AIMutation is a computer program that adds features to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 5.x. AIMutation was freeware, but then became payware. It is now, once again freeware. It is also, now, open source software licensed under the GNU Public License. The terms computer program, software program, applications program, system software, or just program are used to refer to either an executable program by both lay people and computer programmers or the collection of source code from which an executable program is created (eg, compiled). ... AIM redirects here. ... Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available free of charge, as opposed to shareware where the user is required to pay. ... Any software which a user is required to pay for is known as payware. ... Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available free of charge, as opposed to shareware where the user is required to pay. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... GPL redirects here. ...
AIMutation is no longer being developed. The official website redirects to Messenger:Mate, a commercial AIM (and MSN) add-on developed by the original developer of AIMutation, Maurizio Pisano.
Features
AIMutation adds more customization features to AIM. Most of them were obsoleted after they were implemented in the official AIM client.
Features:
custom skins, including transparency and translucency.
tabbed windows
talking while "away"
logging
pop-up windows when the status of buddies changes
"cloning" (the ability to use multiple screen names in the same operating system)
removal of advertisements
customizable commands
user plug-ins
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It is also, now, open source software licensed under the GNU Public License.
The official website redirects to Messenger:Mate, a commercial AIM (and MSN) add-on developed by the original developer of AIMutation, Maurizio Pisano.
AIMutation was originally freeware, but later became payware.
They were working on a complete rewrite of the code (aiMutation 2.0) in Microsoft.NET and during this time, the 1.X code base was all but abandoned.
Due to this fact, compatibility was rarely achieved with the newer versions of AOL Instant Messenger, and the software began to stagnate with further incompatibility with every release of AOL Instant Messenger.
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