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Re:ICQ New by ianbooker on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:11PM (#22824769)
True, but they caught up within one year and had the feature. Then they heavily bloated the client, then released a "lite" version which really brought them back on the map. Then facebook came and suddenly it was cooler to communicate non-instantly for some time. :)
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Re:ICQ New by outworlder on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:41PM (#22825151)
> it was cooler

Cooler for some. Infuriating for others.

Do you remember that feature that you could use to "call someone's attention"? It would make a lot of noise and the window would shake like crazy in your face.

Found it. The "nudge" feature.

https://youtu.be/9QrS2cEyNrA?t=70

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Re:ICQ New by zerd on Thursday April 09, 2020 @07:08PM (#22828168)
You could also invite anyone to a group chat, forcing them to join, and then you could nudge all of them at the same time. Best feature ever.
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Re:ICQ New by easytiger on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:49PM (#22825254)
Yea, but that was a time when most people worked on desktops. Had no mobile phone or laptop.
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Re:ICQ New by artificial on Thursday April 09, 2020 @06:03PM (#22827680)
That brings back memories, nudge bombing via client side automation / progs.
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