If you’re a Windows user, then you know how to put AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) in your Windows Sidebar. But what if you don’t have AOL Instant Messenger installed on your computer? How can you get it? The first step is to install the AOL Instant Messenger client on your computer. Once it’s installed, open it and click the “Add New Program” button. Type “aim” into the text box and click the “add” button. Now that you’ve added AOL Instant Messenger to your Windows Sidebar, you can use it to communicate with other users. To start using AIM, just type its name into a chat window and hit enter.
I just came across the AOL/AIM gadget today, and I did have some buggy issues with it, so be warned that it may not work perfectly.
First, you’ll need to install the gadget from here.
Once you’ve installed it, right-click on the sidebar, and choose Add Gadgets. You should see the icon in the list:
Double-click on the icon, and it will add itself to the sidebar. You can then login and see something similar to this:
Note that I took this image off the official site. Hopefully that’s ok… I didn’t really want to show my own screenname, and blurring the picture seemed to take away from the illustration effect.
I’m assuming that this gadget will get better over time, since it’s a beta release right now.
Updated article to point to new location. Thanks Will !
