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Hobbes
January 1st, 2001, 22:11
I'd have to say mine is ICQ...the faces on AIM are funny, though ;)
}:8) Supermoo
January 1st, 2001, 22:24
ICQ just because everyone I know has got it.
syanet
January 1st, 2001, 23:28
Sadly I have to admint to using AIM :(. I find ICQ to much of a hassel and since I've never used it the interface isn't very intutive. I'll stick to to much simpler AIM for now.
Koolguy
January 1st, 2001, 23:39
ICQ all the way baby!!
Mandrake
January 1st, 2001, 23:53
MSN Messenger... :)
}:8) Supermoo
January 2nd, 2001, 00:08
Argh! Microsoft! ick! get it away! Do they have to try and steal everyones market?

Windows Media Player 7 is a direct rip-off of Winamp! :(
Nick
January 2nd, 2001, 00:26
AOL IM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Pager. I have them all; however, I recently got my hads on an unreleased staff version of aim 4.4 and it is by far the best im'er out there.
}:8) Supermoo
January 2nd, 2001, 00:27
Don't think maybe you'd be able to distrubute it do you? ;)
jw
January 2nd, 2001, 00:44
I like AIM the best, also chekc out Jabber, it combines all these instant messaging programs into one. It's open source and still has lots of bugs, but the idea is great. You can find out about it at http://www.jabber.com and http://www.jabber.org
Mrh0ax
January 2nd, 2001, 00:47
AOL owns AIM

AOL owns ICQ

lol :) (true)
Rodie
January 2nd, 2001, 17:34
The newer versions of ICQ are really, really similar to AIM. They have buddy lists (which can be divided into co-workers, friends, family, etc.), and a window option where everything you and the other person say stays in the same window. It is very similar to AOL.

The only problem is that they've gotten loaded with features that nobody needs. I mean, who would use ICQ for e-mail? (no offense intended if you do). Who wants to send greeting cards over ICQ? The result is about a 5 MB download for a program that used to only be 500K or so.

Most of my friends have AIM, so I use both. Maybe I'll look into jabber. That sounds pretty cool.
Nick
January 2nd, 2001, 18:11
Originally posted by }:8) Supermoo
Don't think maybe you'd be able to distrubute it do you? ;)

I'm uploading it to my f2s site just for you guys. Send me an IM if you want it ;).
Christy
January 2nd, 2001, 18:23
AIM. I use ICQ, but I don't like it
}:8) Supermoo
January 2nd, 2001, 18:30
Originally posted by Rodie
The only problem is that they've gotten loaded with features that nobody needs. I mean, who would use ICQ for e-mail? (no offense intended if you do). Who wants to send greeting cards over ICQ? The result is about a 5 MB download for a program that used to only be 500K or so.


That's a cool feature! I like ICQ 2000b because it's got free SMS sending! (very useful), ICQ phone (also very useful), IRC style chat (ok) and greeting cards!

Now all it needs is buddy icons and loose it' AOL connections and I'd be happy! ;)
Gonzo
January 2nd, 2001, 18:31
ICQ is the best I think...
Phaser
January 3rd, 2001, 18:58
ICQ... no contest with me. I have AIM, but I really don't like it at all, I only have it because more people around here have it than ICQ.
}:8) Supermoo
January 3rd, 2001, 20:14
I thought more people had ICQ... oh well... dumb cattle ;)
Nick
January 3rd, 2001, 21:21
I like AIM with the SuperAIM plugin. It tabs ALL of your instant messages in one aim window, so I can be talking to 25+ people all in one window :D.
}:8) Supermoo
January 3rd, 2001, 21:24
hehe :D sounds cool! finished you download site? ;)
Phaser
January 4th, 2001, 15:33
Reply: to Supermoo
"I thought more people had ICQ... oh well... dumb cattle"

It's just my friends... they aren't as 'computer literate' as I am, and AIM is easier, I guess. As I said, I prefer ICQ.
Mandrake
January 4th, 2001, 16:01
Never tried AIM, but I liked ICQ when it first came out, but now it's so bloated and huge that it takes forever to download, and then it slowed down my old system to where it was untolerable. MSN Messenger is nice... I might try AIM, one of these days if it's not too big. :)
Nick
January 4th, 2001, 18:26
}:8) Supermoo - I sent the URL to your email address for AOL IM 4.4 :D
Mandrake
January 4th, 2001, 23:20
Welp, I have AIM up and running at work... Not bad so far, :)
Hobbes
January 6th, 2001, 18:30
What's the diff. between AIM 4.4 and everything else?
Gayowulf
January 6th, 2001, 19:18
PowWow is my fav

i use M$N mostly though because thats what all my friends use. I deleted ICQ because it always caused a BSOD, and i might be temted to to something bad if i kept it.
Nick
January 6th, 2001, 19:36
Originally posted by Hobbes
What's the diff. between AIM 4.4 and everything else?

Some new ifaces, beefed up alerts, different colored names in chat so you dont get confused, message logging, and some other stuff to. I deleted it off my account so I hope everyone that IMed/emailed for it got it :D.