Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Nikkie reviewed v0.3 Beta Refresh on Oct 3, 2007

Will you guys stop lieng.Firefox is a resource hog.Opera runs way faster than firefox.Trillian is way slower than miranda or pidgin.

o' boy...

Anyhow, I like the direction aol is going and i think reviewing the software more will give them a better idea of what people are looking for.

p.s it is called beta..b-e-t-a :)

yanike reviewed v0.3 Beta Refresh on Apr 10, 2006

AOL Suite 1.0 is a must get :)
------------------------------

I take the first rating back.

Great idea at first, but uses a whole lot of memory. Use OpenRide instead :)

Tokar reviewed v0.3 Beta Refresh on Mar 4, 2006

I do agree. They have turned the leaf and created some high quality softwares, no doubt.

HOWEVER, the new engine they are using as the code base for all their new softwares is quite horrible in my opinion, the worst of all being AIM Triton. Everything is slow and uses a lot of RAM. I wish start fresh again. I know its asking a lot. But the thing holding me back from using these softwares full time is that they just run so slow in comparison to their counterparts (AIM 5.9/GAIM/Trillian runs faster than Triton, Opera/FireFox/IE runs faster than AOL Explorer, etc.)

taintedprince reviewed vRefresh 3 on Feb 8, 2006

AOL Suite, is truly the next generation of AOL. I believe that many reviewers are going to scoff at this beta, 1, because it's a beta that is less than perfect. But many people have yet to realize what a task AOL is trying to do, AOL software is a client based product. AOL Suite is a set of applications that relies on your sole connection to the internet and allows the user to control which application he or she wants to use at will. It's not easy for AOL an internet content provider to go from a client base, to an HTML suite. This project has been in the making for a long long time. And much time is being devoted to it. Instead of passing judgement on the project, I would be one of the people testing it. Be honest with the beta team and tell them what's wrong with the suite. They need testers. It's free , what have you got to lose.

If AOL suite beta , is going to be any better. quit bellyaching about what doesn't work, and head to beta central at AOL and test the software, and tell the technicians at beta about the bugs. I would only complain , after I've tested the software, reported the bugs, and done what I could do as a beta person to see that AOL knows my problem. If you can't do that, then your complaining about what doesn't work has no weight.

Some people also fail to update their betas, and so if a problem gets fixed they don't realize it has been fixed because their beta build is older than the current build for testing. Look at beta central and update your betas. You can't help the process of testing if you don't keep your software up to date.

AOL suite is very nice. It has the potential to be the replacement for the AOL client software, and with diligent testers and feedback about problems, it will be not a bad alternative for those who want control over their AOL.

sn1p34 reviewed vBeta Refresh on Jan 26, 2006

Actualy the infromation is incorrect, AOL does defently Install spyware depending on what software you use, but this suite Has no spyware whatsoever, yet anyways..... The aol suite in my opinion is bloated. Very slow, and no AOL browser does not make IE more secure, it runs of IE, so all the issues IE has AOL has! try geting your facts right! Useing this suite, is mainly personal preffrence you either like it or you don't, this applies with all software.

seanb6 reviewed vBeta 11 on Dec 23, 2005

This program makes ie safe.lol(so it seems) Aol has truly gone next-gen and is of to an awesome start.

eclipsingdivinity reviewed vBeta 9 on Dec 9, 2005

gawd21:

I have a feeling you're being a little too over enthusiastic about this debate. Not EVERYTHING AOL does is intended to spy on you. The only real adware i've found when using AIM is Viewpoint Media Player, which is usually easy to uninstall. Besides, AOL is a well known company and at respected in terms of treating their customers with care, even if the way they go about it can seem...well...idiotic.

I don't think we will see AOL turn to the darkside anytime soon. *cough*180solutions*cough*

As for this review: they seriously need to put AOL in slim fast here. Even though most consumers have machines that can handle it, I still tend to see bogged down PCs due to all the extraordinary processes running in the background. SLIM DOWN AOL! GET THE F$CKING HINT! WE'VE ONLY BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE DAY ONE!

Matrix3000k reviewed vBeta 9 on Dec 9, 2005

LOL

You are a funny guy. and NOOOOOOOOOOO im not under 18 dummy. If i don't know what im talking about then tell me why am i looking at my CCNA, CCNP, MCP, and MCES certifications right now. Sounds like to me that you are under 18 and i think aol did not give you more free months therefore your pissed off at them cause you have to pay them for service. spyware only enters your computer only if you download it moron. SPYWARE=USER ERROR. in there words its when you who is the user F#CK's up your computer.

gawd21 reviewed vBeta 9 on Dec 9, 2005

Matrix3000k You sir are a sucker and retared. I bet you are under 18 too. You have NO idea what you are talking about. Yes, EVERYTHING that AOL creates does infact spy on you. I have NEVER been to a porn site, I have better things to do, unlike you. I don't need to get on AOL and use their chatrooms trying to pick up 14 year old kids, as I am sure you do.

