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Mickey_ · 04-19-2006, 12:25 PM

Not sure how many of you are aware of this as active ICQ users, but if you have any problems with ICQ in the future...don't try contacting ICQ, because they've cancelled their ticket center.
Open tickets might still get a response, but you can't open a new ticket.
"Yeah, but I've never had to contact their support in the past" some of you might say.

Me neither...as of yet.
But how many contacts do you have on your list?
How essential is ICQ to your daily business activities?
The least you should do is back up your contacts.
And the entire community should think of the second best IM service out there and sign up.

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baddog · 04-19-2006, 12:26 PM

Unfortunately, the second best isn't nearly good enough.

Tapaz · 04-19-2006, 12:27 PM

ICQ sucks ... today I cant add peoples!

JFK · 04-19-2006, 12:28 PM

the fucking thing just crashed me

datawookiee · 04-19-2006, 12:30 PM

yahoo messanger isnt that bad. imo, doesnt really have the annonymety icq does tho.

shima · 04-19-2006, 12:31 PM

You know.. Its like saying "You guys need to think about choosing another solution over Paypal". Of corse its not perfect, but hmm.. you can't change the world.

Gerco · 04-19-2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shima

You know.. Its like saying "You guys need to think about choosing another solution over Paypal". Of corse its not perfect, but hmm.. you can't change the world.

skype seems nice.....

Mickey_ · 04-19-2006, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shima

You know.. Its like saying "You guys need to think about choosing another solution over Paypal". Of corse its not perfect, but hmm.. you can't change the world.

I beg to differ. I've been using a freshly created backup number for the past two days, because the other one is only partially functioning, meaning you can't add contacts, search for contacts,etc. I think, as a community it would probably be a good idea to start using at least one more IM platform to break out of ICQ's "magic circle".

baddog · 04-19-2006, 12:41 PM

I use AIM for those that don't have ICQ, but it really is a poor substitute.

Anything that doesn't auto save history for me is pretty much useless.

Babagirls · 04-19-2006, 12:44 PM

MY VOTE FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY MESSENGER IS:

Yahoo! Messenger

Features:
-Message Archiving
-Voicemail (free)
-File Sharing (pics, etc)
-Free Pc-to-Pc Calls WORLDWIDE
-Stealth Settings (appear online to certain people, offline to others)
-select your own ringtones for incoming calls

and my personal favorite....IT NEVER FUCKIN FAILS!!!!! I've been on yahoo messenger since i was 17 yrs old, its maybe had problems a handful of times in those 8 yrs.

I know ALOT of webmasters and programs already use it. (i have around 30 webmasters on mine).

FUCK ICQ, LETS START USING YAHOO MESSENGER!

http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Babagirls18 is my screename

ronaldo · 04-19-2006, 12:45 PM

icq HAD support??

cranki · 04-19-2006, 12:45 PM

icq still does a good job... the older versions though... the new ones are too fucking flashy...

Trixxxia · 04-19-2006, 12:51 PM

I use it through Trillian and someone on ceruleanstudios forum explained how to backup & setup and auto save of your prior day's history of all your files from shutdown to startup. Anyhow, strangely enough, it seems to show me more people online now than it used to. (less orphaned people)

SykkBoy · 04-19-2006, 12:56 PM

I use ICQ for business related stuff, but have yahoo as a backup and for friends, family, etc.

Egomancer · 04-19-2006, 01:06 PM

Yahoo msn is primary for me! I strongly reccomend. What it does not have is a search feature through the archive...

Egomancer

RhiannonAPM · 04-19-2006, 01:17 PM

I use my ICQ for the bosses and my yahoo for my family and friends. I love Yahoo!!!

Vitasoy · 04-19-2006, 01:22 PM

Other then ICQ, I do use MSN

Thomas1007 · 04-19-2006, 01:23 PM

Icq is constantly screwing up/freezing.

Kevsh · 04-19-2006, 01:23 PM

ICQ is the worst.
But as I've found out, people in this industry are among the laziest and most stubborn you'll ever meet .. so they won't switch. Now, sadly I'm one of them with an ICQ list way too long for my screen

StuartD · 04-19-2006, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronaldo

icq HAD support??

