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Just got back from a business trip. I highly recommend flying business class, especially on Lufthansa.

Last Friday, AIM released an updated beta build of AIM 6.8. I am calling this version of AIM “Plugin-Central“. AIM has added more plugin functionality than ever before including support for these new AIM Module (AMO) plugins that are HTML/CSS and JavaScript based. If you want to see how an AMO plugin works simply rename the “.amo” file to “.zip” and peek inside. I will say more on how you can write your own AMO in a future post.

I highly recommend that you give this beta a shot. You can even find my first ever AMO on gallery.aim.com under the pen name of “IM Freaq”. “IM Freaqs” is a simple little plugin that shows the ten most frequent buddies you interact with. It’s my personal favorite so far. Here is the about screen shot of IM Freaqs (courtesy of AOL):

As Greg mentioned in his post, I also helped out with the twitterMan 4.0 plugin. Writing an AMO is pure fun.

With AIM 6.8 you can easily manage your pluigins. Just click on the “Manage” link at the bottom of the Buddy List to open the plugin manager. From there you can enable, configure, re-order, and uninstall any plugin without having to sign off. Existing AIM plugins, that are not AMOs, can also be uninstalled if they support this new feature. My RX-Plugin, IM Tweaks, and CoreWitness plugins support AIM 6.8, including the ability to uninstall them from the plugin manager.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments on AIM 6.8 and IM Freaqs, etc. I appreciate all feedback.

Thanks and enjoy.