[Ti] AOL only does HTML

[Michael Bigley]

>I realize that AOL bashing seems to be as in vogue   as  Apple 
>bashing is   in the PC world.  And just as a lot of misinformation 
>gets passed around by the Apple bashers, it sure seems like AOL 
>bashers pass around a lot of misinformation about AOL.

I don't see this thread as bashing, but rather legitimate issues with 
proprietary software; you are obviously a long time, power user of 
AOL (and you have a loyalty bias to AOL that has been expressed often 
on this list). The main issue is that there is not a simple way for 
average users to access the features you discuss, which can cause 
frustration and certainly causes problems for web developers and ISPs.

This is not bashing; note the number of sites that have "AOL users 
click here" buttons, as well as my previous post about mailing list 
problems.  When a company, especially one the size of AOL, because of 
their proprietary software, causes hundreds of thousands of gainfully 
employed developers and ISPs extra time and frustration to do their 
job, the will (deservedly) be disliked by those folks. When we say 
AOL sucks, it is based on experience.  AOL's proprietary software was 
necessary in their early days, but they have had 10 years to migrate 
their app to "the rest of the world".  They have chosen not to; don't 
expect us in the development world to respect that.

The users who have been contributing to this thread are definitely 
not "newbies" and most could be considered "sophisticated users". 
The fact that they are frustrated with certain features of the 
software indicates that the software is flawed in its design, if not 
its function.
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