It used to be nice and simple. I’d click on the bookmark and it would take me right into my AOL folder on the Comics and Animation Forum.
Then AOL “improved” it.
Since then, getting to my AOL folder is the most cumbersome task I undertake in the course of a day. Each step of the way takes four, five, six tries before it works properly. Otherwise I just get a blank screen and have to backtrack and start over.
Perhaps they’ve arranged it this way to “force” me to upgrade. I don’t do well with “forced.” What it might force me to do is dump AOL altogether because it’s getting just that irritating.
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If you cherish you soul, dump AOL.
Trust me, you’ll feel much better without the feeling of dámņáŧìøņ flooding your being every time you go online.
*pauses*
Plus, cable is so sexy. Soooo fast. *pets his cable modem* …Uh.. *looks around, then unhooks the modem and leaves the room*
Peter,
From the number of comments here it is quite clear that the majority of people who wrote them were against AOL, and quite frankly I can’t blame them. My own personal experience with AOL was that it was a terrible service. It took forever for me to get to my homepage because I was assaulted (I can’t think of a better word for it) by pop-up ads and “Exclusive” AOL offers that bombarded my computer screen at the same time my homepage was loading. It took nearly ten minutes everytime my computer logged onto the web to simply get to my homepage! Worse still, everytime I would go back to my homepage all those same stupid pop-ups would return. So I switched to Earthlink, and I’ve had a much more enjoyable web surfing experience. Fewer pop-ups – even without their highly touted “pop-up blocker”, which I’ve never used because the pop-ups are so few now that I’m off AOL. I’ve also discovered that my web browsers work faster and better as well. The only that bugs me about Earthlink is that they periodically change their dial-up numbers without telling their subscribers which requires a call to their 800 number every now and then to get the new number. By the way, the reason I chose Earthlink was that it was one of the few services that offered service for both Macs and PCs. Since I have both, it made sense to use a service that allowed me to connect both of my computers to the web. My sister has cable broadband service, and I have to say that it far surpasses dial-up in speed. It really is amazing, and if you have the option chose cable DSL over phone line DSL because it’s usually cheaper, and even with all the other people on the service at the same time it’s still far faster than dial-up. A word of caution however on DSL, it may take some doing to get it to work with your computer, but one you get it connected you won’t regret it. My sister spent 10 hours with her computer and numerous phone calls to the local cable company’s helpdesk before she got the cable modem to work with her HP computer. However after that initial “birthing” experience she has had no problems, and her web surfing experience has improved dramatically. My final recommendation: shop around for the best deal for you, and drop AOL. You’ll be glad you did.
What I want to know is what happened to our dictionary—that little convenient one that you could access in seconds? Now you get this big cumbersom thing that takes up the entire screen, and it’s not worth diddly. I looked for one on line, but the only one I found that I liked, you have to buy. As expensive as AOL is, that’s bull. Another service looks more inviting all the time.