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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 17, 2007
- Total Downloads: 167,123,465
- Downloads last week: 5,387
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 10742 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 08, 2008
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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Publisher's description
From ICQ :ICQ 6 provides users with an innovative communication experience and enables quick and simple interaction among users across all communication platforms. ICQ 6 offers the entire suite of digital and mobile communication tools available today, all integrated seamlessly in a single message window. ICQ 6 boasts an entirely new client infrastructure and a completely redesigned UI along with a fresh look and feel.
Innovations and improved features in ICQ 6 include:
* Quick IM--enabling users to send messages to contacts without opening a message window.
* Easy access simple navigation between incoming messages.
* Tabbed conversations--management of all active conversations in one message window by using tabs.
* History--new and improved search history of messages, files, and calls.
* Search capabilities--advanced and easy-to-use search through contacts, on ICQ, and on the web.
What's new in this version:
ICQ 6 adds tabbed conversations, a new Quick IM feature, a redesigned interface, and many other new features and fixes.
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User reviews of ICQ 6
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 10742 votes
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25 out of 33 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 6
"icq6 is great it works with windows vista"
Pros: icq6 is better than other versions of icq it looks like msn now...the interface is cool too... and its so fun to install it too....
Cons: well the icq toolbar sucks it dose not work with ie7.... so i uninstalled it... besides that everything else is working good...
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12 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 6
Cons: check icq's website on siteadvisor.com every download is yellow including icq. it hijacks your homepage and search on ie
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19 out of 28 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 6
Pros: Anything which AOL takes over is bound to become rotten with time. This version is obviously the worst of the lot. Gone are the days of Random Chats howsoever false most random users might have been. AOL has the knack of taking out all fun out of anything
Cons: Only Cons. NOT WORTH IT EVEN IF ITS FREE.
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8 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 6
Pros: I remember using this program all the time back in 2001. I now only use it when I speak with some of my friends back in Germany since it seems to be the one Instant Messenger that my fellow Germans seem to use.
Cons: YIM has since passed this by. But the Germans still love this program!
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30 out of 40 people found this review helpful
Version: ICQ 6
Pros: It looked "pretty" nice bright colors and other features, the nicest looking IM i've ever seen...
Cons: ...but it crashed! A lot! When I removed it I had to hunt down lots (and lots!) of things, such as jpeg icons - still left in! if you do remove it I recommend a good "hunt" for the things it leaves behind.
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