This document lists the changes in ICQ for Mac since the last beta version (2.0b). For help on using ICQ for Mac version 2.5 beta, please refer to the QuickStart manual available in your ICQ folder.
Messages
Ñ SMS (Short Message Service for cellular devices) message
Ñ Multi-recipient messages
Ñ 'Send contacts' message
Message History
Ñ Messages can be sorted
Ñ Selected messages can be exported to file, dragged as text clippings and copied to the clipboard.
Security and Network Preferences
Ñ Firewall preferences
User Details
Ñ More information on other ICQ users can be viewed (for your contacts) and updated (for your ICQ#).
Search/Add Contacts
Ñ More search criteria
Ñ Search for users who are online
Balloon Help
Ñ Most ICQ windows now feature context-sensitive help through the Balloon Help manager. To activate the help balloons, do one of the following:
1. Select "Show balloons" from the help menu.
2. Press the 'control' key while your cursor is over an ICQ window.
3. 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 features
Ñ User preferences, contacts and message history are now located in the ICQ folder tree under the Preferences folder.
Ñ A new, faster and more reliable communications engine
Ñ System message history, including incoming and outgoing SMS messages
Ñ Import wizard for accounts created with previous versions of ICQ for Mac.
Ñ Two new statuses - N/A (extended away) and DND
Ñ Text selection can be translated to various languages using the 'Translate' command in the 'Edit' menu.
Ñ Many bug fixes
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Converting Old ICQ Settings
Ñ Most of ICQ preferences are now stored in the Preferences folder located in the System folder. This distribution contains an application called ICQ Settings Importer that imports your settings from previous ICQ distributions.
To use the ICQ Settings Importer, drop your old ICQ folder over it. Alternately, you can run the ICQ Settings Importer application and select the settings folder or the ICQ folder.
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Note - Usage of third party source code
Use of expat - XML Parser Toolkit in the ICQ End-User software is covered by the Mozilla Public License (MPL). Version 1.1. The source code of expat - XML Parser Toolkit can be obtained at http://www.Mozilla.org