Long known as the “easy” internet — praised by grandmothers and shunned by the tech elite — AOL, at $20+ per month, has seemed overpriced for years. The free hours of internet they used to offer upfront used to seem like a steal, but they’re now as easy to come by as so many landfill-clogging promo CDs.
Which is why I felt pretty silly installing AOL 9 on my pristine and professional Shuttle XPC last week. Why would I do that? Mainly because AOL is suddenly FREE. So why shouldn’t I add it to my at-home website-testing arsenal so I can ensure that my websites and HTML email newsletters look okay for the at-AOL-dot-com crowd?