Middle man (AIM plugin)
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middle_man is a program created by Krunch Software with the stated purpose of "Enhancing your AIM experience". The AOL Instant Messenger plug-in enhances and extends functionality of AIM to its users. middle_man is a free plug-in, written entirely in C++ by John Tull and Harry Finocchiaro. At first, the project was small and private, incorporating a small fraction of the features it carries today.
middle_man takes the basic idea of "being in the middle" of an AIM connection. Acting very similar to a proxy, middle_man intercepts an AIM connection before it reaches the server and vice versa.
Currently, middle_man is in stage 3 of the 3 planned beta stages. At this point beta 3 has been released and future releases will focus on incorporating additional features and improving stability.
Current Version: 0.3.0003
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[edit] Features
Beta 3 features added to AIM include:
- log IMs (normal, secure, directly connected)
- log chats
- log buddy events (sign on/off, away/back)
- log direct connection files
- log buddy's last profile
- log viewer with search capabilities
- clone AIM
- remove advertisements from the buddy list
- auto-collapse content at the bottom of the buddy list
- buddy aliasing
Future releases of Beta 3 will include:
- local / remote commands
- tabbed IMs
- scripting
- window transparency
Beta 2 features added to AIM include:
- Buddy List Customization
- Ad Removal
- Cloning
- Real Time Logging
- Buddy Aliasing
- Window Transparency
- Away Message Groups
- Talking While Away
- Idle Control
- Local/Remote Commands
- Scripting
- Invisibility
[edit] Accomplishments
Featured on G4techTV's "The Screen Savers"
[edit] Warnings
middle_man (Beta 2) offers a supplemental (ad-supported) version which includes WhenU SaveNow, according to McAfee SiteAdvisor.
