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Title: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Hodgkinson on July 15, 2008, 04:57:29 PM

As the title suggests, I logged in today to find my favourites list (In AOL itself) completely messed up - With the majority of the links - Amiga links - Strewn all over the place - And DialBB reporting 7.0Mpbs (Alas, a speed test showed im still running at the normal ~1.5Mbps).

I've also been having some kind of identification error flagging up on sites over the past day or two.

Just wondering if anyone else is :madashell: about this?

Hodgkinson.

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Martin_Lee on July 15, 2008, 05:12:24 PM

What is this AOL that you speak of?

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: tone007 on July 15, 2008, 05:23:13 PM

You know, that thing QuantumLink turned into after Commodore went away.

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: ZeBeeDee on July 15, 2008, 06:33:57 PM

 :flame:  AOL  :destroy:

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Hodgkinson on July 15, 2008, 06:56:28 PM

 :-D

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: redrumloa on July 15, 2008, 09:45:48 PM

You have violated my TOS by mentioning AOL, this is your warning..

Oh.. wait.. redrumloa's TOS is not Amiga.org's TOS... Never mind  ;-)

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: a1200 on July 15, 2008, 09:53:00 PM

People who use AOL are screwed up! Why oh why not use a real ISP?

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: motrucker on July 15, 2008, 10:57:18 PM

AOL not working correctly? How odd! OMG!!

How can someone smart enough to use an Amiga, turn around and use AOL?!

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: ffastback on July 15, 2008, 11:27:19 PM

Quote

tone007 wrote:
You know, that thing QuantumLink turned into after Commodore went away.

I remember QuantumLink.  I just did a web search, someone has re-created the service somewhat!   :-o

http://www.quantumlink.tk/

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: persia on July 15, 2008, 11:37:48 PM

Didn't they merge with that Ted Turner guy and disappear?

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Plaz on July 16, 2008, 12:18:30 AM

Oh my gosh do those Qlink Images bring back memories. The learning center seemed to have so much potential back then. Vintage 1986 for sure.

I still have a large note pad shaped like a 5 1/4" floppy with Qlinks logo on it. If I can find it I might post a photo in the library. It looks something like this....

Qlink Floppy Image (http://www.aolmemorabilia.com/images/floppy.jpg)

Plaz

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Hodgkinson on July 16, 2008, 04:14:08 PM

@redrumloa: You nearly had me worried for a minute there :crazy:

I’m not the one who choose to use AOL ;-) It's only 'cause my Dad choose to use AOL that I have to use it as well :headwall:

At the moment my biggest pet hate is the fact that you can never seemingly download something twice. If I ever get a zip file with a CRC error, and try to redownload it, AOL just rummages in its cache and pulls out another copy of the same corrupted file. Grrrr.

(Mods, please move this thread if necessary ;-) )

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: tokyoracer on July 16, 2008, 04:24:10 PM

AOL is screwed up full stop. All I want is to surf the net via an ethernet cable rather then a USB one but it wont play ball. :madashell:

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: leirbag28 on July 16, 2008, 06:06:11 PM

Hold on Fellas! I think you might be confused between AOL (America Online as an ISP) and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

He is talking about AIM, the most popular Messenger in USA and other countries.........a highly recommended if not thee must have #1 messenger. Yahoo Instant Messenger would be second and MSN last.

of course IRC is something seperate.

AmigAIM is AIM for Amiga.

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: Hodgkinson on July 16, 2008, 06:20:21 PM

Nah, I mean ISP/Browser - E.g. The thing that AOL seems to think that it needs to have a flashy screen with loads of useless buttons for when everything else does just fine with IE or Firefox :-D

Title: Re: Anyone's favourites list in AOL screwed up?
Post by: CLS2086 on July 16, 2008, 10:56:44 PM

Hi,
I use AOL(France) since 1999 without problems  :lol:
Since I switched to AOL ADSL and use a modem-router, i can use  it on my networked amiga and pegasos when i have time....
 ;-)

Ps : here MSN messenger blasted all other messenger, too few people even remember about ICQ... even GoggleTalk is nearly unknown...