AOL Time Warner on Tuesday released a Web-based version of its popular ICQ instant messenger, allowing access to the service from any computer with an Internet connection and a browser.
ICQ Lite lets people log on and access contact lists from a Web site, while AOL also released a version of ICQ for Mac OS X, coinciding with the release of an OS X-compatible version of its America Online service.
"The new versions of ICQ make it even easier and more convenient for users to stay in touch in real time from wherever they are and in a variety of different ways," Jim Bankoff, president of AOL Web properties, said in a statement
This is not AOL Time Warner's first Web-based IM service. AOL launched a Web-based version of its AOL Instant Messenger, called AIM Quick Buddy, nearly two years ago. The product has since been upgraded and renamed AIM Express.
News source: CNet News
View: ICQ Lite (click "Start ICQ Lite" button) [Java required!] or a more direct link (opens in a Window, may need to resize!)
ICQ Lite lets people log on and access contact lists from a Web site, while AOL also released a version of ICQ for Mac OS X, coinciding with the release of an OS X-compatible version of its America Online service.
"The new versions of ICQ make it even easier and more convenient for users to stay in touch in real time from wherever they are and in a variety of different ways," Jim Bankoff, president of AOL Web properties, said in a statement
This is not AOL Time Warner's first Web-based IM service. AOL launched a Web-based version of its AOL Instant Messenger, called AIM Quick Buddy, nearly two years ago. The product has since been upgraded and renamed AIM Express.
News source: CNet News View: ICQ Lite (click "Start ICQ Lite" button) [Java required!] or a more direct link (opens in a Window, may need to resize!)
Exciting ICQ Lite features include:
- Login From Any Computer and Browser
- Send & Receive Instant Messages
- Exchange SMS Messages With Cell Phones
- Exchange URLs and Contacts
- See Your Friends' Online Status
- Search and Add New Friends to Your Contact List
- View Your Friends' User Details
- ICQ 2001b Users Can Instantly Use Full Contact List
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