On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:11:16 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:20:19 -0500, "cybercat" >
>wrote:
>
>>I am so sorry, but the fact is, AOL was designed for idiots and STILL has
>>the most ridiculous interface of all email providers/ISPs. Your aol address
>>tells people exactly what you are. Stick with it. Nothing wrong with truth
>>in advertising.
>
>AOL hasn't provided news group access in a long time (years?). I
>can't imagine why anyone cares who uses AOL or not.... other than for
>flogging purposes.
>
>I think if you can wade your way through all that peripheral stuff,
>you're a whole lot better able to focus than I am and you're a lot
>more tolerant of visual clutter!
>
>I've tried to help my neighbor with AOL email in the past and I've
>been floored by how much *crap* they enclose the actual text window in
>(with no option to close the surrounding frames). The working window
>is maybe 6 inches across, at best. It drives me nuts! I always ask
>her why she insists on using AOL, but it's one of those "I know this
>and I don't know that" kind of things. I find nothing foolproof about
>AOL, but you go with what you know. If it was my ISP, I'd be annoyed
>to the point that I wouldn't use it... but I don't use AOL. Moot
>point.
>
>Additionally, I've never heard anyone say they were switching *to*
>AOL.... but I can certainly understand it when people say they are
>switching "from" AOL. My only advocation about "switching" to AOL
>isn't about switching ISPs, it's about switching to an AOL style email
>delivery system. UGH.

AOL was like training wheels for newbies in the 90's. Anyone who used
it for more than a year must have been pretty silly. I used it back
then until I could figure out what the hell was going on and then got
a real ISP and reformatted the machine to get all the crap off.
Everything about AOL sucked.

Lou