what is better ICQ or MSNM

[TugBoat]

what do u think is the better chat program MSNM or ICQ

[Threeboy]

I like ICQ cause it was the first.

[NMO]

go trillian!

ICQ for me...probably cuz I only have 2 people on my MSN list :(

[Caesar]

ICQ

User since... a long time ago

[penguin]

ICQ user since...yesterday :D

[Devil]

I was a user of ICQ but I accidently forgot to make backup of it when I formated my hard drive... But hey, I forgot to make backup of MSN too.. OH wait ! COOL, my msn list is secure, because it's saved on the msn servers ! w00t. 1 goal for MSN

MSN loads in 2 seconds. ICQ loads in 5 minutes. 1 goal for MSN

All my friends from school are on MSN. 1 personal goal for MSN

MSN has cool smilies. ICQ... loads in 5 minutes :rolleyes: 1 goal for MSN

ICQ has a great database of all users. MSN has a "profile" system. Tied

MSN popup a msg when I receive mail. ICQ... loads in 5 minutes !!! 1 point for MSN

ICQ has great system for transfering files. MSN is lame as Explorer's download system. 1 goal for ICQ

Final score : 5,5 to 1,5. MSN wins !

[Decoy]

I like ICQ, twas the first IM thing I got... i used to have a reaaaaaaly low number, but I cant remeber the #.

[Caesar]

I have a low number... a 7 digit one... starts with 22 moves on with 56, and finish with 164

how many numbers are there on the new ones ? 9 ? 10 ?

[penguin]

i have a 9 digit # and i got mine like 2-3 days ago

[Decoy]

my # seems to be 8 digits long... Ive had it for like 2 or so years :-O maybe more.

[Devil]

had a 8 digits number for 2 years and ¾.

[Shamus]

Neither, anymore. Everyone I know uses AIM now so.. no more ICQ! :(

And I've never used MSN before, so bleh

[smackzor]

I cant really choose as I am both a ICQ and MSN user!

[Gazor]

I think that MSN is probebly easier to use than ICQ but they are both good

TRILLIAN CAN DO BOTH!!!
MSN & ICQ in one!

Where are your brains guys? Get Trillian!

Trillian :: Loads in not much more time than MSN... providing you don't have a shit computer which it sounds like most of yours are

[NMO]

I can only use msn at the moment. I would use trillian, but yay for me I switched from a 750 to a 250!

[Threeboy]

TRILLIAN CAN DO BOTH!!!
MSN & ICQ in one!

Where are your brains guys? Get Trillian!

Trillian :: Loads in not much more time than MSN... providing you don't have a shit computer which it sounds like most of yours areugh.. i hate those "i am currently away" messages you get from trillian users.

i think it's a lame compromise, and i'd rather use MSN/ICQ separately.

[SileNceR]

How is trillian a lame compromise?

It uses a lot less ram than ICQ alone, yet allows you to interface with AIM, Y! Messenger, IRC, ICQ AND MSN.... that's not a lame compromise, especially if you have a better use for your RAM - and you never can get enough of that - especially when doing 3D work...

Not to mention that trillian LOOKS better, can log all convos (MSN inclusive) automatically (like ICQ's history feature), and that those "away messages" are set automatically when a user is AFK. You CAN, if you so choose, set a custom away message, similar to "Auto-Response: I'm away, back after 9pm" which will be shown to both MSN and ICQ clients - which I much prefer over the standard MSN away icon with no actual reason... :)

Oh, and for users of win2k/XP, there is the transparency feature :P~~~~

Quite frankly, after ICQ died and corrupted my contact list and history, I never looked back, and i'm continually impressed by the quality of the trillian coding and stability it produces.

[Shamus]

TRILLIAN CAN DO BOTH!!!
MSN & ICQ in one!

Where are your brains guys? Get Trillian!

Trillian :: Loads in not much more time than MSN... providing you don't have a shit computer which it sounds like most of yours areugh.. i hate those "i am currently away" messages you get from trillian users.

i think it's a lame compromise, and i'd rather use MSN/ICQ separately.
you can set it so it doesn't show an away message when you go AFK..

[digital]

i use trillian
no gripes and its skinable
msn is alot easier to use and the only people i know that use icq are techy geeks and gaming clans
most people i know either have aim or msn and my msn has 270 contacts and then icq has 10 and the 10 ppl that use icq are also have aim or msn so it defeats the point of having icq all together

[Shamus]

ICQ used to be so.. fantastic :(

[BoUnTyHuNtA]

Pfffft MSN is undoubtedly better then icq its way more user friendly and way easier to add contact and shit. Go msn messanger. :D

[Threeboy]

ICQ used to be so.. fantastic :(now it's so FAT.

you know what i hate about MSN? cant send message to offline people.

[Shamus]

can't with AIM either =|

[SileNceR]

ah but you must be forgetting that both AIM and MSN have to have email addresses tied to them so that they work :)

[Threeboy]

if we wanted to use email, we would. but last time i checked, both AIM & MSN are instant messengers.

