In July of this year I joined the AIM application design team who were already well on their way to being ready for the public release of AIM version 6.5. One of the more exciting contributions I was able to make prior to launch was to help give names to our 20 new color themes. We didn’t want to settle on obvious color names so we solicited name submissions from those interested in participating from within the company. For each color combination we received approximately 10 names varying from expected names to some that were really out there. I narrowed the list down to about 3 per color and ran them through our legal team to check against copyrights and ethics. Several of our favorites were dropped along the way due to inappropriateness and conflicting use elsewhere. In the end, I’m pleased with where we ended up. Here’s the full list of names. You can find them by installing AIM 6.5 and selecting a new color in the pull down menu at the top right of the Buddy List. Hover over a color to see the name appear in a tool tip.

• Orange/Silver: Love, AIM
• Pink/Silver: Superstar!
• Purple/Silver: Royale
• Green/Silver: Ooze
• Olive/Silver: Mulligan
• Light Blue/Silver: Calypso
• Navy/Silver: Boot Cut
• Chocolate/Silver: Hooptie
• Gray/Silver: Maverick
• Gold/Silver: Big Money
• Orange/Black: Smashed Pumpkin
• Pink/Black: Hot Little Number
• Green/Black: Venom
• Light Blue/Black: Skinny Dip
• Gray/Black: Gothica
• Purple/Black: Grape of Wrath
• Olive/Black: Kabillionaire
• Navy/Black: Midnight Storm
• Chocolate/Black: Well Done
• Gold/Black: Bling Bling

What’s your favorite?

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