AIM AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger , a free communication tool from Netscape and America Online. The buddy list also indicates which users are online and which are not. AIM is a great way to communicate synchronously, and a great way to get someone's attention if you need a quick answer. AIM is free and downloads automatically with recent versions of Netscape. Messenger operates in much the same way that AIM does and has many of the same features.
Users simply mouse click on the voice chat button and speak into a microphone.
The sound is not telephone quality, but the program seems to work well. Messenger saves each buddy list in a way that allows users to see the same list on any computer. Messenger from any computer with Internet access, including those in the computer labs. The Java version does not include voice chat. Pager is free.