Mike162005 reviewed vBeta 8 on Dec 8, 2005

Matrix3000k VERY good comment. =)

Matrix3000k reviewed vBeta 8 on Dec 6, 2005

gawd21:

I don't know where you get your info sir but you are a total moron. AOL will not spy on you SPYWARE does that. Stop going to your porn sites, and other crappy sites and maybe you just might stop getting "SPYED" on.

On the hand, This software is great. Alot of AOL software have come a long long way and its getting better and better. Yeah its not perfect but tell me what software out there is perfect!!!!!! For those who keep trash talking any type of software out there lets see you do better. Oh wait you can't cause your not that smart to create something. Stop your Bi$th*n and move on. If you don't want to use the AOL software trust me AOL is not going to cry over you. They have billions of members and they don't need your compaling sorry A#s, For AOL and all software developers more power to you guys and keep up the good work!!!!!

gawd21 reviewed vBeta 8 on Dec 2, 2005

I want to know how much AOL pays Betanews to delete the Very True reviews that their products do spy on you. I mean every time someone types how AOL does use it's software to spy on you the post gets deleted. This and everything AOL makes does and will spy on you, that sir, you can take to the bank.

Mike162005 reviewed vBeta 7 on Nov 22, 2005

Needs some additional work.

charliep74 reviewed vBeta Refresh on Oct 27, 2005

NeoPrimal, my system isn't really that crappy.
I've got a 2.8 ghz processor and a gig of ram.

Not sure why it wouldn't install, but i did get it to install on my laptop and it worked perfectly. Its an awesome suite, i love the functionality of it.

Tokar reviewed vBeta 3 on Oct 14, 2005

Its a nice suite of software.

The AOL Computer checkup is a nice tool for cleaning your machine. Its no CCleaner, but most uninformed computer users dont know about CCleaner...AOL is a more household name, and if they were to use this suite they would get the cleaning and performance improvements that a computer needs.
The AOL Spyware...its nice to know another free antispyware product is on the market, but its not really as good as say, Ad-Aware, SpyBot or Microsoft Antispyware. It doesnt detect as much, and getting it to ignore some safe items (like RealVNC is a pain in the ass). Again, a lot of uninformed computer users have no spyware protection. At least the scanning engine is fast.
The AOL NavBar is really nice...its like a thinner version of the Longhorn sidebar, minus the clock. It provides access to all AOL Suite programs.
AOL Explorer...well its AOL Explorer. I really love the browser and it has come a long way since it was made public as version 1.0 beta 86 (its now version 1.2 beta).
They integrated AIM Mail nicely into BOTH AOL Explorer and the AOL NavBar.
AIM Triton I think is a complete mess. I really dont like where AIM is going. Yeah its great that they worked the client from ground up, but I REALLY prefer the AIM 4.x/5.x interface. There are no great improvements in this version of the public version...actually the public version is newer than the one included in AOL Suite.
Then there are some other worthelss softwares...like there is one that tells you what version of AOL Software you have...all the AOL Software.

Its a really nice suite...the problem is that its a friggin MEMORY HOG!
Terrible...my computer cant handle it, with 768MB of RAM and a 1.2GHz processor. I recommend at least a 2.0GHz CPU and 512MB RAM.

Neoprimal reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 26, 2005

Pretty good suite. Can't wait till the final. And I'd suggest you actually install it before rating it - if you can't install it, then it's your crappy PC, not the software, since other people can install it. Likewise, it didn't mess up MY AOL or settings whatsoever, so that's also an isolated issue. Back to the actual review...they're definately getting closer to a good final product. The sign in/out works ALOT better now and triton seams to meld with the bar better now; in beta too the sign in/out was a nightmare. AOL Explorer is still quirky at best and it still breaks the aol icon (which shows detected connectivity), but it's alot better than beta 2 to say the least.
They've also enabled the quickviews so you can actually see data when you mouseover or rather click on the buttons - nice! As I said, I can't wait for the finished product.

P.S - to those of you who don't know what a BETA is, it's TEST software. If you install it on your main system and it messes stuff up, you deserve it.

heyupandy reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 25, 2005

av finally got this thing working...it destroyed my aol settings and made it impossible 2 detect my bt voyager 105 broadband modem, i had go go 2 one click fixes and get it to fix the problem with aol connectivity services, then once that reinstalled i opened the program and had to get it to detect my modem and i had to configure the settings manually...the actual program is nice n the new dialler looks nice to n the navbar is good to, i wouldnt recommend this program to people who dont know much about how to fix the internet problems until the final version when this issue should be resloved (hopefully)

luckily i've got to versions of windows xp running on my computer and i didnt try it on my main one

TomA102210 reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 25, 2005

I'm quite suspicious of anyone who writes that a software program "sux" and they want to constantly berate a particular piece of software. Most of the time I'm inclined to believe that the individual who writes the review hasn't even tried the software to begin with or hasn't tried it in many years. Bring something useful to the table besides it "sux". Thanks.

pipdipchip reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

Don't include too many details "some guy". Did you even try it?

