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To: H Peterson who wrote (2399)	3/14/1999 2:26:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110645

i find the IM feature to be a bit on the intrusive side. one of my isp's is aol, and i've had plenty of exposure to the capabilities it offers. i know that you can set controls, etc, but all in all, i would probably spend way too much time with buds online if i kept it in place. in the past, i've had people i didn't know interrupt my trading (or whatever) to ask questions. some spam comes through. and other undesirable communications. mainly, however, i just came across the method for removing the little AIM icon, and knew that there were folks looking for such a fix. that's why i put it here. it's not a case of me being super opposed to the feature. :) mark

To: H Peterson who wrote (2399)	3/14/1999 3:03:00 PM
From: Doug T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

H Peterson, I agreed totally, the Instant Message is one of the best ideas of all-time. Due to a divorce,I use this daily to communicate with my children. Another good program to look at is Dragon Point & Speak. It's a speech recognition program that is easy to use and only fifty dollars. Point and speak takes about one hour to set up and works well with SI and IM's. It even spells words that I never could. Now, I will go back to lurking. Good luck, Doug

To: H Peterson who wrote (2399)	3/14/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

How can I get Instant Message?

To: H Peterson who wrote (2399)	3/15/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: RJL	Respond to of 110645

Well, the key for me, is I installed Netscape Communicator, I didn't want no AOL Instant messenger, and it bothers the hell outta me that it installs itself without allowing me the option NOT to install it during setup (even with a Custom setup). Granted, alot of people consider it useful software (for the reasons that you stated). ICQ is pretty much the same type of program. So it's not so much a question of not liking the program, more so it being the fact that I didn't ask for it. My two cents, Richard