Subj : KICQ as an "Old New ICQ"
To   : Arelor
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Thu Jun 24 2021 11:58:00

-=> Arelor wrote to Andrew From Orel <=-

 Ar>   Re: KICQ as an "Old New ICQ"
 Ar>   By: Andrew From Orel to All on Wed Jun 23 2021 01:13 pm

 > Several days ago I've seen one video at YouTube about ICQ revival project
 > called KICQ. Some enthusiasts use their servers for connection by OSCAR
 > protocol. So, if you have an old gadget which doesn't support New ICQ by
 > Mail.ru, you can register new UIN at their server (195.66.114.37:5190) and l
 > in using old clients like ICQ 2003, QIP 2005 etc.

If it's using OSCAR, I wonder if it's also using TOC with it. If so an old AIM
client might work as well since they developed TOC/OSCAR.

 > After watching that video I decided to try it out. I installed ICQ 2003b on
 > WinXP virtual machine as it described at manual (http://narodweb.ru/kicq.htm
 > and registration was easy. Later I installed old Kopete from KDE3 on my
 > Raspberry Pi 2 and successfully logged in.
 
That was one of my all-time favorite KDE apps, still is. I never found the IRC
client part of it that useful but the Jabber/XMPP I still use on occasion.

 > OK, I must add that there were some problems to make it work with Pidgin and
 > new Kopete (they are not compatible with old server IServerd which is used i
 > KICQ), but it was an interesting experience for me.

Have you tried the older Kopete found on TrinityDesktop?

 Ar> I know it is a Duckduckgo or Gigablast away, but for the sake of
 Ar> keeping the relevant content here, why is ICQ interesting (in your
 Ar> opinion) and what does it offer to users?

 Ar> I mean, if you want to get users you need a reason to get them on
 Ar> board... --

In today's world it depends really on any client apps for mobile devices.
SMS is SMTP based "texting". There's push services such as SNAP that the 
GenZ folks seem to enjoy. Xabber and other XMPP/Jabber clients bring IM
to the mobile devices similar to SNAP but without the full functionality
the users want which in today's world seems to be video streaming with each
other. 

Also each "region" seems to have their favorite apps. ICQ was always a fan
favorite of those in Russia and that area. I'm sure they'll enjoy this
rewrite.

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