Welcome to MacICQ Version 3.4 (build 23)

Thank you for choosing ICQ, one of the world's largest cross-platform online community. Version 3.4 of ICQ for Mac Brings you AOL interoperability, as well as better compatibility with Mac OS X.

Improvements since version 3.2 

•  Interoperability with AIM and iChat instant messengers. You can add users from those messengers to your Contact List and exchange instant messages with them.
•  Better peer to peer connectivity: MacICQ now supports passive p2p connections for users behind firewalls.
• Users behind firewalls can now choose their listen port range.
• Auto-reconnect (available in the Connection panel of  the Network and Security window). Users with a permanent internet connection should turn this on to avoid occasional disconnect messages.
• Easy way to enter active URLs directly into outgoing messages.
• New support for unicode text entry (e.g., for Arabic and Hebrew)
• Cosmetic issue: Incoming SMS messages are now displayed (as opposed to <B>not</B> displayed in the previous version, a feature which some of you did not appreciate).
• The Contact List can now display names in multiple languages.
• URLs are read from Safari. 
• Clickable URLs in message windows. 
• Many bug fixes

As usual, various small features and improvements have been introduced in this version. You are welcome to explore the menus and windows and discover them.

The ICQ Macintosh team is grateful for your continuous support and for your useful feedback.

System Requirements

This version runs on Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.x using CarbonLib 1.3 or higher. The recommended system versions are Mac OS 9.1 or higher, or Mac OS X 10.1 or higher.

Known Problems

• Exchanging messages with AIM/AOL/iChat messengers can only be done when the other party is using compatible software that includes ICQ interoperability.
• The alternative text entry panes do not function well with offline messages, i.e. most non-latin offline messages will be displayed as gibberish. This is a minor problem if your contacts send you gibberish in the first place.
• Due to a bug in some versions of CarbonLib and Mac OS X, the contact list window may display some text 'ghosting' when you use a custom font for the list display. Selecting 'Use system theme font' in the Preferences/main window panel overcomes this problem. 
• The passive connection support is currently limited to incoming connections. We hope to implement the other direction for the next version.
• The 'Read Away Messages' function does not operate under certain conditions (e.g., before or after midnight).
• The typing indicator works only when the other contact uses an ICQ version that supports this feature. For now these include MacICQ, ICQ2Go and ICQ Lite.

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Note - Usage of third party source code

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WASTE Text Engine © 1993-2003 Marco Piovanelli 
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WText © 1999 Timothy Paustian 

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