Henry Fisher

It's a good time to remember the long-forgotten programs like ICQ and QIP, where the only thing left from the good old ICQ is the "o-ou" sound. They already had their own emojis and icons, and in the latest versions even their own qip.ru account. But I agree, it was a good thing! It made ICQ more comfortable and interesting. Just a plugin like the one that fetched the current song from Winamp and put the title in ICQ status was worth a lot!

It was amazing that ICQ had an open protocol that allowed you to write your own clients. I remember a rebellious one under Mandriva Linux that I built from source code. It took an enormous amount of energy. Especially later with the encodings. But what joy it was when everything started working stably!

In the picture is my honeymoon with Linux. I started making these kinds of screenshots before it became mainstream 😬

#Nostalgia #ICQ #QIP #Linux #TechMemoryWorld

Dec 22, 2024 at 1:34amWeb
Show threadAltbotDec 22, 2024

@henry A screenshot of a KDE 3.2 desktop shows multiple open windows. A menu displays options for web browsers, email, file transfer, video conferencing, and web editors. A file manager window shows folders labeled "cdrom," "Network," "removable," "win_c," "win_d," and "win_e." The desktop also features a system tray with icons and a clock showing the time as 01:51:37 and temperature as 10°C. A sidebar shows applications categorized as "Most used applications," "Office," "Internet," "Multimedia," "System," "Additional applications," and "Home."

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Show threadjeffDec 22, 2024
@henry oof ☹️ you suck for writing this. Now all the memories and feels are coming back
Show threadYuki LinuxDec 22, 2024
@henry it was the good days back when applications had an actual style and weren’t just pure. #ffffff in color or 000000. I remember ICQ an aim I was still very young at the time, but I used both. ICQ was by far the most interesting and had the best features.
Show threadSeth GalitzerDec 22, 2024
@henry Out of nowhere, my ICQ number popped into my head the other morning. 4450860, btw.
Show threadHenry FisherDec 22, 2024
@sgsax 300998356
Show threadPedro YarozeDec 24, 2024
@henry ahhh good ol' times...
Show threadwoollypigsJan 3, 2025
@henry ah yes ICQ, so many times over the years when a new feature on the other socials arrived, I've said ICQ had/have that already. ICQ and IRC where the only two things that stood up to the online chaos one September, all other MSM fell over and we in the office only had what people told us that they saw on telly happening in NY via #ICQ and #IRC