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  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Squidget

    5 Stars Little Mr Chatterbox 11/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It is fast and effective with more uses than just chat

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be exposed to some nuisances from time to time

    If like me you are the biggest blether that there is, then you will ove this nifty little piece of freeware, keep in touch with the world and install ICQ. Today there are literally thousands of chat software programs available for Internet users to converse with family and friends. The clear leader of all packages is surely to be ICQ. What the initials actually mean I have no idea but my thought have always been it means I see you? But that as I say is just a thought. ICQ has always been available since I started to use the net back in August ’98 and has moved on leaps and bounds since then ... more
  • 81 of 81 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    danradders

    2 Stars Lots of Information-Freezing-Frustration and Porn 12/08/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages plenty of stuff to look at and use,

    Disadvantages Disadvantages too much stuff to look into, size, speed,

    I thought it would be nice to have the same instant messaging service as my girlfriend (now ex funnily enough) so that if did we were online at the same time we could have a short chat… both having ‘unlimited internet’ at some point in the day it would be handy. I quite simply adore MSN Messenger. It is a small download, has never frozen on me, and you can use those neat little symbols. I did try and put this forward to her, but she reckoned ICQ was really good, so being the nice person I sometimes am, I went to the ICQ site (http://www.icq.com (it was a good guess at the ... more
  • 89 of 89 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    student

    5 Stars They seek me here, they seek me there... 10/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Helps you to keep in touch, tons of features, very useful and practical

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not suitable for children - can be used by sick individuals, although there are safeguards in place

    www.icq.com ICQ ("I seek you") is an internet chat facility that allows you to chat with family, friends, acquaintances all over the world while surfing the net. First You download the software and install it, then you choose an identity, and then set your preferences - more on that later. This piece of software is very usefull indeed, it allows you to keep in touch with people in real time, it can monitor your email and alert you to new messages, you can send files to people, get reminders e.g when it's someone's birthday (no excuses now!) and a whole load more. What I really like about it is ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    earningstuff

    5 Stars I seek you 10/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages excellent communication

    Disadvantages Disadvantages addictive with possible security threats

    ICQ (or I seek you) has been around for while now. Five years ago I was amazed that an American friend of mine was online chatting (using software called Mirc) to his parents back in a hick state over the other side of the pond! This was my introduction as to what the internet could actually do! Before this is was purely an academic research tool that allowed the sending of emails! MIRC became a favourite of mine but now I have moved on to ICQ. So, it being my first year at uni I had a lot of free time. The first year is always too easy! One of my problems was that my typing was what they call ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gentle

    5 Stars a good invention 05/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages direct and fast

    Disadvantages Disadvantages open door

    I have been using ICQ for quite a long time and I consider it very helpful. It is a program you install on your computer, a kind of 'community of friends'. When installed, you receive an ICQ number. If you have a friend interested in doing the same, let him install it and once he is also connected to the ICQ net he can search you by that number or by your e-mail address or any other detail. Anytime you connect to the Internet, if you have loaded the program, you will be "on-line" and your friends will be able to see your nick online. What can you do with the ICQ? Well, you can send both online ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Rosie6349

    5 Stars A darn good one 13/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Making friends

    Disadvantages Disadvantages some nuts

    I started on the Internet 7 years ago and knew nothing about computers at the time. My brother set it up for me and he installed icq telling me I would love it. I have been using it ever since and it is my very favorite place to chat. There are two modes you can set it up in simple or advanced and I started and stayed with the advanced as it is not that difficult. To get icw you simply go to the site and download it, answer a few questions, pick a screen name, get assigned a number and your ready to go. When you first start you need people to add to your list to talk to. You can put yourself ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bronwyn91

    2 Stars ICQ A perverts paradise 16/10/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages you can chat to decent people with same interests as yourself

    Disadvantages Disadvantages it is impossible to find them without having loads of idiots on your case

    ICQ is an internet chat client which offers a host of services which are too numerous to mention but include greetings cards, sms and pc to pc phone calls. Great concept but does it really have to take up some much space on the hard drive. Not only does it automatically download a help file (if I want one I will ask) but the majority of the features tend to automatically be there which is great if you are going to use them but all I want to do is chat and send the occasional sms mostly to hubby when I can’t be bothered to find my phone. When you sign up to ICQ you are given the option to fill ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    anotherwiseguy

    2 Stars Bloatware Extraordinaire 28/01/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages free, gratis, nada

    Disadvantages Disadvantages bloated, yank-orientated

    There was a point at which ICQ was a cool and natty little program that told you when your mates were online. In the days before free calls and free ISPs, those were few and far between and this novelty app grew in popularity. One day, however, it decided that it was going to run your computer and run your life. From that point on it turned from a natty little program into a giant (in internet app terms), bloated piece of detritus. Fair enough, it still performs its main function - telling you when your mates are about and letting you send them instant messages. But alongside that (which I ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    millwall

    5 Stars Once you get the hang of it you'll be hooked 19/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Too many to list

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Need to be able to multi task

    ICQ is like your first look at the internet, daunting. But you very quickly get the hang of it and when you do you'll be chatting for hours. Highly addictive fun but also a great way to stay in touch with your friends or make new ones. It was recommended to me and after 'mastering' it I have a large collection of friends now. Make yourself unavailable or choose which friends you want you online. You can search for other people with the same interests as you, choose a random chat partner even go to a chat room for a private chat with a friend. The best thing is that you can use ICQ while doing ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    squares67

    5 Stars Chat to your hearts content 18/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You'll be online for hours

    I have personally found icq to be out of this world. I find it very useful to be able to chat to my friends and family whilst visiting my favourite sites. You can also chat to a few friends by requesting a chat room which is good if there are a few of you on there who all know each other. In the chatroom there are also various noises you can send each other. If you have a microphone you can also send voice mail messages to each other. I can't recommend ICQ enough and you can download it free off the internet. ... more
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