I am happy to announce we have just released AIM Express 7.0 to beta! It’s a web-based IM client which is going to replace the current experience on aimexpress.com. This version is flash based and utilizes the wimas3 libraries I mentioned earlier. There is no installation required, so check it out on the beta site and and be sure to leave your feedback!
So this has been chugging along for a couple months now, but I never got a chance to blog about it. We have been working pretty hard on an Open Source AS3 (ActionScript 3.0) library which leverages the Open AIM Web Services. We finished wimas3 a couple months ago. This library will allow developers to easily integrate AIM functionality into any Flash application. So far, feedback has been really positive and we already have a few third party developers who are tinkering with the libraries and making contributions.
If you are interested in writing a Flash / Flex / Air application which leverages AIM, check out the Quick Start Guide. I haven’t received much feedback on it yet, so please let me know what you think!
Also remember, AIM isn’t just for IM. You can use the network for small data transfer which enables you to write multiplayer games that can do all communication via the AIM network. We have a Google Group set up, so please sign up and send out any questions you may have. We would love to hear from you!
Good luck and happy coding.