I know, I know, this beta, actually beta two in the AIM 6.1 series if you are paying close attention, was released yesterday and this post is one day behind. In any case, this is a HUGE beta release. A lot of great work from many teams has gone into it. So, what’s in this release? You might ask.
Here is my list of what’s new, just to name a few:
While I have not posted on this plug-in since I announced it back in December, I have been uploading minor improvements as soon as they were working. This plug-in is a great way to visualize how the Open AIM SDK works by observing the sequence of events it receives.
I highly recommend the CoreWitness plug-in if you are planning on developing your own custom AIM clients and plug-ins. You can register and download the latest version here.
Feel free to leave any comments on questions you may have about the plug-in or the traces it produces.
Continuing on with this series of posts on AIM URLs, I now introduce a tool to help you create “Go Chat†URLs which are used to enter or start a chat room. You can specify up to two parameters: the room’s name and exchange number. The room’s name can be almost anything you want and the exchange is either 4 or 5 and can be omitted which would then default it to 4.
You can use the Go Chat URL Generator tool to help you create these kinds of URLs. Just follow the instructions on the page and then paste the HTML or URL in a web page, e-mail, IM, or desktop shortcut. Here is a sample link I created with this tool: Go Chat Link.
RX-PLUGIN USERS: You can generate a Go Chat link in a conversation with a buddy by typing “chat(roomname)†where roomname is the chat room name you want the buddy to join. Give it a try.
The “Go IM” (aka “IM This”) URL is used to start a conversation with a buddy in AIM. You can specify up to three optional parameters: from, to, and message. The from and to parameters are screen names and the message parameter can be anything you want in plain text or HTML depending on how you encode it.
As in my previous post, I created a Go IM URL Generator tool to help you create these kinds of URLs. Just follow the instructions on the page and then paste the HTML or URL in a web page, e-mail, IM, or desktop shortcut. Here is a sample link I created with this tool: Go IM Link.
RX-PLUGIN USERS: You can generate a Go IM link in a conversation with a buddy by typing “im(name)” where name is the screen name of the buddy to be contacted. Give it a try. See here for more details on this rule.
Justin Uberti talked about aim: URLs a few years ago in his posts here and here. I thought I would update this with respect to what is supported by AIM 6.0 and take it one step further by providing a tool to make it even easier to create these URLs.
I will start this series with a web-based tool to create “Add Buddy” links. Add Buddy links, as the name implies, are used to add a buddy to the Buddy List. You can access the AIM 6.0 Add Buddy URL Generator here.
Just follow the instructions on the page and then paste the HTML or URL in a web page, e-mail, or IM. Here is a sample I created with this tool: Add ‘Gus Verdun’ and ‘Gus Blog’ to your Buddy List
RX-PLUGIN USERS: You can send an automatically generated Add Buddy link to your buddy by sending “addme” in an IM. Give it a try. This also works in chat rooms.
How do I load, save, import, or export my buddy list in AIM 6.0?
I posted on this before, here, but this one deserves its own post due to the volume of requests. AIM 6.0 does not have this functionality built-in. You have to install the buddy list operations plug-in to get it. This plug-in is part of the AIM Gadgets collection of plug-ins.