Application Title: PictureOfWhat
by Eeyore

"PictureOfWhat is a game of mystery pictures with interactivity powered by AIM. You are shown photographs of curious animals, people, places, and things. The game is both simple and hard: try to figure out what the heck you're looking at! Then tell other users what you thought about the picture or the answers. Anyone can play, but only AIM users who log in to the integrated Web AIM interface can post comments."

URL: http://pictureofwhat.com/

Application Title: BuddiesMap
by jacksuyu

"BuddiesMap is a Facebook app, which shows your friends' face on the google map, and when you click on the face, you could use AIM to chat with your friends.

The screenshot shows two user, Jack Su (Jack Testertwo) and his friend chat use this Open AIM based Facebook app and AIM client. "

To add this app, use this link: http://apps.facebook.com/buddiesmap/start6.php

Application Title: SoundOff
by Pops

"Sound Off! A new social interaction paradigm."

Do you have a topic you wish to express an opinion about? Want to express your opinion of a politician, political action or celebrity?

Do you want to leave a comment about a website? Want to read what others are saying about something? You can sound off on any of those topics and more.

Simply send '/help' to SndOffs to receive help on how to change to a topic and sound off on that topic.

Developers - embed Sound-Off into your website and applications! Make your website more socially interactive
without all the infrastructure dedicated to forums or bulletin boards - you can have interactive chat on your topic(s) right on the webpage.

Visit http://www.sound-off.info for details (follow the developers link).

Bot Title: TalkAbout
by roma

"TalkAbout is an AOL AIM6 plugin and webpage that lets you show your status text to the world. Are you interested in last NASA research and your friends aren't? Do you like Britney Spears and your friends don't? If so, then TalkAbout is right for you. Just set your status message, and new friends that are interested in the same topic will find you. Or you can go to Talk About web page, and find friends by yourself."



How to use:

Download the TalkAbout.msi plugin here.

1) Use command 'Enable TalkAbout' for adding your status text to TalkAbout web page.
2) Use command 'Disable TalkAbout' for removing your status text from TalkAbout web page.
3) Simple change your status text, and it will be updated on TalkAbout web page.
4) Use command 'Goto TalkAbout page' to open TalkAbout page in your default web browser.
5) Simply click on interesting status text on TalkAbout web page in order to add new friends to your buddy list.

If you would like more then first word to be term, put '-' character in your status text to separate term from description. I mean term-description. For example, Elvis Presley - Alive.

Application Name: 16characters
by joepestro

"FriendFeed & AIM 16characters adds AOL Instant Messenger status updates to FriendFeed."

Visit 16characters.com for more information.

Application Title: Flaim
by novar

"FLAIM is a rich browser-based instant messaging application using the Adobe Flex platform. This allows it to be fast and feature-packed, whilst remaining easily accessible and light-weight, less than a 100KB download in most cases!"

It remains under development and new features are being continually added, but is ready to run now, just click the link and log in with your AIM id.

Full documentation & updates here.

FINAL UPDATE 5/6: New features include:

- Repaired data transfer leading to improvements in FLAIM detection, AIM Typing Status and online preferences
- New window manager for increased performance and future feature additions

And, more importantly, making use of these:

- Encrypted IM for FLAIM-to-FLAIM conversations

- Theme "Colour-shifting" (Incoming IMs will automatically be tinted to increase visibility)

- FLAIM "Local Windows" (Incoming links to media can be analysed and opened in local FLAIM windows)

Many minor bugfixes are also included, of course, along with more detailed preferences and some behind-the-scenes server-side updates allowing for greater flexibility in future updates.

Full details as always at:
http://novar.3fkumi.net/flaim/

Application Title: TriviaFrenzy
by akinwale

"TriviaFrenzy is trivia at its best. Get to compete with other AIM users on general knowledge questions ranging from TV and Movies through word scrambles, country capitals, and the meanings of baby names among others."

How to Use: Simply visit the Trivia Frenzy home page and login with your AIM screenname to start playing.

Application Title: infomess
by amiune

"infomess is a new way to see information. You can see your favorite videos, chat with your friends and surf on the net all at the same time.You can also access your buddies' favorite videos with a single click. To get access to your buddies you must sign into AOL. Your mail and password are secure, this site connects directly with AOL."

Application URL:
http://amiune.googlepages.com/infomess.html

UPDATE 4/14: New Functionality Added:

ZappingBox: the ZAPPINGBOX allows you to zapping between videos from different categories like most popular, top favorites, etc., while you are watching other videos or chatting.

Send to a friend: to send what you are watching to a friend just click on send to a friend which it is located at the bottom left corner of each window.