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Whether you aim to stay in touch with friends around the world, gossip around the office or participate in serious conferences, ICQ provides the electronic conversation tool you need.
ICQ for Dummies shares everything you need to know about ICQ 99 and the communities that have grown up around it.
The book shows you how to get your own copy of the chat program, register for your own ICQ number, add your friends to your contact list, chat with individuals and share all kinds of information. Most importantly, it shows you how to do all this while maintaining safety and decorum. There's coverage of ICQ's Web integration and its advanced multimedia features, too.
But this is more than a technical book about the ICQ software. The authors introduce their readers to the culture that has grown up using ICQ and they explain in detail how you can begin contributing to it. The book also covers searching for chat groups--and individuals--with similar interests, no matter how obscure.
Typically, the authors will present the specific how-to information in stepped procedures and bulleted lists, then back it up with anecdotes and advice in prose form. Overall, ICQ for Dummies is a winner that's sure to reveal new aspects of ICQ to users of all experience levels. --David Wall
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Whether you aim to stay in touch with friends around the world, gossip around the office, or participate in serious conferences, ICQ provides the electronic conversation tool you need.
ICQ for Dummies shares everything you need to know about ICQ 99 and the communities that have grown up around it.
The book shows you how to get your own copy of the chat program, register for your own ICQ number, add your friends to your contact list, chat with individuals, and share all kinds of information. Most importantly, it shows you how to do all this while maintaining safety and decorum. There's coverage of ICQ's Web integration and its advanced multimedia features too.
But this is more than a technical book about the ICQ software. The authors introduce their readers to the culture that has grown up using ICQ, and they explain in detail how you can begin contributing to it. The book also covers searching for chat groups--and individuals--with similar interests, no matter how obscure.
Typically, the authors present the specific how-to information in stepped procedures and bulleted lists and then back it up with anecdotes and advice in prose form. Overall, ICQ for Dummies is a winner that's sure to reveal new aspects of ICQ to users of all experience levels. --David Wall