Hahaha... I was just thinking the same thing!

germ · 04-19-2006, 02:11 PM

Whoever said ICQ is anonymous is retarded. They're owned by aol. It's no different than using AIM (its actually less anonymous. it shows IP)

As far as what client I use....Miranda IM.

you can use icq, aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, or irc. (hopefully someone will write a skype protocol plugin soon)
lots of mods and addons. logs/history....everything.
fully skinnable, fully customizeable through plugins (if you can code your own, you could make it do almost anything)

i just started using it a week or two ago and i love it.

madawgz · 04-19-2006, 02:14 PM

maybe they should charge 1$/member..... then they could provide more of a quality service

CyberHustler · 04-19-2006, 02:16 PM

my icq kinda fucked up too

Violetta · 04-19-2006, 02:21 PM

msn rocks...

white-rob-like-whoa · 04-19-2006, 02:21 PM

my ICQ is working fine....
my gtalk fucks up constantly

e-god · 04-19-2006, 02:23 PM

i use skype from the very beginning and i am very happy with it

tyler. · 04-19-2006, 02:26 PM

i'd go with msn/skype

sperbonzo · 04-19-2006, 02:27 PM

SKYPE ROCKS!

VOIP
IM
File Transfers
Video calls
Conferencing features.

Love it, love it, love it.

.

baddog · 04-19-2006, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babagirls

I know ALOT of webmasters and programs already use it. (i have around 30 webmasters on mine).

30 is a lot?

Babagirls · 04-19-2006, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

30 is a lot?

it is for me
i have like 20 on my icq. lol i try not to talk to people on messengers.

kektex · 04-22-2006, 11:59 AM

Jabber looks great.Not many people use it though.
You can even setup your own private server for your company,friends,etc.
It also supports encryption.
http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.shtml

Jakke PNG · 04-22-2006, 12:02 PM

Trillian is pretty good, although 99,9% of my contact list is ICQ.

abadfish · 04-22-2006, 12:09 PM

My ICQ was hacked and stolen and I submitted several tickets and all I received was form replies. I tried the password retrieval and it did not work. They basically tell you to just "get a new number"

It's funny after years and years of using aim and yahoo I've never had an account hacked or stolen.

V_RocKs · 04-22-2006, 01:06 PM

Click my sig and forget about it...

StuartD · 04-22-2006, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

30 is a lot?

I have around 550 on mine... I wish someone had told me that 30 was a lot, I'd have stopped adding people a long time ago.

VicD · 04-22-2006, 02:57 PM

Voted Skype, i use it a couple of months now and had no problems whatsoever
Oh, i really hate MSN, don't know why, maybe because all the kids talk about it

Sony · 04-22-2006, 06:40 PM

ICQ for bussines, yahoo messenger for friends. Yahoo is much better no doubts.

Spunky · 04-22-2006, 06:57 PM

MSN or Yahoo would be the next choice

ddfGandalf · 04-22-2006, 07:09 PM

Well, i use GAIM for IM services.
Never had any problems, and it never came to my mind to contact support.
Afterall its a free service, as for a free service it works fine.
(ICQ UIs have ads...gaim and rest *nix applications dont have it

)

MsWild · 04-23-2006, 09:11 AM

I use ICQ and other than that I also use Yahoo!

LadyMischief · 04-23-2006, 09:17 AM

Personally I like the new version of MSN. 8 Beta. It allows you to send offline messages, it has a search contact list function, it has an incredible file-sharing capability, it is an extremely powerful program. I think it will be the next icq.

L0rdJuni0r · 04-23-2006, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babagirls

MY VOTE FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY MESSENGER IS:

Yahoo! Messenger

Features:
-Message Archiving
-Voicemail (free)
-File Sharing (pics, etc)
-Free Pc-to-Pc Calls WORLDWIDE
-Stealth Settings (appear online to certain people, offline to others)
-select your own ringtones for incoming calls

and my personal favorite....IT NEVER FUCKIN FAILS!!!!! I've been on yahoo messenger since i was 17 yrs old, its maybe had problems a handful of times in those 8 yrs.

I know ALOT of webmasters and programs already use it. (i have around 30 webmasters on mine).

FUCK ICQ, LETS START USING YAHOO MESSENGER!

http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Babagirls18 is my screename

Very well said. I've used yahoo messenger for years. you can also make pc-to-phone calls for as little as 2 cents a minute. i love yahoo.

my screenname on yahoo is same as here... l0rdjuni0r

More Booze · 04-23-2006, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kektex

Jabber looks great.Not many people use it though.
You can even setup your own private server for your company,friends,etc.
It also supports encryption.
http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.shtml

Gtalk is using the jabber protocol so it will probably grow.
Miranda and Trillian is also supporting it.

candyflip · 04-23-2006, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddog

Unfortunately, the second best isn't nearly good enough.

I don't get when people say this. They basically all do the same thing.

chadglni · 04-23-2006, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyflip

I don't get when people say this. They basically all do the same thing.

Agreed...

2bet Pat · 04-23-2006, 10:28 AM

i'm really having problems with icq for some time now. their voice system's not so good, and mesages don't appear always. i still love em but getting frustrated

poe · 04-23-2006, 10:42 AM

you can use your icq screenname in aim

04-23-2006, 10:50 AM

lololol@ICQ being the best... there are 1000000000 BETTER programs then ICQ, i just use it because you guys are to stubburn to switch to something else or get another one...

i use mainly AIM, have MSN, ICQ, and IRC

Validus · 04-23-2006, 10:54 AM

Their support was copy/paste junk! Useless support, atleast when I contact support...

