KDE 3.. What ICQ Client to use that works with ICQ 2001/2002

True · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2002 8:59 am Post subject:

My vote goes to PSI. I've been using it for a couple of months now. It's great..

#emerge psi

rommel · Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2002 4:04 pm Post subject:

LOL....is PSI capable of file transfers?

and to kopete users...when your sending a messege do you have to use the mouse to hit send cuz tab aint cuttin it

edit: so i am using ymessenger andit seems like its going to do the file transfer thing , BUT i can send NOT recieve.....why are all these IM programs not able to ahndle this feature...is it that much of a programmers nightmare?

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

With kopete you can CTRL+ENTER to send the message, no need for a mouse click.

As for file transfers, I'm using LICQ 1.2.0a with kde support (from bugzilla commited ebuild), and it seems capable of handling file transfers (haven't tried it yet).

Seems like it is the most feature complete ICQ client around.
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Malakin · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 6:52 am Post subject:

abhishek · Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 8:26 am Post subject:

Id definetly recomend gaim. Not used it with icq, but its wonderful for waht i have used it for(aim,msn,yahoo).

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Malakin · Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 2:15 am Post subject:

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

The licq FAQ says it support most of ver 8 protocol. How can one check how it identifies itself (protocol wise) :?:

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Malakin · Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 7:09 pm Post subject:

azambuja · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2002 11:19 pm Post subject:

for icq support:
without a doubt, ive tryed almost all of them...
sim, gaim, gnomeICU, kopete, everybuddy, name it ive tested it :lol:

the best is:
kxicq2
best support for groups and online contact list(server-side), file transfer, even SMS... best interface...
its been a month since im searching for a good im icq-compatible, and now ive found it...
it didnt compile with kde3, but now its working perfectly

cheers
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Mandr4ke · Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 5:57 am Post subject:

Hmm i just installed Ymessenger for Yahoo .. IT's nice and works great.. only problem is you can't get into the chat rooms..

anyone else know hot t get into the chat room? that really sucks..

Koutsos · n00b Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Athens

New kopete is out and it looks good

No ebuild yet but it compiles fine from source.

friedmud · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 6:13 am Post subject:

Just thought I would let you know (in case you hadn't figured it out yet) that in the preferences for kopete you can tell it to have a "single line chat-box".

This will make it send the message when you press enter - this is how I use it because that is the way most of the windows chat programs work.

Kopete does rock my ass for sure!

Derek

Craigo · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 8:23 pm Post subject:

I'm sticking to gaim for my ICQ use. Not only that, I can use it for aim/msn/yahoo just in case.

I ran Licq for like 3 years or so ever since I started using Linux but it just gotten a bit awkward recently. So a quick jump to gaim put my faith back.

-/Craigo/-

BlackPhoenix · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 124

SIM is really neato...same look&feel as the Windows client, pretty much, and yes, it handles file transfer pretty well... And the on-screen notification makes it even better... Supports most feature of the latest protocole, even some of the weirder ones... I really love it

Personaly, if SIM existed for Windows, I'd use it there too...

Mandr4ke · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 6:53 am Post subject:

BlackPhoenix · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 124

I dunno if thats it, but for SIM, I had problems back then when I didnt have Open GL setup properly (no need to be accelerated...it just does some nifty things with the screen that need OGL or something).

Otherwise, it messes up quite badly while looking for the librairies, hehe...

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Lovechild · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 11:28 am Post subject:

Kopete 0.5 is out.. so I use that one.

azambuja · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 1:28 pm Post subject:

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

IIRC sim 0.8 should be out next week as well. Copying and modifying the exisiting ebuild is quite easy.

Sim is a great client.
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Lovechild · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 5:30 pm Post subject: