Re: ICQ

[Travis Cole <tcole@iname.com>]

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On 29-Jul-97 Clint Adams wrote:
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>>      The only function that can't be replaced with email and talk (or
>> other chat proggie) is the online notification.
>
>So someone just needs to write a free daemon that handles online notification.

I would be verry happy with that.  A chat feature whould also be nice.  How
would you run the server side?  Possibly run it off the established IRC
networks?  Which, by the way, are far from reliable.  I think the realy cool
thing to do would be to organize a new network for this or talk to some
organization like ml.org  It would also be cool if there was a Win95 compatible
client.  I am not a programer so I couln't do it, at least not until I learn
how to program, but it would be really cool if some one else who was into
writeing it like the idea as much as I do.  But what I am proposing could
develope into a large undertaking.  Possible something I may like to do my self
once I start college.

Let me know if the is alread a way to do this besides IRC.  The deamon idea is
a great one.  And maybe make an Xprogram that would do some kind of small
visual notification when you get a message.  

But I still think ICQ is a cool little app.  I really don't like using IRC for
several reasons.

You can't leave messages for someone.  Most IRC channels I have been on are
populated by a large number or complete morons.  Netsplits.  Irc servers are
frequent targets of cracker attacks.  And sending files by DCC has to be the
slowest thing ever.  Usualy when I have sent files with ICQ I get near the max
throuput of my modem.  But I could have been doing something wrong whith DCC.


Just my thoughts.
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Date: 29-Jul-97
Time: 11:43:52
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