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ICQ for Mac 3.4
ICQ for Mac 3.2
ICQ for Mac 3.02 and 3.02X
ICQ for Mac 3.0X
ICQ for Mac 2.7
ICQ for Mac 2.5 / ICQ for Mac OS X 2.6X
ICQ for Mac 2.0
Older ICQ versions
ICQ for Mac 3.4
July 2003
- AOL + iChat/AV Interoperability
- Passive mode for incoming file transfers
- Listen port range control
- Auto-reconnect option
- Quick Insert URL function
- Unicode text entry support
- Multilingual Contact List display
- Safari support
ICQ for Mac 3.2
October 2002
- Split message mode.
- Improved Peer to Peer connectivity.
- Longer messages.
- New look and customization.
- Typing indicator.
- More sound controls.
- Preview history pane.
- Improved database.
- Miscellaneous small features, bug fixes.
ICQ for Mac 3.02 and 3.02X
March 2002
- Improved memory management, lower memory requirements.
- Improved multilingual support for languages such as Chinese and Japanese.
- Custom font/keyboard script for each contact.
- Multilingual SMS.
- Version 3.02 is compatible with MacOS 8.1 - 8.5
- Miscellaneous small features, bug fixes.
ICQ for Mac 3.0X
December 2001
- ICQ now stores your Contact List on the server. This means that your Contact List is available to you when you install ICQ on another computer or wireless device.
- A new ICQ global hot key can be set in the preferences. This hot key brings ICQ to the front and opens the first pending message.
- Improved multilingual support
- More AppleScript support
- You can choose to ignore web-pager/email-express messages.
- You can set your SMS signature.
- You can search for other ICQ users by keyword. This search encompasses users' "about" text, interest groups and other textual fields in their User Details.
- Users may now enter and view home address in the User Details window.
- For Mac OS Classic users: The floater window is back.
- For Mac OS X users: All the changes introduced in ICQ 2.7 (our last Mac OS Classic only version) are available in this version (see below).
ICQ for Mac 2.7
June 2001
- Many more cellular networks available for SMS
- Nicknames for SMS numbers, functions for adding and editing SMS numbers
- All menu items have keyboard shortcuts
- Goto URL function - select a URL in any text window and send it to your web browser
- New miscellaneous preferences
- Preferences now allow you to revert and restore defaults for individual panels
- User menu now available in most windows
- Read Away Messages
- Many bug fixes
- Online help system
ICQ for Mac 2.5 / ICQ for Mac OS X 2.6X
January / March 2001
Messages
- SMS (Short Message Service for cellular devices) message
- Multi-recipient messages
- 'Send contacts' message
Message History
- Messages can be sorted
- Selected messages can be exported to file, dragged as text clippings and copied to the clipboard.
Security and Network Preferences
User Details
- More information on other ICQ users can be viewed (for your contacts) and updated (for your ICQ#).
Search/Add Contacts
- More search criteria
- Search for users who are online
Balloon Help
(not available on ICQ 2.6 X)
Most ICQ windows now feature context-sensitive help through the Balloon Help manager. To activate the help balloons, do one of the following:
- Select "Show balloons" from the help menu.
- Press the 'control' key while your cursor is over an ICQ window.
- Put your cursor over an ICQ window and do not move it for about 2 seconds. Balloon help will pop up unless you have disabled this feature through the Help Menu.
Miscellaneous
- User preferences, contacts and message history are now located in the ICQ folder tree under the Preferences folder.
- A new, faster and more reliable communications engine
- System message history, including incoming and outgoing SMS messages
- Import wizard for accounts created with previous versions of ICQ for Mac.
- Two new statuses - N/A (extended away) and DND
- Text selection can be translated to various languages using the 'Translate' command in the 'Edit' menu.
- Many bug fixes
ICQ for Mac 2.0
January 2000
Message History
- Incoming and outgoing Messages are now stored in a database.
- Unread messages appear bold in the history window.
- All unread messages will blink upon opening ICQ, including messages from previous ICQ sessions.
ICQ E-Mail
- ICQ has a built-in E-Mail client. Now you can use ICQ to easily send E-Mail messages.
ICQ E-Mail Checker
- ICQ can check if you have got new mail on your mail server periodically. This version supports only one account at a time on a POP3 mail server. The checker allows you to see the details (sender, size and date) of messages on the mail server, delete messages from the mail server and view the top 10 lines of each E-Mail.
Security
- Ignore , Visible and Invisible lists
- Other security preferences
New Preferences
- New user interface
- Choose if message windows close on reply
- Choose if message windows close on send
- Extended sound preferences
- E-Mail send and receive preferences
PC/Mac Character Translation
- Character translation allows the ICQ Mac client to translate messages written in some non-English latin languages, from MS-WindowsTM standards to the Macintosh standards and vice versa. This feature is available in message and split-chat windows.
Miscaneous features
- ICQ now supports the "Add Me" feature on the ICQ Web pages.
- An ICQ White-Pages button on your "View/Change My Details" window. The ICQ White-Pages button directs you to the ICQ Web site where you can enter additional information about yourself.
- A super-cool state-of-the-art typewriter sound effect when typing in an outgoing message window
Older ICQ versions
The last version of ICQ for Mac that was compatible with Mac OS versions below 8.5 is 2.0. Unfortunately, ICQ cannot continue to develop for older versions of the Mac OS. Version 2.0 is still available for download on our site for those users who wish to use ICQ on their old Operating Systems. However, this version is not supported.
The last version of ICQ for Mac that is compatible with 68K Macintoshes is 1.7.2. Unfortunately, ICQ cannot continue to support the 68K platform. Version 1.7.2 is still available for download on our site for those users who wish to use ICQ on their old Macs. However, this version is not supported.
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