Re: Linux ICQ client that doesn't suck?
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
The only possability to use ICQ these days in Linux is by using a ICQ Java
applet on the ICQ page. http://lite.icq.com
They changed the protocol in their new Windows Client so none of the old
clients is usable and there's no open source implementation of the new
protocol out yet, so there can be no usable Linux Client to this day.
With old clients you can get online, receive messages, but when you send
messages they don't reach your pals.....
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
>
> > Does anyone out there use ICQ under Debian? So far I've tried licq and
> > gaim with the ICQ plugin, and both of them have very annoying problems
> > (messages get lost, or messages from previous sessions get delivered
> > again on client startup... this is a problem when you have 20+
> > messages that come in everytime you start your ICQ client).
>
> This is not a bug with licq, this is a problem with AOL. AOL is
> attempting to kill ICQ off by making it as unreliable as possible.
> Annoy AOL if this bothers you.
>
> > Suggestions would be very welcome at this point. Unfortunately, the
> > suggestion to drop ICQ for another IM is not feasible, due to the
> > infamous Circumstances Beyond My Control (tm).
>
> That and most other IMs suck more...
>
>
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