Features
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
167,123,465
- Operating Systems:
Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
December 11, 2002
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of ICQ 5.1
From ICQ:ICQ Lite has all the essential features of the full version of ICQ. You can message people, exchange files, send SMS messages, and meet people. It also includes multilingual support, the ability to save your chat histories, and a typing indicator that shows when a contact is typing you a message. In addition to familiar features such as chat, SMS messaging, and file-transfer capabilities, the newest version includes ICQ Xtraz, which allow you to send personalized greeting cards, apply custom icons to your buddies, play online games, and customize your shortcuts panel for one-click access to all your favorite features. The ICQ Xtraz platform enables ICQ to present users with a selection of new services as they are created, without the need for you to download a new client. Xtraz also supports the creation of new ICQ features that can be built separately from the core ICQ client and then delivered and automatically updated over time. The new interface also is clean and intuitive, so you can start chatting quickly and easily. This is the German language version.
Editor's review of ICQ 5.1
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- "Chat your way"
- Reviewed on: November 9, 2008
- Version reviewed: ICQ 5.1 German
This venerable chat client upgrades with a retooled look and enough Preference control to satisfy even the most obsessive fans of customization. ICQ 6 includes video, audio, and text chat modes in a strong push to make the app the most versatile chat client around.
Audio chatting was smooth and painless, although that depends on user connection, of course. There's also a new Quick IM feature that allows you to send a text chat from within your contact list. The text window is only one line high, but perfectly sized if you're just shooting off a quick note.
Many of the notable plug-ins have been folded into the new version as standard features. Standard fare in ICQ now includes SMS messaging and the Flash-movie tZers as well as alerts and skins. Consequentially, the quick-loading app has a larger footprint. Ad banners are nonexistent except in the built-in games, and all text chat histories are automatically saved. Some features, like Push2Talk, seem to have been phased out of the new version, and customizing tZers is no longer an option. Also, the Help option is non-functional in this release.
Despite a few minor setbacks, there are too many improvements to keep ICQ down. Other notable additions include split-screen compatibility, IM forwarding, and integrated Google searching. In enhancing its already rich feature set, ICQ has definitely increased its standing among its many competitors.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 10737 votes
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 5.1 German
"its good, because you meet friends here!"
Pros: you can talk to every person you want! its great to talk about some things...
Cons: i like everything..........
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 5.1 German
Pros: icq ist cool weil es kostenlos ist und weil man mit seinen ganzen freunden chatten kann.
Cons: ich mage alles
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 5.1 German
Pros: I like this product, because I can write my friends everytime.
Cons: There is nothing I don`t like
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10 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 5.1 German
Pros: das man solch viele nette leute treffen kann!
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