OT: AOL question



"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sheldon wrote:
>> nancree wrote:
>>
>>>A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
>>>
>>>Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
>>>cake.
>>
>>
>> Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
>> highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
>> same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
>> more options (bells & whistles).
>>
>> Sheldon
>>
>
> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
> works on a normal email system to an aol user.

Yeah....they always seem to have some sort of stupid issues with even seeing
the existence of an attachment, not to mention opening them. And, good luck
sending 2 attachments to the same message. That used to be a horror show as
recently as a couple of years ago, although they may have straightened it
out by now.

There should be a law that requires computer manufacturers to attach a huge,
day-glo red notice on every CPU case and monitor, which says, among other
things, "You do not need to install anyone's stupid software in order to
connect to the internet. See page 37 of the instruction manual.....".
 
George wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > nancree wrote:
> >
> >>A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
> >>
> >>Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
> >>cake.
> >
> >
> > Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
> > highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
> > same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
> > more options (bells & whistles).

>
> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
> works on a normal email system to an aol user.

DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH

Yet another NEWBIE MORON heard from.
 
George wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
>> nancree wrote:
>>
>>> A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
>>>
>>> Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
>>> cake.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
>> highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
>> same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
>> more options (bells & whistles).
>>
>> Sheldon
>>
>
> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
> works on a normal email system to an aol user.

I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
browser. She sends me links to her online album all the time, but it is
automatically generated by the Kodak Easyshare page. She also has a
tendency to put one photo in each album, sedning a link for each one.
::sigh::

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.blogspot.com/

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams
 
sarah bennett wrote:
> George wrote:
> > Sheldon wrote:
> >
> >> nancree wrote:
> >>
> >>> A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
> >>>
> >>> Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
> >>> cake.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
> >> highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
> >> same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
> >> more options (bells & whistles).
> >>
> >> Sheldon
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
> > designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
> > having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
> > works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>
> I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
> though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
> browser.

AOL's "Pictures" section couldn't be simpler to navigate... and has
more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick at, but really don't
need to use... obviously your MIL is retarded. I mean even the
mentally challenged can operate a McD's *Picto* register. Sheesh, but
you're dumb.
 
Sheldon wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote:
>
>>George wrote:
>>
>>>Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>nancree wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
>>>>>
>>>>>Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
>>>>>cake.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
>>>>highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
>>>>same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
>>>>more options (bells & whistles).
>>>>
>>>>Sheldon
>>>>
>>>
>>>Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>>designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>>having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>>works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>>
>>I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
>>though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
>>browser.
>
>
> AOL's "Pictures" section couldn't be simpler to navigate... and has
> more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick at, but really don't
> need to use... obviously your MIL is retarded. I mean even the
> mentally challenged can operate a McD's *Picto* register. Sheesh, but
> you're dumb.
>

What does AOL's "pictures" section have to do with the common problem of
those who use AOL not being able to click on links within emails? Why
would I want to pay AOL for a service that I can get for free?

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.blogspot.com/

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams
 
Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>
>>Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>
>
> DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH
>
> Yet another NEWBIE MORON heard from.
>

Often that term is reserved for the clueless aol users who need training
wheels complete with streamers, bells and other noisemakers to use a
computer.
 
Sheldon wrote:

> I have more respect for webtv'ers.

you'd have to. they're the only ones in your peer group ;-)
 
sarah bennett wrote:
> George wrote:
>
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>> nancree wrote:
>>>
>>>> A much simpler way to reply, with AOL:
>>>>
>>>> Just hit the "reply" button in the upper right-hand corner. Piece of
>>>> cake.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bull... that will give a blank screen, you've quoted nothing unless you
>>> highlight thr portion you wish to quote... AOL Email works exactly the
>>> same as any other (no simpler, no more difficult), just has many more
>>> more options (bells & whistles).
>>>
>>> Sheldon
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really
>> tired having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or
>> anything that works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>
>
> I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
> though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
> browser. She sends me links to her online album all the time, but it is
> automatically generated by the Kodak Easyshare page. She also has a
> tendency to put one photo in each album, sedning a link for each one.
> ::sigh::
>

Too many similar experiences here, aol is actually a hinderence in
learning to do anything with a computer.
 
Doug Kanter wrote:

>>>
>>
>>Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>
>
> Yeah....they always seem to have some sort of stupid issues with even seeing
> the existence of an attachment, not to mention opening them. And, good luck
> sending 2 attachments to the same message. That used to be a horror show as
> recently as a couple of years ago, although they may have straightened it
> out by now.

No that I can tell.


>
> There should be a law that requires computer manufacturers to attach a huge,
> day-glo red notice on every CPU case and monitor, which says, among other
> things, "You do not need to install anyone's stupid software in order to
> connect to the internet. See page 37 of the instruction manual.....".
>
>
Unfortunately the gazillions that aol spends on all the marketing
dribble "protects your computer and your family!...." seems to blind
people from thinking.

One of my favorites is when someone has aol dialup and they get
broadband. When the aol software sees the broadband connection it pops
up a big message telling the user how they really, really, really, need
to keep aol and it is the only way to use that "complicated" Internet.
 
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Doug Kanter wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>>designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>>having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>>works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>>
>>
>> Yeah....they always seem to have some sort of stupid issues with even
>> seeing the existence of an attachment, not to mention opening them. And,
>> good luck sending 2 attachments to the same message. That used to be a
>> horror show as recently as a couple of years ago, although they may have
>> straightened it out by now.
>
> No that I can tell.

