Well I know it has been a while since my last post, and Anything Chat is somewhat dead, so hopefully I can wake everyone up.

What does everyone think of ICQ? It's really useful and all, but I hate how they have all those useless features.
I've been looking for some time now one of the first versions, which may have less features, but only the ones that I need. If only...:-(.
It seems that ICQ is trying too hard to make ICQ "better" when all they are doing is pissing off users.
I haven't talked to one person who uses that phone service built in ICQ and most of their features are absoluetly useless. My dream is just a ICQ with a Contact List, maybe an ActiveList, Add/Remove Users Feature, and the status (online, N/A, Away, Disconnected, exc). Maybe I should send a e-mail to ICQ about it.
Most people here use ICQ, and I was wondering what everyone else thinks about ICQ right now, and if anyone actually has a good, old version.


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--Daniel--
EMusicTalk.com

I think ICQ is great.. (and my main source of communication with others..). My one gripe is that it's gotten extremely bloated over time.. and has gotten to be quite a ram hog.. (i think it takes something like 16 megs to itself now..).

*sigh*.

Ryan

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Devnut.com - (Discussion Forums)
Developer resources for the caffiene dependent..

I think ICQ is great, but in my opinion it needs a lot of work. The way it is setup is not the best.....In terms of capabilities it's awesome, but I see a lot of quirks.

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i have been using icq for a couple years now... i use icq 98a. those other versions are way too bloated. i think icq should keep it simple! i usually run icq while i am on my comp (playing online games and things) and the last thing i want icq to do is hog up all my ram!

ICQ used to be good, but it is an extreme case of bloatware. I use 2kA myself, much like the normal 2k version, but with a little less bloat.

Those damn adds caught up to me though

From what I heard, you could code your own program that would use the ICQ network. I might try that this summer (or whenever I feel like it). Go for the minimalist version

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Yeah, too true.

They have made versions of ICQ for linux (Jan/Feb of Maximum Linux) and like all of them are junk free.

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--Daniel--
EMusicTalk.com

Yeah...me too. I've been sticking with ICQ 99b. Same great flavor, without the awful AOL aftertaste...And at less than half the filesize too!
As for Instant Messenger, I will eternally be using beta v3.5... :-)

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