Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!netcom!wasilko
From: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: America Online
Message-ID: <4464@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 89 10:11:42 GMT
References: <29969.2562DE85@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <1385@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1249@key.COM> <5329@internal.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175 guest}
Lines: 27

In article <5329@internal.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>In article <1249@key.COM> jsp@key.COM (James Preston) writes:
>> My advice is:  If you have a Mac (and you like the interface) take 
>America 
>> Online over Prodigy.
>
>I tried America Online (as part of its free trial offer).  The interface 
>is really good, although you can get lost if you close all your windows.  
>Also, windows tend to accumulate fast, but they have an option to close 
>all windows except the front.  I like the fact that you could be in a chat 
>room and still be doing other things at the same time.
>
>There are some anomalies in the interface.  They have this customr service 
>area, in which you don't accumulate connect time, but you also can't 
>navigate that area very easily.  Posting a message to a bulletin board is 
>a bit confusing.
>
>I almost didn't sign up because they put the burden on you to keep track 
>of your connect time, and you had to provide a credit card number.  The 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

America Online's free (no-charge) area has a billing section where the current
bill is displayed. THe current bill is accurate up to your previous 
logon and includes any upload credits..


Jeff Wasilko