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Post 1 by Caitlin (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 30-Jun-2004 17:40:15

I love AIM! Hardly any blind peoples I know use it. Well some do. But the ones that don't are missing out. It's sooooo accessible! I love it! All my blind friends who have it say it's awesome! www.aim.com Check it out it's freeeeeeee!

Post 2 by Jesse (Hmm!) on Thursday, 01-Jul-2004 9:22:22

I've used it for like 6 and a half years, even before it was accessible!

Post 3 by lights_rage (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 01-Jul-2004 23:14:34

when it doesnt drag its friends along with it i will concerder it

Post 4 by Caitlin (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 0:41:53

About dragging its friends along, just uncheck the checkboxes. And AIM rocks lol, I love it.
Does anyone else here use it>? Feed back please?
And does anyone know how to make yourself Invisible on there just wondering?

Post 5 by Leafs Fan (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 7:59:07

I use it. I know you can block people with the context menu but I don't know how to make oneself invisible. MSN Messenger is also very accessible.

Post 6 by InternetKing (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 9:23:05

Hi,

I must admit I only started using AIM a few months ago...not so because it wasn't accessible but
1. Every1 I knew at the time used MSN so no really need for it
2. In general I hate AOL and anything to do with them
Saying all that, I do use it now, find it quite good, 1 of the reasons I started using it because I have some friends who use AIM only and of course I still wanna talk to them so I quite like them. Other thing I like about AIM is the HTML thing where on some website you can click on a link and it automaticly adds the person to your buddy list. So if anyone wanna chat on AIM and add me my name on there is vanja121 or you can also find it in my profile.`

Post 7 by smudge (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 13:59:32

got aim but, can't sign up as it involves entering a password contained within a image.

Post 8 by shaken not stirred (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 19:22:31

I absolutely love AIM, and it's true that not many blind people use it. Almost everyone uses MSN which I don't like that much.

Post 9 by Caitlin (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 19:26:05

Yeah, most blindies use MSN, it's okay but I like AIM a lot more. About the word in the image just ask a sightie to help you, and if you live in like the US, ther's a 1-800 toll-free number, they've been very helpful in the past.
Caitlin

Post 10 by sparkie (the hilljack) on Wednesday, 08-Sep-2004 20:36:02

I use aim, and with jaws5 I must say it's quite good. Fortunetly I signed up before that image crap came along.
Troy

Post 11 by thrillseeker (Veteran Zoner) on Friday, 10-Sep-2004 18:17:57

I have had AIM forever! I used to use AOL (no, my parents idea, not mine!) so I have a bunch of friends from those days. Plus Aim is the only messenger that doesn't ask a lot of authorization so it's easier to do random chat sessions.
BTW the image thing is everywhere! I hate it.

Post 12 by anglwings303 (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Saturday, 11-Sep-2004 0:07:09

yes, i use aim, and like it a whole lot! I've used it for quite a while, now.

Post 13 by Leafs Fan (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 13-Sep-2004 8:52:06

Hey guys. I use AIM as well. Send me a message in my inbox if you want to chat on AIM. Take care.

Post 14 by season (the invisible soul) on Wednesday, 15-Sep-2004 18:51:46

hey all, i'm new at aim. just started few days ago. you can at me to your buddy list. looking forward to meet your guys there. my screen name is seasons988, see you guys, bye for now.

Post 15 by the topspeed3 fan (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 17-Sep-2004 20:54:16

hello, aim rocks. I lso love chatting with other zoners. I think aim is more accessibleespecially since msn messenger 6.2 came out which is N.O.T jaws friendly unless you have winXP or 2000. if any zoner wants to ad me to there aim list my screen name is joeweakland1027 good luck and hope to hear from you

Post 16 by complicated_melody (Zone BBS Addict) on Wednesday, 29-Sep-2004 1:14:09

right on, I have aim too. my sn is soulgirl7897
look forward to chattin' with ya'll
canadian diva

Post 17 by ItsAConspiraZ (This site is so "educational") on Saturday, 02-Oct-2004 0:01:43

I've been on AIM since it was at version 2.5 from 96 or something, and it was pretty accessible to me, all I did was reasign the buddy list class to a listboc or something (JAWS speak above). It's cool and that but on my laptop it's horrible, I can't even scroll up or chat for too long without it running out of memory oor just randomly crashing on me.

James

Post 18 by DixieGirl (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Saturday, 02-Oct-2004 10:29:31

Hey yall,
Aim is much more accessible now, especially with the newest version and with jfw 5.10. so yeah i use it. plus it works for file transfers behind my firewall which is just coolness.
i used to not like aim, and stilll like msn better but aim's fine.
Take care,
In Him,
Dixie

Post 19 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Friday, 22-Oct-2004 20:37:06

Hi Katelyn,
I have a pretty old version of aim. I got it from:
www.blind-help.com
I have version 4.7. I don't use it very much at all, I'm sooo out of practice with it. It doesn't let you know when someone adds you, and although jaws reads theincoming text automatically, it keeps reading and rereading old messages. I only have about 10 people on my buddy list, and I'm not add happy, I mean if anyone wants to talk to me, I mean really have a conversation with me, I'll add them, but otherwise, I don't just add folk at random anymore, because it seems to be more of a competition with people, bragging rights like, you only have 90 contacts? wow, I have 140. I hardly ever log on to aim, but the few times I have, and someone immed me, I enjoyed it, because there is usually only one or 2 other people on lineand the person and I would have a nice conversation for about an hour or so, just me and the other person. That's just as well, because if someone else messages you, you can't just alt tab from one message window to another like you can with msn messenger.
Have a good day all,
wonderwoman

Post 20 by renegade rocker (I just keep on posting!) on Friday, 22-Oct-2004 21:16:24

Hey all! I have aim version 5, and if anyone would like to add me, it's renegaderocker74, and I do have the setup file for version five witch is much better, it's set up in a treeview like win explorer, meaning your buddy list, and it works much better with jaws!

Post 21 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Sunday, 23-Oct-2005 23:26:43

I've also just recently got AIM. It works fine, but I only have like one friend on there for now. *smiles* My screen name on AIM is PrncsPrtty1, so those who want to can add me. All I ask is that you please PM or QN me first on here so I'll know who you are.
Leilani

Post 22 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Monday, 24-Oct-2005 15:03:13

Hey all,
Caitlin, I have you on AIM, but you never sign in. lol Maybe you have a different screen name now.
As far as my oppinion on AIM goes, I like it a lot. The only thing I don't like is the fact that it doesn't allways read the graphics. I like MSN better for this fact, but still use them both the same amount.
I'm allways online usually. My user name for AIM is conroy1284 if anyone wants to add me.
Take care all,
Ryan/Goldberg

Post 23 by LP08 (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 26-Oct-2005 1:04:03

hey I have aim and if you go to the word verication box and you can type in Auteo and it will say a group of numbers and letters that you can type in the box. Hope this helps

Post 24 by louiano (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 26-Oct-2005 10:50:18

hey at you, Kaytliana! I now ave AIM! so yeah, just ask me or i will send it to you in a private message

Post 25 by gummybear16 (Account disabled) on Saturday, 05-Nov-2005 16:00:54

louiano you have aim? I have aim too and I love it!

Post 26 by The Lil Dark Piggy (This site is so "educational") on Saturday, 12-Nov-2005 11:38:45

AIM is wesome, i've been useing it sence this year.

I ment awesome.
AIM is the win!