AIM ET

AOL’s Greenhouse technology incubator just released a basic edition of AIM entitled AIM ET. AIM’s horrendous UI has always turned me off…and as good as Gaim is, I use it infrequently simply because it doesn’t minimise to the System Tray. So until I switch to Macs and iChat, ET will be perfect.

ET is actually very un-AOL; simple, attractive, fun, usable, ad-free and most importantly – un-noying. The 1.6mb download gives you basic messaging, a cute UI and file transfer – nothing more. I wonder if this indicates a trend in stylish, no-frills MUJI-pplications? Windows Live Messenger could stand to lose a few pounds…

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OMG ET’s WTF button?! It stands for What’s This For? LOL 😉