Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:36:21 -0500
From: Bob Rankin
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Subject: TOURBUS - 10 March 1998 - ICQ
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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPIC: ICQ
TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP: http://www.mirabilis.com/
If you repeat something often enough, eventually people will start to
believe it -- or so the saying goes. Well I've had so many people tell
me lately that ICQ is a cool Internet application, that I had to check
it out. Today's TOURBUS will give you the scoop on this popular app.
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WHAT IS ICQ?
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ICQ (an acronym for "I Seek You") is an easy-to-use Internet tool
that tells you when your friends are online and helps you to contact
them easily. How many times have you been through this scenario?
1) look up the e-mail address of a friend or colleague
2) send a message that says "Hey, you online now?"
3) wonder if your message got delivered
3) wait for them to respond
With ICQ, you're instantly alerted when a friend goes online, and you
can send a message or initiate a chat session with a couple clicks.
In addition to immediate messages and chat, you can send files and web
URL's, play games, or hang out with a group of cyberfriends while
surfing the Net.
After downloading ICQ, you receive a unique UIN (Universal Internet
Number). You have the option of attaching personal information to your
UIN. If you do, this allows other ICQ users to recognize you when you
log on.
After setting up your UIN and personal profile, you then compile a
list of friends and associates who also use ICQ. These people will
appear in your ICQ contact list so you can keep tabs and quickly make
contact. If you're not sure whether someone uses ICQ, you can search
their database of over 8.5 MILLION users and pick out the ones you
want in your list.
HOW IS ICQ DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CHAT THINGIES?
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With programs like WebChat or Powwow, you still have the problem
of finding out whether the other person is online, and then you must
find their IP address to connect. And IRC is a complex world unto
itself, with cryptic commands and a steep learning curve.
ICQ eliminates these problems by automatically notifying you when your
friends are available for chat sessions, and makes contacting them
a breeze with their user-friendly interface.
BUT IS IT A PIG?
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The ICQ program is small, runs in the background, and doesn't take up
much in the way of system resources. Typically, you run it in a
small window which is dynamically updated as friends log on and off.
But you can also have "floating friends" -- or little icons that sit
on your desktop and alert you to the comings and goings of special
people in your contact list. This really minimizes the amount of
desktop space required to use ICQ.
OTHER COOL FEATURES
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URLDirect is nifty. With this feature, you can invite other users to
join you in browsing a specific website. You can also receive special
messages which will launch your browser and automatically go directly
to a web page your friend wants you to see. Of course you can turn
this feature on or off at will. It'd be a bummer if your buddy at work
decided to pop a Dilbert cartoon on your screen while the boss was
in your office!
ICQ also supports most popular e-mail packages. You can launch your
e-mail program and send messages directly from the ICQ Client. And in
most cases, ICQ can check and tell you how many e-mail messages are
waiting for you and from whom they were sent, before you download them.
And if you're into gaming, ICQ can hook you up with other players and
facilitate a game of Quake, WordZap, Rikken On The Rockx, or Canasta.
ICQ is available for Win95, Win3.x, and Mac. But they also have a Java
version which means that anyone can use it, regardless of operating
system. That's good news if you prefer Linux, OS/2, or you're stuck
with some oddball mainframe system at work. To check out ICQ and get
your copy of this free software, go here:
http://www.mirabilis.com/
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Hope you enjoy ICQ-ing, and see you next time! --Bob
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