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> I really wonder how they dropped the ball... Failing to give people usernames. > People knew their ICQ numbers by heart Some did, but the fact that you emp

> I really wonder how they dropped the ball... Failing to give people usernames. > People knew their ICQ numbers by heart Some did, but the fact that you emphasise that as something remarkable is a hint here. I specifically remember the numbers as being a significant source of friction when connecting to new people. For contrast, I still easily remember what my username on MSN Messenger was when I started using that in around 2000 -- because it was my email address.

DdCb7Qlk2lyaw 11y ago
>> I really wonder how they dropped the ball... >Failing to give people usernames. If this is really the case then we can expect skype to die soon. I remember some time ago you were able to add contacts using skype logins, recently I was trying to do that on my friends Windows machine and failed. I simply wasn't able to add myself to his friendlist. I found somewhere on MS forum information that if you need that kind of functionality you should instead provide more information about you so you'd be easier to find...