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Express And Impress With Buddy Icons

By: Daniel Wesley

The icons used in many IM programs like AOL Instant, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger are referred to as buddy icons. These images can be of any kinds of formats like BMP, XBM, GIF, ICO or GIF and these images are usually found in 50*50 pixels.

These icons can be in the form of still animation or animation. Regardless of the kind of images, the size of these icons is usually not more than 7160 bytes. The first IM program to have used icons is the AOL Instant Messenger and some people refer to these icons as buddy avatars.

You can download aim icons from different websites. Some websites charges you money for downloading them but there are some websites from which you can download these icons for free.

As we all know, the present Internet users are very much in to chatting online, as it is one form of conversation, which is very 'in' among the people. On an Internet chat, the users type whatever they wish to say to his or her friend through the keyboard and then the message will appear on the window where the chat is taking place.

There are certain icons, which can be used in place of the plain words. This will make the conversation look more attractive and lively. For example, goodnight can be replaced by an animated image, which conveys the same message, but in a different way.

Nowadays, the aim buddy icons are very much in demand as most of the IM program users love to use them because they not only look lovely but they also convey your messages as clearly as possible.

Buddy icons that are animated look lovely, lively and bright. The colors and designs in which they are available are very pleasing to eyes and as such, many people like to make use of these icons. Those who are familiar with IM programs and are experienced IM users would know what buddy icons are. In fact, there isn't a single user who isn't aware of the existence of AOL buddy icons.

The lighting effect and the arrangement of colors in these icons give them a lively and energetic appearance. Actually, chatting on the IM programs have never been more fun and exciting before the introduction of buddy icons. Ask anyone and they will tell you the same thing.

All the users in the entire globe are becoming more and more interested in using buddy icons and you will find that the rate at which they are downloading these icons from websites is very high.

They are very much in demand, especially among the young users, because these users find the buddy icons particularly attractive and innovative. When you type "buddy icons" on any search engine, you will find a number of websites that offers you these icons. Like I said earlier, certain websites offers these icons for free whereas some charge some amount of fee for downloading these icons.

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Buddy Icons A site containing thousands of buddy icons for AOL Instant Messenger, organized by category.

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