the Known Issues by clicking this link.
Since this is a significant update to AIM for Mac, we're hopefull that our users will leave their comments and impressions below. We hope you enjoy it!
Thanks,
Lee Givens
AOL Mac/iPhone Product Lead
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. It'd be great if the Friendly Names showed up without double quotes. It just seems cluttered, esp for a Mac product.
Any chance you could let users sign on invisible? It's a really nice feature, and almost all the alternative messenger applications have the option.
Thanks! And I love the new upgrade! Really cool.
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Hey Seth,
This is not as easy as we first thought, but it's something that we're working on. Please stay tuned to the Mac@AOL blog.
Thanks!
Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead
Posted at 8:47AM on Jul 7th 2009 by Seth
2. Any chance you could let users sign on invisible? It's a really nice feature, and almost all the alternative messenger applications have the option.
Thanks! And I love the new upgrade! Really cool.
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Hey Dave,
This is one of the features I would like to see, and we'll be posting updates to the Mac@AOL blog shortly :)
Thanks!
Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead
Posted at 11:00PM on Jul 6th 2009 by Dave
3. I Like the new features such as Lifestream and layout, though where did the default Away message go?
Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 7th 2009 by Matt
4. Can you add more fonts and colors for the default font? And make more Group Row colors? Also when you type in a away and make it a certain size, lets say 9, when you add another one or go to a different window and come back, its a size bigger. And why do windows users see our fonts bigger? Like if i write in Verdana 12, my friend would tell me it looks like a 14. Also, when I set my own icon from icon sites, such as Iconator, the icons won't move or animate. Please fix these problems. Thank you for your time.
Posted at 6:19PM on Jul 8th 2009 by MiSzPoLix3
5. When you type your away and add another away, when you go back to it, the size increases. When i type in size 12 with my friend, she says it looks like a 14-15 on her computer ( Windows). Also you should add more colors and fonts for the default font. Also my buddy icon doesn't move. For example: i set a icon from Iconator.com and it won't move, it just stays frozen. Since it doesn't move, I have to download Aim for Mac 4.7 which is really really old, and set it from there. Even when I go there my font stays the same size on Windows computer and everything. Please fix or update these problems. Thank you for your time.
Posted at 6:26PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Abstruse
6. Any headway made on video chat in one of these betas?
Posted at 10:35PM on Jul 9th 2009 by Brad
7. Where's the icq for mac??? U just think about AIM and leave ICQ in the dust. MFs.
Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Andrei
8. Not sure really where to post this as it is more of an iphone AIM question, but is there a way on the back-end to make it so the AIM for iPhone doesn't push when you are signed onto a desktop client or AIM express. I'm sure you have all experienced it where you have to sign off of the iPhone version if you want to be signed on a desktop client and not receive the constant notifications....
Posted at 10:52AM on Jul 19th 2009 by Brad
9. I cannot delete any existing Buddy Group that I've created. When I control-click on a group, the "Delete..." option is always grayed out. Is this a bug and do you plan to fix it? My AIM is cluttered with old buddy groups that I'd like to get rid of!
Posted at 6:32PM on Jul 31st 2009 by Tracey
10. Well i wonder can you use a mic to talk to your buddies if they have one? Or did they didn't put that in yet for the mac , but i dont get it they have that for pc , windows ect.
Posted at 9:59AM on Aug 6th 2009 by ashley
11. can use use the mic at all?
Posted at 10:01AM on Aug 6th 2009 by ashley
12. Away toggle, invisible toggle, group row color picker and Find Buddy have been moved to the new Search Toolbar in the Buddy List.
These features are not available for me.
Posted at 3:37PM on Aug 8th 2009 by surgood