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AOL Launches Open AIM 2.0
Techtree News Staff, Mar 06, 2008 1345 hrs ISTOpen AIM 2.0 offers free SDKs and APIs that support third-party chat services, as well as instant messaging applications.
AOL has announced the launch of Open AIM 2.0, offering developers access to the AIM instant messaging (IM) network, and the ability to integrate it into their Web sites and applications in their own ways.
Open AIM 2.0 offers free SDKs and APIs that support third-party chat services, as well as instant messaging applications designed for mobile, enterprise, and international use.
Put simply, Open AIM program that was first launched in 2006, enables developers to create one unified instant messaging application that supports multiple chat services so that users can organize all their buddies in one place. Popular chat services like meebo and eBuddy have signed on to build the AIM APIs into their Web-based applications.
David Liu, senior vice president (Social Media, Messaging, and Homepages) of AOL, said, "Our mission for AIM is to facilitate the world's online, real-time conversations. We are giving developers the tools and the flexibility they desire to build innovative and meaningful applications around instant messaging for Web users around the globe. In addition, third-party developers can also build custom software designed for enterprise- as well as regular- users, who access the AIM messaging network from cell phones.
Until now, multi-platform IM desktop clients like Pidgin or Adium have generally relied on hacking and reverse engineering access to chat networks run by AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and others. Not only is this bad for developers since it means more work, it also means that such clients often can't use all the features of a particular network.
So with Open AIM 2.0, AOL has opened the gates to third-party developers allowing them access to all of the network's features.
Open AIM 2.0 offers free SDKs and APIs that support third-party chat services, as well as instant messaging applications designed for mobile, enterprise, and international use.
Put simply, Open AIM program that was first launched in 2006, enables developers to create one unified instant messaging application that supports multiple chat services so that users can organize all their buddies in one place. Popular chat services like meebo and eBuddy have signed on to build the AIM APIs into their Web-based applications.
David Liu, senior vice president (Social Media, Messaging, and Homepages) of AOL, said, "Our mission for AIM is to facilitate the world's online, real-time conversations. We are giving developers the tools and the flexibility they desire to build innovative and meaningful applications around instant messaging for Web users around the globe. In addition, third-party developers can also build custom software designed for enterprise- as well as regular- users, who access the AIM messaging network from cell phones.
Until now, multi-platform IM desktop clients like Pidgin or Adium have generally relied on hacking and reverse engineering access to chat networks run by AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and others. Not only is this bad for developers since it means more work, it also means that such clients often can't use all the features of a particular network.
So with Open AIM 2.0, AOL has opened the gates to third-party developers allowing them access to all of the network's features.
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