I like the AOL Suite. Not perfect, but a step in the right direction for AOL.

some guy reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

put a AOL product on my pc, if I was a 16 year old girl, and wanted to see what Britney, is thinking about, or if Jen will get togather with Brad again, I would put it on. But for any one that has some type of computer skills. Wouldn't touch a AOL product. I do repair and design and most people that bring their computer to me that virus- out are the people that use AOL. Then you asked them whats a virus definition? (their reply) I don't know

joesnow reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

"Latest Changes:"

" * An improved installation experience with informative screens highlighting features of the AOL Suite Beta software"

-- Who cares? this is a "feature"? how does this improve the software?

"* A more seamless "Signed in" experience when launching the various Suite applications"

-- Define "seamless" when all you ever have to do to sign in to anything is enter your username/password and click "sign in". How is this different from 100% of the rest of the world?

"* Browsing with AOL Explorer is accelerated through AOL TopSpeed once you sign in"

-- yea sure. you go from slow to normal? So they implemented a cache-system like every other browser and call it "Topspeed" then consider it an added benefit...1

"* Active Tab feature in Mail displays all the messages you are working with in one location -- both messages flagged for follow up and the drafts you are composing"

-- Whereas Outlook and Thunderbird and others have always given you a view where you can view everything at once anyway...this new AOL thing is more beneficial how? ok maybe you can multitask a little more than Hotmail lets you, but then that's strictly web-based now isnt it..

"* New buttons have been added to the NavBar, including Safety and Help; and Mail and IM QuickViews have been enabled"

-- IM quickview? New buttons huh, if they put new buttons in then by all means we should get this huh. Safety? lol the only safety you need is don't go to websites that cause things to go awry, like the websites everyone loves to go to and will go to anyway...

"* A new Settings Manager for easy access to your most common account and personal settings"

-- So a new look to something that already exists and wow, now you can do, about....nothing more than before...the rounded edges on the windows make all the difference...wait that's XP's theme.

A newer version of the same old crap, so what's new? At one point when AOL did have sway over the majority of online users, all I ever fixed on machines was AOL problems, and the fact that AOL ate all their resources up and was still there and causing problems after the customers had switched to a different ISP.

OSuser reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

I like AOL and their simplicity of GUI now with Package. The only thing I dislike are their running programs in the background WHICH/WHEN I am not using them. They claimed their highly recommendations of their ad/pop-ups blocker which I don't understand how come when I log in AOL I get their product advertisements all the time? So it's "OK" for them to allow that? I'll pass on this one.

nezermundy reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

This by far the best piece of Software AOL has released in along time and it is good, so obviuosly the last 2 posters have not even tried it.

rpavl reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

GARBAGE

donpacman reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 24, 2005

AOL is just another name for VIRUS!

s.h.a.r.p. reviewed vBeta 3 on Sep 23, 2005

having used aol from 1.0-4.0, and then working in a pc repair shop, i can never understand why anyone still uses this crap. it takes over your pc and doesn't want to uninstall. aol has always sucked, and it will always suck. if you're dumb enough to get this, you deserve any headaches it causes.

tigger4046 reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 5, 2005

This is by far better in my opionion than FireFox, does the same thing and includes the latest and fastest version of the new aim "Triton". All I want this thing to do know is autohide the navbar. I can't wait to see what is next to occur. Go AOL!

nezermundy reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 3, 2005

I think this new suit is great, the AOL Explorer is a great broswer and Trinton has to be the best AIM and for those that say it is bloated take a look at MSN 7 Messenger that is more bloated than this, but you porably havn't even tried it, this aint bloated because everything is seperate unlike the client which was bloated but as long as you had 512MB of ram you would of been fine anyway.

rpavl how can this be outdated and bloated this aint the client version this has all the things Firefox and more?

robmanic44 reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 3, 2005

I can't understand why anyone would want to run software that essentially takes control of their desktop. AT&T is my ISP, but I have no AT&T software on my computer. With more open source software appearing each day I can become less dependant on Windows itself. In as much as it is possible, I want my desktop to be "my desktop".

rpavl reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 3, 2005

more junk

Neoprimal reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 2, 2005

I'm slowly forgiving AOL's past indiscretions. I REALLY like the browser. I'd love if triton would minimize to the notification area instead of the taskbar though....
Otherwise, I like the suite - alot.

MatthewGann reviewed vBeta 2 on Sep 2, 2005

Every companys goal is gain more market share, and your trashing them for that.

I like triton. I'll be able to share photos and files while talking to various friends in an organized fashion. No longer will I have to have yahoo for video conferencing, hello/picasa for photo sharing, AIM for files and chat.

BTW, I'm no newbie.

rpavl reviewed vBeta 1 on Aug 19, 2005

Guess Mike162005 is also "loving" his cheseburger and mcnuggets from McDs. Seriously, this is just another vain attempt by a company desperate to hang onto market shares that are dropping so fast that it makes your head spin. America Online software has and always will be associated with internet newbies, kids, and suckers for advertisements on TV. Its bloated, outdated, and out of touch. Time to move on.

Mike162005 reviewed vBeta 1 on Aug 19, 2005

I'm Loving it. =)

Lol, but seriously rpavl grow up and quit throwing McDonnald jokes at people.

tigger4046 reviewed vBeta 1 on Aug 19, 2005

It is showing potential, but look forward to the final product.