AOL Desktop Gold
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aol instant messenger
BRING BACK AOL INSTANT MESSENGER, PEOPLE WANT IT BACK. SO BRING IT BACK.
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Ads
I see you've made the ads side bar larger with no way to make it smaller, only to reduce the size of my email space. This is unconscionable.? Soon it will just be big ads and a little space to read our emails. Plus we can't eliminate these ads. Any ideas how to keep this decades long time client?
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Latest update
your latest software update is a step backwards. Does not honor my email preference to list oldest mail first, and takes forever to delete items from spam folder. how do I get rid of the latest update?
5th rankedThank you for the feedback. Please use the "Report a bug" option under the help menu. This will provide us with some additional logging information that will be crucial in understanding what is happening so that we can resolve it.
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Out going emails
When building an outgoing email every time I click in a different spot the email jumps, also if I delete one address in the address bar the remainder jumps to the end. WHY? Please find a way to make them remain still until I send!
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Please make a Mac version of AOL
I recently got a Mac computer, I would like it if AOL had a Mac version of AOL Desktop.
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"YOU'VE GOT MAIL" STILL NOT WORKING
FIX "YOU'VE GOT MAIL" ANNOUNCEMENT PLESE!!!
10th rankedWe are digging into this issue and will have a fix out in one of the next release. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.
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Need link extension for to AOL Browser for Acrobat Reader
Links don't don't work in the Adobe Acrobat Reader anymore using AOL browser. They only work now in Microsoft or the Google browsers. I don't want to use those browsers as default. Can AOL add the Acrobat Reader "link extension" to the AOL browser please?
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Pin browser tabs
Now that we can rearrange browser tabs how about adding the ability to pin a browser tab.
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AOL adding an unremoveable header/footer to a composed body email during printing!
How to delete auto-printing of Date, Subject, To and From when printing emails! I have copied and pasted into a blank composed email for 30 years. NEVER have these AOL auto headers/footers appeared until last week! In print preview, I've always turned off headers/footers and I would be able to print just the body of the email I composed. I still turn those printers options off but now AOL has attached these titles (Subject, Date, To and From) when I'm simply printing an email that I'm not even sending to anyone! My AOL address is autoprinting at the top of…
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Trending Now in Search
This new feature needs to have an option to be turned off.
Don't like it, would never use it.
Please make an option for this new, unneeded feature.16th rankedWe are looking into the issues surrounding the trending searches and will have a fix out in an automatic update soon.
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requested message or attachment does not exist. Code EC-4007
requested message or attachment does not exist. Code EC-4007 Every email. And the spam folder I am having to over and over try to delete. This is annoying after being with AOL for more than 20 years. I called and they said they had no idea why.
16th rankedWe are reviewing this issue in order to determine what is going wrong and get an update to fix it. Please use the Report A Bug option in the help menu. That will provide us with crucial information about what is happening.
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We are investigating this issue. Please use the Report A bug item under the Help menu. This provides us with crucial information that will help determine the cause and get a fix available.
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CompuServe Gold sounds
It would be great to have the CompuServe welcome/gotmail/goodbye sounds on the CompuServe Gold client instead of the AOL sounds.
I have the sound files from a CompuServe 2000 install if you need them.
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Download Time
The download manager is great. However, could you update it to say how long it would take to download a file that is in the process of downloading?
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column width
Requesting a feature suggested in 2021. The "Save Window SIze and Position" for the Mailbox window should also save the column widths.
The "Save Window Size and Position" should also save the column widths in the Mailbox window. Every time I select "Read" to open the Mailbox, I have to make the "My Mail Folders" column wider to fit all my folder names, and I have to make the "From" column wider to see more of the email addresses. Other apps and programs do this without the user even asking to save them - they just keep the widths the…16th ranked -
stop all the suggestions for the aol search. it is a pain and doesn't want to go away
I have been a subscriber almost since you began. Your ideas to make things more convenient are just designed to expose to more advertising. Enough is enough.
21st rankedThank you for reporting this issue. We are working to resolve this issue and will have a fix out in an automatic update shortly.
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y'all have added several keystrokes to deleting mail with your updates. Thanks alot!
Beta test your updates first.
21st rankedWe are collecting information on this issue and will work on a solution.
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ALT-D and Address Bar
Request: Pressing ALT-D bring focus to the address bar and highlight all text, so you can press ALT-D and then just start typing the new web address
21st rankedWe are discussing this and if accepted, this will be built into one of our next auto updates. Thank you for the feedback.
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Add an Update Password Feature
The convenience of the Password saving feature is marred by our inability to change the password when necessary. I just got an alert about a Google data breach and had to change that password. AOL refuses to allow the change in the Browsers' Password manager's box. Data breeches are now almost a monthly event, so this feature would be a great addition.
21st rankedWe are working to improve our password manager and the functionality to updates passwords etc.
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bring back the hover animations from version 9.0 optimized
AOL desktop gold still looks and feels like 9.0 optimized from 2003 however, there are no hover over animations like in the 2003 version, that would be a nice aesthetic touch! also provide a toggle within settings to give users the option to turn it off it they don't like it. I can provide examples if needed lol :)
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