I think it was referring to the e-mail program and paretal controls. And for regular people and parents who actually monitor their children's ventures on the internet, it is great. What the writer meant by better than AOL, was the main features are better (e-mail, parental controls) and it does this without the constraint that AOL has, i.e. all their own channels, links, articles, etc. And you know AOL, isn't really that bad. If it were, then why is it the number 1 ISP? The only people who put it down, are techies whose lives are the internet. It's harder for them to pull their illegal stunts and what-not and they don't like the constraint. And that's okay. I don't like it either. I don't their close monitor either. True, there are some things that are kinda lame, like making people use it's browser (although you can just open up the browser you prefer to use). But it is easy and simple to use and those are selling points for the majority because the majority aren't masters of the web. It's primary function is communication. For grandparents who live far away from grandchildren, for relatives, and friends. You can easily IM, send pictures, and do general browsing. And for this purpose it's better than any other. stdPikachu, it wasn't designed for the intent of people like yourself and you know it so it's unfair of you to criticize it.
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