Re: [9fans] AIM software

[Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>]

> especially if you use toc, an aim file server should be trivial.

Last I checked the protocol hadn't been *officially* released
by anyone under AOL-TW's umbrella and had been pieced together
by (perhaps) clever hackers.  That being said, what I saw of the protocol
looked messy enough to inhibit me from writing a client.  AIM
also uses minimal html syntax to mark up the text (fonts, backgrounds,
and the like), which I feel should be parsed out and trashed.

>
> i'd like to see an aim client.
>

Me too, if it's minimalistic.  Something running in an acme win would
be schweet.  I don't want to discourage your genuine interest in the
project, but it's quite likely you won't be a total 9 shop in the
near future; the lack of a decent web browser is enough to necessitate
a linux box to vnc opera from.  You could similarly use gaim at the
same time and let *those* fools chase down the protocol problems every
time AOL-TW decides to break TOC/OSCAR.

Cheers,

Sam