Maybe it's AOL's way of "protecting" you: Make it a complete pain in the ass
to deal with attachments because there's evil lurking in them. :)
 
sarah bennett wrote regarding AOL:
>> >>
> >>I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
> >>though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
> >>browser.
> >
> >
> > AOL's "Pictures" section couldn't be simpler to navigate...> >
>
> What does AOL's "pictures" section have to do with

You asked. Learn how to express yourself properly... did you really
expect anyone but a newbie like you wouldn't know how to copy and
paste... copy and paste is the same everywhere... has nothing to do
with navigating AOL

If you weren't such a newbie you would have emailed the properly
formatted hyperlink... it's not AOL or your mother... it's you, you're
the NEWBIE!
 
George wrote:
>
> aol is actually a hinderence in
> learning to do anything with a computer.

The only hinderence to learning computing is the IQ of the user.

Btw, the only real hinderence to choosing AOL is price... cheapo
******* syndrom.
 
Sheldon wrote:
> George wrote:
>
>>aol is actually a hinderence in
>>learning to do anything with a computer.
>
>
> The only hinderence to learning computing is the IQ of the user.
>
> Btw, the only real hinderence to choosing AOL is price... cheapo
> ******* syndrom.
>

Not usually, a lot of people (like me) just don't like overdone toy
stuff. We always paid for a quality ISP (and before that an online
service) and when broadband came along we upgraded to that.
 
George wrote:

> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
> works on a normal email system to an aol user.


I've never had a prob with this...

--
Best
Greg
 
"Gregory Morrow"
<[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
>
> George wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>> works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>
>
> I've never had a prob with this...
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
>

You must be blessed.

How about this: An AOL user forwards a message. I open the message. The
forwarded message is there not in text, but as an attachment. I open the
attachment and see another attachment, hoping it's the actual text. Nope.
It's another attachment. It's like those Russian dolls, smaller and smaller
and smaller.....
 
Doug Kanter wrote:
>
> How about this: An AOL user forwards a message. I open the message. The
> forwarded message is there not in text, but as an attachment. I open the
> attachment and see another attachment, hoping it's the actual text. Nope.
> It's another attachment. It's like those Russian dolls, smaller and smaller
> and smaller.....

That has nothing to do with AOL, has only to do with the particular
attachment... the same attachment would do the same thing regardless
from which ISP sent or which ISP sent to. You are truly a NEWBIE...
and of course you are a stupid NEWBIE for even opening said attachment.
 
Sheldon wrote:
> sarah bennett wrote regarding AOL:
>
>>>>I sent my MIL a link to my online photo album, and I had to walk her
>>>>though, step by step, via IM, how to copy and paste the link to her
>>>>browser.
>>>
>>>
>>>AOL's "Pictures" section couldn't be simpler to navigate...> >
>>
>>What does AOL's "pictures" section have to do with
>
>
> You asked. Learn how to express yourself properly... did you really
> expect anyone but a newbie like you wouldn't know how to copy and
> paste... copy and paste is the same everywhere... has nothing to do
> with navigating AOL
>

yes, and what does AOL's "pictures" section have to do with a link to a
*web page* with pictures on it? The issue was that the link would not
work on AOL, and she didn't know how to copy and paste. Which is why I
had to walk her through the process. You really should read, and not
skim, Sheldon.

> If you weren't such a newbie you would have emailed the properly
> formatted hyperlink... it's not AOL or your mother... it's you, you're
> the NEWBIE!
>

Um, I did. I sent the same email to ten other people who had no problem
clicking on the link. Links sent via email do not always work on AOL.

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.blogspot.com/

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams
 
Doug Kanter wrote:
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>
>>George wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>>designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>>having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>>works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>>
>>
>>I've never had a prob with this...
>>
>>--
>>Best
>>Greg
>>
>>
>
>
> You must be blessed.
>
> How about this: An AOL user forwards a message. I open the message. The
> forwarded message is there not in text, but as an attachment. I open the
> attachment and see another attachment, hoping it's the actual text. Nope.
> It's another attachment. It's like those Russian dolls, smaller and smaller
> and smaller.....
>
>

My brother got interested in having a computer and I set one up for him.
Of course he heard about aol because of all of the marketing and I told
him I would disown him if he got it. Someone he worked with had aol and
started sending him email. My brother thought the guy was playing a joke
on him because of the endless weird nested attachments he was getting. I
explained to him it was because of aols non-standard email system.

I was working on a project and needed to send an attachment to an aol
user. After numerous times of trying every permutation he just couldn't
open the file. I ended up putting the file on a website and sending him
the link.
 
George wrote:
<snip>

> I was working on a project and needed to send an attachment to an aol
> user. After numerous times of trying every permutation he just couldn't
> open the file. I ended up putting the file on a website and sending him
> the link.

yeah, but did the link work? :)

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.blogspot.com/

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams
 
Doug Kanter wrote:
>
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>>
>> George wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately there is nothing standard about aol. Their system is
>>> designed for their users to interact with each other. I get really tired
>>> having to deal with trying to send/receive attachments or anything that
>>> works on a normal email system to an aol user.
>>
>>
>> I've never had a prob with this...
>>
>> --
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>>
>
> You must be blessed.
>
> How about this: An AOL user forwards a message. I open the message. The
> forwarded message is there not in text, but as an attachment. I open the
> attachment and see another attachment, hoping it's the actual text. Nope.
> It's another attachment. It's like those Russian dolls, smaller and smaller
> and smaller.....
>
>

oh, now that's a fun game. I only know a couple people who are on AOL anymore
and I always groan when I see FWD in the subject line, it will be undoubtedly
lame and take too much time to see.

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