SmokeyTheBear · 04-23-2006, 11:12 AM

everytime icq wont add new people to your list or search people its usually because the icq list is to big. try adding them to a different catgeory than general

View Poll Results: If you had to use another IM platform other than ICQ, which one would it be?
AIM	17	21.52%
YAHOO	15	18.99%
MSN	24	30.38%
GTALK	6	7.59%
SKYPE	17	21.52%
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04-19-2006, 12:25 PM	#1
Mickey_ Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Worldwide Posts: 4,238	Do you use ICQ? Then you might want to read this... Not sure how many of you are aware of this as active ICQ users, but if you have any problems with ICQ in the future...don't try contacting ICQ, because they've cancelled their ticket center. Open tickets might still get a response, but you can't open a new ticket. "Yeah, but I've never had to contact their support in the past" some of you might say. Me neither...as of yet. But how many contacts do you have on your list? How essential is ICQ to your daily business activities? The least you should do is back up your contacts. And the entire community should think of the second best IM service out there and sign up. friendly advice sponsored by LSAwards __________________ LifeSelector Affiliates - Make money today promoting the online porn of tomorrow. mb [at] lifeselector.com

04-19-2006, 12:28 PM	#4
JFK FUBAR the ORIGINATOR Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: FUBARLAND Posts: 67,374	the fucking thing just crashed me __________________ FUBAR Webmasters - The FUBAR Times - FUBAR Webmasters Mobile - FUBARTV.XXX For promo opps contact jfk at fubarwebmasters dot com

04-19-2006, 12:44 PM	#10
Babagirls Text Writer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 18,812	MY VOTE FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY MESSENGER IS: Yahoo! Messenger Features: -Message Archiving -Voicemail (free) -File Sharing (pics, etc) -Free Pc-to-Pc Calls WORLDWIDE -Stealth Settings (appear online to certain people, offline to others) -select your own ringtones for incoming calls and my personal favorite....IT NEVER FUCKIN FAILS!!!!! I've been on yahoo messenger since i was 17 yrs old, its maybe had problems a handful of times in those 8 yrs. I know ALOT of webmasters and programs already use it. (i have around 30 webmasters on mine). FUCK ICQ, LETS START USING YAHOO MESSENGER! http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Babagirls18 is my screename __________________ Need a Text Writer? Blogs\|Reviews\|Descriptions\|Paysites\|TGP's\|Stories ICQ: 397892500 Last edited by Babagirls; 04-19-2006 at 12:45 PM..

04-19-2006, 12:56 PM	#14
SykkBoy Jesus loves bacon Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sin City, Motherfucker Posts: 19,969	I use ICQ for business related stuff, but have yahoo as a backup and for friends, family, etc. __________________ Support my new movie “The Second Coming”

04-19-2006, 12:26 PM	#2
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	Unfortunately, the second best isn't nearly good enough.

04-19-2006, 12:27 PM	#3
Tapaz Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CamCity Posts: 1,745	ICQ sucks ... today I cant add peoples!

04-19-2006, 12:30 PM	#5
datawookiee Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 146	yahoo messanger isnt that bad. imo, doesnt really have the annonymety icq does tho.

04-19-2006, 12:31 PM	#6
shima Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Office, as usual Posts: 1,753	You know.. Its like saying "You guys need to think about choosing another solution over Paypal". Of corse its not perfect, but hmm.. you can't change the world.

04-19-2006, 12:41 PM	#9
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I use AIM for those that don't have ICQ, but it really is a poor substitute. Anything that doesn't auto save history for me is pretty much useless.

04-19-2006, 12:45 PM	#11
ronaldo Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ICQ#: 272000271 Posts: 5,475	icq HAD support??

04-19-2006, 12:45 PM	#12
cranki Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Café del Mar Posts: 5,162	icq still does a good job... the older versions though... the new ones are too fucking flashy...