[digital]

aim dont use email it uses SN's

[EnterTheWu]

Who brought up AIM? I thought this thread is about ICQ and MSN

[Shamus]

well I mentioned AIM, if you can call that "bringing it up"

[EnterTheWu]

uh, ok....

[SileNceR]

if we wanted to use email, we would. but last time i checked, both AIM & MSN are instant messengers.

Obviously not, if the messages aren't instant.

Email or offline messages, same difference, ICQ tells a user their offline messages, MSN spams a user with the content of their hotmail inbox.

[Threeboy]

email is pulled.
instant messenges are pushed.

the latter takes less effort.

[EnterTheWu]

ok now lets not get into a physics discussion :P

[Drizzt]

MSN > ICQ

icq takes way too long to send a message, too long to load, resource hog, just... psh... MSN is better... by far...

[Gazor]

Well I use them both.......So i am not on either side!

[Threeboy]

MSN doesn't have HISTORY or the ablility to send OFFLINE MESSAGES... I like to use both.

[EnterTheWu]

If RoCKeT were here he'd say
"It's 'Microsoft' Network Messanger" :P

[SileNceR]

MSN does have history... if you use trillian.

and emails aren't THAT hard.... so why not use trillian and hence use BOTH ICQ and MSN, and you have your ICQ features, standard MSN features AND history, and if you really need to offline message an MSN contact, use email.

[Threeboy]

MSN does have history... if you use trillian.I don't like trillian yet... the annoying "User is away" messages suck.

[Steve]

Trillian sucks.
I use ICQ and MSN separately.
But if I had to choose, I like ICQ better.

[Jamblo]

MSN does have history... if you use trillian.I don't like trillian yet... the annoying "User is away" messages suck.

Unless you use MSN Plus, which creates logs. I'm not a fan of Trillian, I don't really use enough types of chat program.

I've got ICQ, and it was the first IM I used and I've still got my original number after about 3 years (39053325). The thing I dislike about ICQ is, as with others here, it's resource hungry, and I fricken hate all that spam.

As for MSN, it's fast, flexable and pretty lite, but it does carry the Microsoft feel. I live in the UK, so why tell me about the weather in the US? Heh, maybe we need a UK version ;)

[Gazor]

aye i'm from England too, It mostly rains over here and we do need our own version!

[Jamblo]

What part of England are you from? I'm from the south west, and man, we get some fat rain here! It's been sunny lately though :)

[Threeboy]

Trillian sucks.
I use ICQ and MSN separately.
But if I had to choose, I like ICQ better.me too! :D

[Threeboy]

Unless you use MSN Plus, which creates logs. I'm not a fan of Trillian, I don't really use enough types of chat program.I don't like the "MSN Plus" or "ICQ Plus" or "Kazaa lite" programs.. they're never updated as much as the ORIGINAL programs.. the last thing I need is a program with more or less junk, which results in the software being more buggy. I just like plain-flavoured ICQ ;)

[digital]

kazaa lite was updated like 1 or 2 days after the original and hasnt crash once compared to 3 4 times that kazaa has

[MulletMan]

MSN is the only way to go. Absolutely only way. Not so many of my friends have ICQ so that kind of counts for a lot with me. My number is fairly old (67484829) and I still remember it after not having logged in for oh... at least a year. MSN is just plain the best because its a simple interface for simple people. This is why all my friends use MSN - its made for people who pretty much dont know anything about computers... and I like it. I also like the feel of it more compared to ICQ and Trillian... Ive never used AIM. Yahoo Messenger is deffinitely on the bottom end of my scale. Did anyone notice how MSN Plus stays running even after youve closed MSN? Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and youll see that program running. The only reason I have Plus downloaded is cuz I like the /me command. You can also do transparency with Plus if you have XP/2k. Anyways... Im so bored and felt I needed a long long post to make myself... less bored?

[Caesar]

Go ICQ Go !! :D

Now I also use MSN, but I'm not a big fan, even tough its true that most people is moving to MSN... I guess ICQ's problem (as it has been stated before) its that suddenly got to "fat" and tried to eat the memory resources pretty bad.... but I still like it :)

[Threeboy]

true, true.. ICQ is a fat bitch.

but ICQ is robust, for smarter people :P

[Caesar]

word (thumbs up) 8)

[chrisv]

I like ICQ because I know nothing else. I have had ICQ for like five years. I still have my original number. Only seven digits. Sweet.

[Caesar]

*high fives chrisv*

7 digits ICQ's rock 8)

[Gazor]

What part of England are you from? I'm from the south west, and man, we get some fat rain here! It's been sunny lately though :)

I am from the midlands, middle of england we haven't had rain for 3 days wow, its raining now though.

[Caesar]

here in Monterrey its been raining quite a lot since September started (and I DO mean a lot of rain), and going back on topic, I still like ICQ over MSN :P

[SileNceR]

the only reason 3boy prefers full things like ICQ MSN and Kazaa is because he has a whole GB of RAM to throw at it... i'd be the same but simply put, if you're running tight on ram you're a fool to run anything but trillian and kali

[Threeboy]

well, also cause i started using ICQ first ;)