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I seem to remember AIM allowing customized fonts and background colors around 15 years ago... Just sayin'



And a Porsche from 1992 can outrun a current day Prius, it doesn't make one better than the other...


Depends on how long the race is :)


And it was a miserable nightmare trying to talk to my friend who would decide to use bright yellow Comic Sans on a bright pink background.


AIM is actually really nice these days. I wish I could get my friends to switch back to it.


mIRC supported ANSI colour codes for foreground and background back in the 90s. I seem to remember people hated you for using them though.




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