Aim 6.8 Beta 2

Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago at 6:53 pm. 2 comments
Posted in Skinning Aim.

Additional Plugins 

Aim 6.8 Beta 2, has launched with some reorganized features moved into different locations. Most notably, AOL Music, AIM Call Out, AOL Hot Searches, and AIM Mobile has been moved into a new My Plugins button. The My Plugins feature will allow developers and users to pick and choose what extra features they want with AIM. You are no longer tied to the four buttons at the bottom of the buddy list since now you can disable them and pick only the ones you like.

Two additional plugins were added called Notes and Stock Quotes. Notes allows you to write notes within your buddy list. Stock quotes just show Stocks within a small window. This is not a full featured Stock Ticker like many have been requesting but its a start.

Skinning Additions

If you’ve been skinning Aim, there has been some new functions added

    <linearGradientBrush id=”gradient.uiPluginPopup”>

        <rotateTransform center=”50% 50%” angle=”-90″/>

        <gradientStops>

            <gradientStop offset=”0%” color=”#FFFFFF”/>

            <gradientStop offset=”100%” color=”#EFFAFF”/>

        </gradientStops>

    </linearGradientBrush>

   <pen id=”pen.uiPluginPopup.border” color=”#000000″ WIDTH=”1″ /> 

gradient.uiPluginPopup, which was a pain to find, controls the box that shows up when you hover over “My Plugins”

pen.uiPluginPopup.border, controls the border around said box.

 

Look at how Things don’t work! :3