04-19-2006, 12:51 PM	#13
Trixxxia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 5,600	I use it through Trillian and someone on ceruleanstudios forum explained how to backup & setup and auto save of your prior day's history of all your files from shutdown to startup. Anyhow, strangely enough, it seems to show me more people online now than it used to. (less orphaned people)

04-19-2006, 01:06 PM	#15
Egomancer Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 2,074	Yahoo msn is primary for me! I strongly reccomend. What it does not have is a search feature through the archive... Egomancer __________________ ICQ: 95-239-282 WWW: www.webprogrammers.eu WWW:www.seodev.eu Y!MSN: lord_ender If you want to outsource any work to Romania - here I am !!!! www.anotheranime.com \| www.autotrafic.ro \| www.jocurionline.ro

04-19-2006, 01:17 PM	#16
RhiannonAPM Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 728	I use my ICQ for the bosses and my yahoo for my family and friends. I love Yahoo!!! __________________ ICQ---257-820-736

04-19-2006, 01:22 PM	#17
Vitasoy GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 58,202	Other then ICQ, I do use MSN __________________ [email protected]

04-19-2006, 01:23 PM	#18
Thomas1007 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: BC Canada Posts: 5,542	Icq is constantly screwing up/freezing. __________________ BUY THIS SPOT CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS Contact Email

04-19-2006, 01:23 PM	#19
Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	ICQ is the worst. But as I've found out, people in this industry are among the laziest and most stubborn you'll ever meet .. so they won't switch. Now, sadly I'm one of them with an ICQ list way too long for my screen

04-19-2006, 02:11 PM	#21
germ ( o Y o ) Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,108	Whoever said ICQ is anonymous is retarded. They're owned by aol. It's no different than using AIM (its actually less anonymous. it shows IP) As far as what client I use....Miranda IM. you can use icq, aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, or irc. (hopefully someone will write a skype protocol plugin soon) lots of mods and addons. logs/history....everything. fully skinnable, fully customizeable through plugins (if you can code your own, you could make it do almost anything) i just started using it a week or two ago and i love it.

04-19-2006, 02:14 PM	#22
madawgz 8.8.8.8 Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noordermarkt Posts: 30,509	maybe they should charge 1$/member..... then they could provide more of a quality service __________________ TAEMDLRMSKRJIXMRLSMRJ.

04-19-2006, 02:16 PM	#23
CyberHustler Masterbaiter Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26,183	my icq kinda fucked up too

04-19-2006, 02:21 PM	#24
Violetta Affiliate Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 28,735	msn rocks... __________________ M&A Queen

04-19-2006, 02:21 PM	#25
white-rob-like-whoa Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: AMERICA, FUCK YES! Posts: 508	my ICQ is working fine.... my gtalk fucks up constantly

04-19-2006, 02:23 PM	#26
e-god Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: BabeLand Posts: 1,736	i use skype from the very beginning and i am very happy with it __________________

04-19-2006, 02:26 PM	#27
tyler. Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,653	i'd go with msn/skype

04-19-2006, 02:27 PM	#28
sperbonzo I'd rather be on my boat. Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 9,748	SKYPE ROCKS! VOIP IM File Transfers Video calls Conferencing features. Love it, love it, love it. . __________________ Michael Sperber / Acella Financial LLC/ Online Payment Processing [email protected] / http://Acellafinancial.com/ ICQ 177961090 / Tel +1 909 NET BILL / Skype msperber

04-22-2006, 11:59 AM	#31
kektex Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: elkektex at gmail Posts: 1,813	Jabber looks great.Not many people use it though. You can even setup your own private server for your company,friends,etc. It also supports encryption. http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.shtml __________________ exgfmovies.com, exgfclips.com, datesx.com, gayboards.com and more!

04-22-2006, 12:02 PM	#32
Jakke PNG ex-TeenGodFather Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suomi Finland Perkele Posts: 20,306	Trillian is pretty good, although 99,9% of my contact list is ICQ. __________________ ..and I'm off.

04-22-2006, 12:09 PM	#33
abadfish Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: WA Posts: 1,482	My ICQ was hacked and stolen and I submitted several tickets and all I received was form replies. I tried the password retrieval and it did not work. They basically tell you to just "get a new number" It's funny after years and years of using aim and yahoo I've never had an account hacked or stolen. __________________ Reanna Mae

04-22-2006, 01:06 PM	#34
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Click my sig and forget about it...

04-22-2006, 02:57 PM	#36
VicD ICQ: 304-611-162 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Masterdam Posts: 13,245	Voted Skype, i use it a couple of months now and had no problems whatsoever Oh, i really hate MSN, don't know why, maybe because all the kids talk about it

04-22-2006, 06:40 PM	#37
Sony Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 495	ICQ for bussines, yahoo messenger for friends. Yahoo is much better no doubts.

04-22-2006, 06:57 PM	#38
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	MSN or Yahoo would be the next choice __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

04-22-2006, 07:09 PM	#39
ddfGandalf Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 534	Well, i use GAIM for IM services. Never had any problems, and it never came to my mind to contact support. Afterall its a free service, as for a free service it works fine. (ICQ UIs have ads...gaim and rest *nix applications dont have it ) __________________

04-23-2006, 09:11 AM	#40
MsWild Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,803	I use ICQ and other than that I also use Yahoo! __________________ Always the biggest checks: [img]http://****************/sig/fhv3_j2_624x80_2.gif[/img]