This application hit the scene and became a success overnight. The reason for its success is its versatility and the ability to impart new features. I will list them as I go on.
First and foremost the only one person types thing. In other messenger services many times it happens that two people type at the same time and both of you receive remarks. Then you both respond to each other’s remarks and soon there is a criss-cross conversation where you find yourself replying to your partner’s pen ultimate remarks. He talking of how he enjoyed his trip to Aruba and you telling him about the potholes in Mumbai. To avoid this ICQ was the first to introduce this technique wherein you are not allowed to send your message if the other person is still typing. This restores order.
Using ICQ you can do research, it uses the Lycos search Engine. You could take part in a conference chat. Seek people from the same interest group as you are. If you give your second language as Hindi then you could find innumerable Indians from all parts of the globe. It also has a PC to Phone service with the newest edition. It is available for free at https://icq.com .
It is much more stable than Yahoo. Yahoo has a chronic habit of shunting you out when in the midst of an interesting chat. Don’t know about you guys but I get awfully pissed off. It is definitely faster than Yahoo.
And now let’s do what we all do best ; find faults.There is so much versatility that you begin to wonder do I need this all in a chat service/messenger. But I guess there is something iin it for every one.
Another thing is the search for chat facility. It is decidedly the worst. Only one person is displayed at a time. In yahoo you have a multitude of people available.
But ICQ is very popular and in spite of these trivial shortcomings it is the most popular messenger service. If you want options then go for ICQ. There are all types of people hooked onto it. I’ve got 3 words for you: Go Get It. this is a must have.