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I am tired of AIM telling me I am logged in from 2 places
Whenever I sign in from iChat or any other client from 2 different places, the aolsystemmsg thingy tells me - annoyingly - that I am signed in twice. I can't even block it.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?I know I have this problem. It is annoying. I wonder if the idea is that you would be alerted if someone was using your account. How likely is that?
I’m with you
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Inappropriate?i don't mind it telling me (it's confusing when you can be logged into one service multiple ways), but i do mind that it's a huge message and that it asks me to sign out. Maybe just a quick "Hi from AIM, just wanted to let you know that you're now signed into two account. Have a nice day." -
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Inappropriate?Right off the bat disclaimer: I don't directly work on the AIM client, but I'm in the AIM family, discussion is good, anything posted here will be heard, and I'd love to get more AIM designers involved soon.
Leslie: I like the idea of the messaging being simplified and/or figuring out if the message could be suppressed or dismissed if it's coming from the same IP address maybe?
Everyone: Would love to understand when people are getting this message (are you using multiple services at once? adium, AIM, Meebo?) and if any time it has actually been helpful. It clearly serves a security need, but there could be a better experience lurking around the corner for everyone.
Would be cool to keep this topic open for feedback instead of an overall resolution yet, anyone else want to chime in?
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Hi Karl! Glad you're here. I think it would help a lot if the message was simply more human. It's always good to help people understand what's going on (sometimes I don't realize I've got AIM on in multiple places). :)
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I would love to remove it completely as it ads no security whatsoever in my eyes. It is purely an annoyance.
Thanx!
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I often disconnect by closing my computer, and reconnect minutes later. I use the latest verion of iChat, on the most updated OS X, with a perfectly running PowerBook, etc. Every Single Time I get that irritating message telling me I'm logging in at two places. It ruins the experience.
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Inappropriate?Hi karl,
Thanks for jumping in here! I have the same issue and also find it mildly annoying. For me it happens with a couple different scenarios:
1. I'm signed into my Gmail which also now supports AIM and then I launch Adium.
2. I've got Adium running on my MacBook and then log into my home desktop PC and launch my IM client there. Or vice versa.
I think making the messaging a little friendlier and more optional sounding would help a lot. If I'm aware I'm logged into AIM from two places I don't want to feel like I'm doing something wrong by not signing out of one of them. However, I do think it's a nice security courtesy that AIM informs you.
I’m glad we're re-surfacing this topic
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Inappropriate?I get the "Signed-in in two places" message, but I don't know where the other place could be. I don't use AIM anywhere but through my laptop iChat app. It would be more useful as a security message if it could tell you what the other location could be: machine name, IP address or whatever.1 Comment Add a comment
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Yeah, that makes sense. The message should give you useful information about the other location. I wonder what info they can display?
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Inappropriate?AOL v.29a: Buddy's Revenge (http://is.gd/18dZ)
The AOLSystemMSG is entering pop culture! This is some kind of horror story based around our good friend.
I’m absolutely tired of this broken feature
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