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gumby5647 · Dec 22, 2005, 01:54 PM

WOW. I remember when this used to be thee chat client to use back in like 97.

I fired the client up today...(amazingly, I remembered my number)....

So anyone else out there still use this program?

Gimmie a holla:
41746288

Dakar · Dec 22, 2005, 01:56 PM

I do too. I liked it as well, better than AIM.

rickey939 · Dec 22, 2005, 01:58 PM

You can login to your ICQ account through iChat, right?

production_coordinator · Dec 22, 2005, 02:05 PM

I remember sending the unix "talk" command... I'm so O' school.

jasonsRX7 · Dec 23, 2005, 10:57 AM

I still use my ICQ account with Miranda at work. I remeber installing ICQ shortly after it came out, it was so awesome. I have a couple of 6 digit accounts in the 100k range.

starman · Dec 23, 2005, 11:10 AM

6426785

misc · Dec 23, 2005, 11:16 AM

Yeah, it was cool because it would store messages on their server for offline users. When they logged back on they would get it.

Athens · Dec 23, 2005, 11:27 AM

its strange but I remember my ICQ number like a telephone number
44647646

brapper · Dec 23, 2005, 11:36 AM

UHOH!
I still log on with Adium, but unfortunately no one else does.

Dark Helmet · Dec 23, 2005, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by misc

Yeah, it was cool because it would store messages on their server for offline users. When they logged back on they would get it.

email?

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 12:01 PM

Some people still use ICQ for that reason. The offline thing.

If they are using a modern ICQ client, I can add them on my iChat or Adium list and speak to them that way.

I have ICQ up now and then when I just want to talk to a specific person.

And yeah, the way ICQ works is better than AIM. Saddly.

So does Yahoo.

SirCastor · Dec 23, 2005, 12:06 PM

I had ICQ, but I think I eventually Abandoned it. I could never remember my #. I think that killed it...

jasonsRX7 · Dec 23, 2005, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by misc

Yeah, it was cool because it would store messages on their server for offline users. When they logged back on they would get it.

Yahoo does that too. That's why I prefer Yahoo to AIM.

residentEvil · Dec 23, 2005, 12:13 PM

I use ICQ a lot still. About 3 dozen contacts; we don't email, we ICQ. Still very popular among my friends/family.

starman · Dec 23, 2005, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

email?

Except you can pick up from where you started the conversation.

SpaceMonkey · Dec 23, 2005, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Except you can pick up from where you started the conversation.

Well it all depends on your email style. My dad used to talk about having email "conversations" with people at work, where each email was rarely more than a line of text.

mdc · Dec 23, 2005, 01:04 PM

3147545. haven't used it in years

euphras · Dec 23, 2005, 01:14 PM

Still use it, still IS cool. It´s a lot faster than writing emails. 104347863

Fire Of Zim · Dec 23, 2005, 01:27 PM

74418444 <-- I'm an oldie

Peter · Dec 23, 2005, 02:38 PM

146444465

wdlove · Dec 23, 2005, 02:47 PM

I have a dear friend that has account with ICQ. Now prefers to chat via MSN.

Rob van dam · Dec 23, 2005, 03:22 PM

on the topic of icq i have a new icq account but want to recover an old account but dont remember my password.Any ideas?

euphras · Dec 23, 2005, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Rob van dam

on the topic of icq i have a new icq account but want to recover an old account but dont remember my password.Any ideas?

Remember your old user name? Then search for it on ICQ. It was pretty easy for me to recover my account, because my net-identity is euphras since years

Rob van dam · Dec 23, 2005, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by euphras

Remember your old user name? Then search for it on ICQ. It was pretty easy for me to recover my account, because my net-identity is euphras since years

i remember the number but i dont remember the name.Im using adium and want to remember my password so i can log in.Any ideas?This account use to be on a windows pc and i know there were utilities to recover it nut this old pc is know in the bin.

nredman · Dec 23, 2005, 05:16 PM

icq was the **** back in the day - i havent used it in years

Fred_Cokebottle · Dec 23, 2005, 05:50 PM

I miss morse code.

