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ICQ is a cross-platform instant messaging and VoIP client that was launched in 1996 by an Israeli company. Users are identified by UIN, or User Identification Numbers, and can chat, call, share media, and use bots and masks.
A table that compares general and technical information for various instant messaging apps that support multiple platforms and protocols. See the developer, initial release, license, monthly active users, version, date and more for each client.
A Softpedia review of QIP 2006 mentioned its unique feature (at the time) of tabbed message windows—instead of a message window for each chat session, one window with several tabs is shown. Since this feature's introduction, ICQ Version 6.0 now includes this feature, as do the multi-service clients Pidgin, Miranda NG, and Trillian.
Learn how to use IRC commands to interact with servers, channels and users. This page covers the syntax, parameters and examples of all IRC commands defined in RFCs and extensions.
After months of beta-testing, the final build of Trillian 3 was released on December 18, 2004, with features such as new video and audio chat abilities throughout AIM, MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, an enhanced logging manager and integration with the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
A table of various instant messaging protocols with information about their creator, license, identity, transport, encryption, and features. No open-source video protocol is listed in the table, but some protocols support video or webcam features.
Tencent QQ is a cross-platform service developed by the Chinese company Tencent that offers online social games, music, shopping, microblogging, movies, and chat. It has over 597 million monthly active accounts and supports multiple languages and features such as QQ Coin, QZone, and QQ International.
AIM was a popular instant messaging program created by AOL in 1997, using the OSCAR and TOC protocols. It declined in usage as other services like Google Chat, SMS, and Facebook emerged, and was discontinued in 2017.