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This. I ran ICQ on a machine with a single core 200 mhz processor and 32 MB (yes that’s an M) and it was fast with more features than Slack.
by throwaway5959 3y ago
This. I ran ICQ on a machine with a single core 200 mhz processor and 32 MB (yes that’s an M) and it was fast with more features than Slack.
- Flipflip79 3y agoIn what way did it have “more features than slack”? This feels more like “had other features that I like”
- throwaway5959 3y agoPlease read the following: https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/why-is-this-interesting-the-icq-edition https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/why-is-this-inte... You just kinda had to be there. It was ever changing but snappy.
- Flipflip79 3y agoI was there but thank you for the condescending assumption.
- throwaway5959 3y agoYou’re quite welcome.
- 15457345234 3y agoICQ having more features than Slack isn't really a point of contention, ICQ could do about a zillion things.
- Flipflip79 3y agoI mean it is. I’m contesting it. So unless you have some quantifiable data it is in contention. I like ICQ. I used it. But I really just don’t agree it had “more” features. It had _different_ features. And those features are just kinda wildly different because of how business and the internet had changed. I just really do not think it is a useful point to try and imply is a weakness of slack somehow.
- throwaway5959 3y agoI don’t understand why you feel the need to defend Slack? Half the time I start a huddle the sound doesn’t work. That was a solved problem in clients in the 00s. File uploads? Better be JPG or it’s a 50/50 shot of it uploading correctly (HEICs? Good luck). The new design moves everything around and somehow makes it harder to find huddles. Discord on the other hand, also an electron app, has pretty much flawless audio/video calls.
- bradhe 3y agoHad more features than Slack?? Bro, you had to give someone a number to address you--it couldn't even map your account to an email address.
- 15457345234 3y agoICQ having an ICQ-only usernumber that you couldn't cross-resolve to anything else was definitely a feature, and a super nice one.
- junon 3y agoAnd? I prefer this over Slack having six different ways to log in, having access to my email address to spam me, and then still not letting me see which servers I belong to in aggregate.