Millennium · Dec 23, 2005, 06:04 PM

3875440. I haven't used it in so long...

Oneota · Dec 23, 2005, 07:57 PM

3327412 - got ya beat!

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 08:23 PM

9428718

I had an older one but forgot the password.

Cubeoid · Dec 23, 2005, 08:34 PM

I remember all the ICQ cracks for Windows 95. Oh the memories.

Rob van dam · Dec 23, 2005, 08:37 PM

I am using adium and can someone please help me recover the account for 49705760

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 08:37 PM

Anyone remember the FIRST ichat pager? Before Apple's iChat, and before ICQ?

http://www.macobserver.com/previews/pager1pr3.shtml

starman · Dec 23, 2005, 08:40 PM

ICQ's problem was that it became hideously bloated. It did TOO much. It was cool to have birthdays, etc., but after a while it got into groups which were VERY hard to navigate, the web site was a dog, and it just got to the point where it collapsed under its own weight.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by starman

ICQ's problem was that it became hideously bloated. It did TOO much. It was cool to have birthdays, etc., but after a while it got into groups which were VERY hard to navigate, the web site was a dog, and it just got to the point where it collapsed under its own weight.

Adium so far has the best of everything. It does the multiple servers thing very well.

When I heard iChat was going to support that, I was excited.

But then I saw the implementation and was horribly disappointed.

Separate Window for none AIM/.Mac users, and it was dodgy at best.

I wish Apple could get the multiple IM protocol thing down like Adium.

I really like iChat.

starman · Dec 23, 2005, 08:48 PM

I tried Adium, but I don't like it. I miss too many of the platform-specific goodies that each client has.

Cubeoid · Dec 23, 2005, 08:52 PM

Personally... Yahoo Messenger is the best I reckon.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 08:58 PM

iChat has the best GUI.

But Jabber doesn't work worth POOP!

Hug me Cubeoid. You gay robot.

wdlove · Dec 23, 2005, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

iChat has the best GUI.

But Jabber doesn't work worth POOP!

Hug me Cubeoid. You gay robot.

The hug me Cubeoid was very nice. He is a friend of mine. In my dictionary gay means happy and always will. Calling him homosexual is wrong. He is a very lively and friendly person. His preference is for females.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 09:09 PM

You are right. Cube I apologize. You are just a robot.

wdlove · Dec 23, 2005, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

You are right. Cube I apologize. You are just a robot.

Thanks, but the robot comment still isn't nice. He is my friend.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by wdlove

Thanks, but the robot comment still isn't nice. He is my friend.

You are a good fellah wd.

Cube knows I am just joking with him. Someone both of us talk to mentioned that Qb was a robot once.. and was just making a joke.

wdlove · Dec 23, 2005, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

You are a good fellah wd.

Cube knows I am just joking with him. Someone both of us talk to mentioned that Qb was a robot once.. and was just making a joke.

It made him very sad. Thank you very much, that was kind.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by wdlove

It made him very sad.

wdlove · Dec 23, 2005, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

At least we can all laugh together as friends.

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 09:29 PM

YES! As friends.

Cubeoid · Dec 23, 2005, 09:45 PM

Kevin · Dec 23, 2005, 09:47 PM

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect HAR-MO-NY
Side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why dont we?

jasonsRX7 · Dec 24, 2005, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by Oneota

3327412 - got ya beat!

I don't give out mine, but it's 159XXX... beat that!

driven · Dec 24, 2005, 01:07 AM

7238788 (one of the old short numbers!)

Jim Paradise · Dec 24, 2005, 03:45 AM

ICQ is still my favourite and most used chat application. MSN is bloody annoying (and aMSN ****s up too much with random chat windows popping up, and I detest multi-client programs), and iChat still is a bloody nuissance despite some of the good aspects about the application.