[Jordrok]

I seem to remember AIM allowing customized fonts and background colors around 15 years ago... Just sayin'

[Klathmon]

And a Porsche from 1992 can outrun a current day Prius, it doesn't make one better than the other...

[criddell]

Depends on how long the race is :)

[pavel_lishin]

And it was a miserable nightmare trying to talk to my friend who would decide to use bright yellow Comic Sans on a bright pink background.

[lmm]

AIM is actually really nice these days. I wish I could get my friends to switch back to it.

[JonnieCache]

mIRC supported ANSI colour codes for foreground and background back in the 90s. I seem to remember people hated you for using them though.