Adding an Icon to the Buddy List

<script type="text/javascript">

function launchBuddyList() {
    AIM.core.addCallback( AIM.params.callbacks.listener.buddylist, "setTimeout( addIcon, 1000 );" ); 
    AIM.widgets.buddyList.launch();
}

function addIcon() {
    var oBuddies = AIM.util.getAIMIDCollection( document.getElementById( "AIMBuddyListContainer" ) );
    var i = oBuddies.length;
    while(i-- > 0) {
      var image = document.createElement("img");
      image.setAttribute( "src", "/aimclient/stylesheet/run_man08.gif" );
      image.className = "myIcon";
      oBuddies[i].insertBefore(image, oBuddies[i].firstChild);
    }
  }
</script>

Note: It's a good idea, though not required, to place the above JavaScript (without the <script> tags) in its own file and reference it from your document. This will reduce the size of your document and allow the user's browser to cache the script.

<a onclick="launchBuddyList();return false;" href="nojavascript.html">Launch my Buddy List</a>