You know its bad when we’re covering new AOL clients, but I have to say that AOL is heading in a rather solid direction with its new Mac version. Currently at Beta version 14, the new AOL Desktop For Mac is a lot cleaner and faster than older versions. The browser is tabbed and is likely based on Firefox. The toolbar is a lot slicker, though it still needs more work. Even application preferences have been nicely trimmed to just whats needed. Overall, the new AOL Desktop For Mac feels more like a new browser than the horribly clogged ad machine previous iterations were.

written by Tyler Regas