Icq clients not made by icq?

[EvilDonnyboy]

I remember there were a few icq clients that were made by 3red parties. These were supposed to offer many of the things icq's clients have, but less bloated.

can u refresh my memory, and tell what the names of these were?

 

[SaturnX]

One of them is Miranda ICQ, it's open source and it not up to date will all the features the offical ICQ has but it uses up a lot less resources

Miranda ICQ

--Mark

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

NM, i remember it now. Miranda.

edit: i'm too slow

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

hmm, just installed miranda, and it's was more featureless than i thought.

is there something thats a good comprimise between 2000b and miranda?

 

[Soccerman]

heh, well what features AREN'T supported?

I only need to be able to see history, type instant messages, and see who is online.. later on when I get broadband I might want voice messaging (talking as if it was a phone), but that's about it..

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

is there a way to convert 2000a databases to 99b? I think 99b has all the4 features i want, and a good interface, but less bloat than the 2000a/b.

 

[helloedchen]

why not just install one of the older versions of ICQ, they are a lot less bloated from my experiences. Im still use the old betas

 

[Biggs]

Where can we find links for the old betas?

 

[Noriaki]

I also use ICQ99B I refuse to upgrade to 2000a it's horrid. Heheheh

 

[Rifter]

ive been using 99b since it came out, and there is no way in hell im downgrading to 2000

 

[Daniel]

I've used 2000a for awhile, I've heard there is even more bloat on 2000b so I see no reason to upgrade, I like the part of 2000a that keeps a irc'ish window open with your messages instead of popping up a new message window each time.

 

[Neoplasia]

The 'B' stands for extra bloat.

2000a here, mostly for the irc-ish window. Wish they'd make it more resource-friendly, no need for it to be so wasteful.

 

[xtreme2k]

I must say ICQ is a rather heavy program, my ICQ2000b takes 17MB ram fully loaded. But it isnt anything a modern PC cannot handle I suppose. Anyway, some new features on the 2000B is actually useful like the PC-PC phone calling, the personal detail page improvement, and the interface improvement.

 

[Soccerman]

ok, my reason for not going to 99b is simple. all my contact list is in 2000a format, though I have some of it in 99b format still (backed up on a CD), I'd like to have all of my contacts still, without having to go ask everyone for their authorization again.

 

[Biggs]

EvilDonnyboy, what features were lacking on Miranda?