Reviews of ICQ v6

1. 
   Dark-Phoenix

   Reviewing 6.5 Build 6342 Beta (Sep 9, 2009)

   ICQ 6.5 as with 6.0 is essentially the same bloatware. We (ICQ users) want it to be slim, fast and take less then 10Mb ram at any given time. Can you manage that? well you could with 5.1... so WTF? it should take now 60-80Mb and work so slow? Disappointing.
   
   Oh well, still got 5.1 (yes, it can be still used).
2. 
   rotjong

   Reviewing 6.5 Build 6342 Beta (Oct 10, 2008)

   ICQ was great when Mirabilis owned it. Once AOL acquired Mirabilis things just headed downhill. Slow release cycles. Buggy releases. The program became enormously bloated. AOL finally went the Lite route but they went too far the other direction and left out important features. AOL killed off the use of ICQ for the vast majority of people who once loved it. The new look is interesting but I'd prefer more normal than flashy. I still have my old original UIN. I've moved on to other things. I remember when MSN Messenger was garbage and ICQ was awesome. Now Windows Live Messenger is hands and shoulders above ICQ. AOL doomed ICQ when it became the owner of two IM clients (AIM & ICQ) and effectively brought about the death of ICQ as a competitor in the IM universe.
   
   I've used the newer versions including this one. It works. It still has the basic characteristics of the original program. I moved on. I'm rating this a 3 because it does what is intended. I can't give higher because I feel the product is inferior to what it should be given its history and what it could be if they spent more time working on it. I would like to give it a lower mark but I cannot because it does do what it is supposed to.
3. 
   GhoS

   Reviewing 6.5 Build 6342 Beta (Oct 10, 2008)

   I was one of the early users of ICQ and my first IM program with its unique "uh-oh" notification sound. It was hip, it was cool, now its just unwanted. Most have moved on to other IM programs or a unified one. I know those on my list left it so I left it though my signon might still work.
   It looks nice enough but not needed anymore.
4. 
   VictorAnderson

   Reviewing 6.5 Build 6342 Beta (Oct 10, 2008)

   Another perfectly good program until AOL got a hold of it and screwed the whole thing up. You would think that AOL would finally get a clue seeing how all they touch turns to disaster, but oh well guess not. In the meantime we have this pile of junk...if you wanna keep on ICQ it's worthless to stay with their client...
5. 
   improvelence

   Reviewing 6.5 Build 6342 Beta (Oct 10, 2008)

   Yea, 10 years ago ICQ was cool. 10 years is a long time ago.
   
   No one uses this anymore. Let it go.

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