It was the only third-party e-mail client licensed to directly access AOL e-mail.

The first third-party client was called "DClite", which never fully supported the file sharing aspects of the protocol.

Additionally, these third-party clients and others can access the Messenger service:

It's interesting because some of the more advanced third-party clients now include the ability to filter.

People who use third-party clients, which access the back-end database to the site, are not affected, because the code is disabled by the programs.

While Twitter itself was not affected, some third-party clients could no longer access recent tweets.

Also, because attackers were restricted to using third-party clients when carrying out attacks, it was not possible to use built-in Windows applications, like Net.

For instance, promoted tweets will be opened out to third-party clients - who wish to host them - in exchange for a 50-50 revenue share.

If using AIM is truly an oppressive experience for you, the radical step can be made to use a third-party client.

However, Areae had stated that they would actively encourage the development of third-party clients, which would allow for 3d functionality.