I think ICQ used to be really great, but at a certain point some things happened...
- No idea who was designing the GUI at the time, but it started becoming more and more horrible. Everywhere you looked there were little animated icons running over your GUI or things flashing or weird sounds filling your room/office.
- They added craploads of features not many people really wanted. Later on a Light version was released.
- MSN offered a free e-mail address, and the step from e-mail to Messenger was a very short one to take.
And of course, like has been said, most people find it easier to remember e-mail addresses than to remember a number sequence.
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I think ICQ used to be really great, but at a certain point some things happened...
- No idea who was designing the GUI at the time, but it started becoming more and more horrible. Everywhere you looked there were little animated icons running over your GUI or things flashing or weird sounds filling your room/office.
- They added craploads of features not many people really wanted. Later on a Light version was released.
- MSN offered a free e-mail address, and the step from e-mail to Messenger was a very short one to take. And of course, like has been said, most people find it easier to remember e-mail addresses than to remember a number sequence.