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View Poll Results: ICQ vs MSN
ICQ 4 11.76%
MSN 17 50.00%
Both 12 35.29%
Other 1 2.94%
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Old Jul 10, 03
I <3 House
 
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ICQ or MSN?

I remembe when "do you have icq?" was probly the most common quetion at partys... finaly hooked it up and learned to jugle 10 conversations at a time.
And now ive finaly given into msn and almost perfer it? Well only kind of.

but yeah... I miss those old icq days... life's so quite now :(
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Old Jul 10, 03
O.G. Sammy
 
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MSN!

-s.
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Old Jul 10, 03
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Old Jul 10, 03
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the only thing i liked about icq is that u have to click on the persons name.. to recieve the msg..
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Old Jul 10, 03
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I have both but I prefer msn over it, but for file transfers I like ICQ way more than msn
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Old Jul 10, 03
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Old Jul 10, 03
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msn for sure. icq is GHETTTOOOOO. probably cause i have the older version but it's still ghetto.:D
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Old Jul 10, 03
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i use a telephone like normal people
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Old Jul 10, 03
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I use both but most people that I chat with use MSN.
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Old Jul 10, 03
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msn
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Old Jul 10, 03
I <3 House
 
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^ well its come down to that thankfully. Everyone is on NA and doesnt usualy responed(i should talk)... so i dig out that damb phone and dig for numbers!
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Old Jul 10, 03
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I use both...but I prefer MSN. ICQ's good in the sense that you can leave offline messages.
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Old Jul 10, 03
RIGOR VIDA
 
Join Date: May 2003
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ICQ

Pros:

- go.icq.com

that's pretty much it.

Cons:

Too big and heavy.
People are deserting it.


MSN

Pros:

- Everyone's using it now.
- Better personalized features than ICQ.

Cons:

- Shitty service sometimes.


I use both (and AOL! :toasted: ) but it's all nicely packaged into Trillain.

www.trillian.cc

check it out! [/plug]

PeAcE
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Old Jul 10, 03
it’s a sabotage
 
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now ive finaly given into msn
ditto :finger:
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Old Jul 10, 03
hosehead
 
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Originally posted by oFFseT
msn for sure. icq is GHETTTOOOOO. probably cause i have the older version but it's still ghetto.:D
what are you talking about? icq is an extremely powerful instant messaging client and always has been.

msn is so dumbed down that it reminds you that whenever someone sends you a message, that they're "saying" something to you.

how fucking boneheaded is that?
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Old Jul 11, 03
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MSN!!
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Old Jul 11, 03
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ICQ lite, I only use a computer at work and can't DL any programs.

I'm on ICQ now 163532264 HOLLA
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Old Jul 11, 03
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Originally posted by Magi
ICQ

Pros:

- go.icq.com

that's pretty much it.

Cons:

Too big and heavy.
People are deserting it.


to big and heavy???
icq you can let it sit on the side and it wont get in the way of windows you have open

msn is fuqin nasty looking that covers your windows u use

icq has resume and multiple file sends.


msn more personal 2???
i think not...

i prefer icq bcus it has way better skins, looks alot cleaner, and fuqin msges dont pop up automatically!!!!


i still use both cus some ppl rnt on icq, but then again some ppl rnt on msn...
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Old Jul 11, 03
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Originally posted by inkster


what are you talking about? icq is an extremely powerful instant messaging client and always has been.

msn is so dumbed down that it reminds you that whenever someone sends you a message, that they're &quot;saying&quot; something to you.

how fucking boneheaded is that?
calm down. it's going to be ok. i just prefer msn over icq. that's all.
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Old Jul 11, 03
RIGOR VIDA
 
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Originally posted by sh4un



to big and heavy???
icq you can let it sit on the side and it wont get in the way of windows you have open

msn is fuqin nasty looking that covers your windows u use

icq has resume and multiple file sends.


msn more personal 2???
i think not...

i prefer icq bcus it has way better skins, looks alot cleaner, and fuqin msges dont pop up automatically!!!!


i still use both cus some ppl rnt on icq, but then again some ppl rnt on msn...

What I mean is ICQ (not ICQ lite, which I've never tried) uses up more space. All the logs eat up space, and ICQ with all its skins makes performance-handicapped computers like mine laaggg. MSN runs smooth like a baby, last time I ran it.

Also, with this new patch that my sister and all my friends have been harping about MSN looks pretty spiffy. More spiffy than ICQ ever was.

Plus, MSN has more features...bla bla bla...MSN is better...bla bla bla...

go.icq.com is the only thing I find useful because not all the computers at Douglas College have MSN or ICQ installed. Until MSN develops something like that, I'm gonna hang onto my ICQ contacts for now.

Multiple file sends? Well, I don't think many people have to worry about that.
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Old Jul 11, 03
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Originally posted by inkster


what are you talking about? icq is an extremely powerful instant messaging client and always has been.

msn is so dumbed down that it reminds you that whenever someone sends you a message, that they're &quot;saying&quot; something to you.

how fucking boneheaded is that?
that explains the correlation of the greater amount of "ravers" using msn...hahahaah


trillian for me.


Magi u go to dougie daycare?? i went there for awhile...hah glad i'm out of that dump for good!
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Old Jul 11, 03
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MSN for me... the newest version (version 6.something) has some pretty crazy features to it and isn't so intrusive.

I do like ICQ though and in fact, just re-installed it.

Peace.
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Old Jul 11, 03
hosehead
 
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i've been using msn 6 for about a week now. the new features are cute, and fun at times (avatars), but are pretty much fluff. i would have loved it if they beefed up the file transfer engine a bit, as retarded as it is. possibly even introducing a messaging mode. sometimes i talk to 5 or 6 people at once, and all the flashing bars make me dizzy. plus, it severely eats up my taskbar space.

as for all of you who say that icq is bloated, you're 100% correct. but to deny that msn isn't bloated is downright ignorant.

msnmsgr.exe using 24 092K
ICQ.exe using 10 616K

both idling.

not to mention that i've been swapping a lot more ever since i got it.
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Old Jul 11, 03
it’s a sabotage
 
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icq lite is pretty decent too
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Old Jul 11, 03
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MSN all the way!!! :c-tard:
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