Features
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
167,182,009
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
March 15, 2009
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Publisher's description of ICQ
From ICQ:ICQ 6.5 provides users with an innovative communication experience and enables quick and simple interaction among users across all communication platforms. ICQ Open Xtraz are web-based applications developed by ICQ users for enriching your ICQ 6.5 experience. Want to write to your friends? Talk to them? Just stare at their face? You can do it all! ICQ 6.5 lets you use each communication panel separately, or to do it all in a single window. ICQ now offers a fun new way to communicate--the Zlango way. Zlango is a universal icon language constructed of expressive visual icons that can be used instead of plain words in every instant message you send. Zlango on ICQ is available in 15 languages.
Editor's review of ICQ
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- "Chat your way"
- Reviewed on: November 9, 2008
- Version reviewed: ICQ 6.5
This venerable chat client upgrades with a retooled look and enough Preference control to satisfy even the most obsessive fans of customization. ICQ 6.5 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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Version: ICQ 6.5
"This product is good
and should be used by everyone"Pros: One can find people very easily with this program.
Cons: There is nothing that we dislike about this program
Summary: We were able to find people with whom we thought contact was lost.
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