ICQ thread no 23894723

[Disorgoth]

dear

first, please excuse this another ICQ thread...

well, i'm using linux for quite a long time and i'm addicted to it. no windows startup screen has infected my eyes for about 3 years now.

however, my expierience says that linux has a big disadvantage: there's no useful icq client available which serves my needs. i've read tons of icq client related threads, but didn't find anything useable.

those clients i tested (and because i disliked them) were:
- sim: used it mostly; the 0.8series was stable but too less features; 0.9series is too buggy
- licq: i hate this design and dislike the lack of functionality
- kopete: no proxy support as far as i know - insufficient
- gaim: dislike the group management; too big indentation of buddies under groups (can i change that?)
- micq: very great, but not very nice handling when using for a longer period of time
- centericq: also cool, but i get errors when using proxy support
- kxicq: do i really have to comment this?


so, do i really have to wait until an insane hacker ports miranda to linux?
or is it because the icq network/protocol is just biggest im-shit ever developed?

i do not have experience with msn/jabber/etc .. but i have about 200 icq contacts, so changing the IM net wouldn't be that smart :)

i'm getting frustrated, does anybody knows an alternative client?
thanks for -every- reply :)
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[feystorm]

agreed, ive mostly been using gaim, because it supports the talking to aim users with an icq account. but you cant change diddly for your info, all you can set is your general info, cant do hobbies, age, location, first/last/nickname and all that. i used to use licq, but it uses an old protocol, and doesnt support talking to aim users.

what i'm looking for is an icq client that lets me talk to aim users, supports file transfers, and lets you set all your user details.

oh, and lets you set the text of your away messages

[scout]

You haven't talked about gnomeicu

[Disorgoth]

thanks for gnomeicu link, i'll give it a shot

there are so damn many things a *good* icq client should allow:
- great would be transparancy (did not even work with sim, licq ...)
- tabbed chatting
- global shortcuts
- OSD
- file transfers
- groups
- proxy support
- nice design (i love creative desktops; and this is only reached by customizing *every* application running, especially ICQ which runs all the time)

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[feystorm]

gnomeicu on my system has 45 uninstalled dependancies. (i dont use gnome). which brings up another requirement of mine is that its not dependant on gnome or kde, i can deal with gtk or something else, but i dont want to install 45 packages to get an im client