ICQ for Dummies [Paperback]

Peter Weverka (Author), Dr Michael Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0764505866 | ISBN-13: 978-0764505867 | Edition: 1

Not just a clever way to spell "I Seek You," ICQ is the Web-wise way to chatting and messaging. ICQ For Dummies authors Peter Weverka and Michael Taylor, computer publishing pros, spell out what it takes to use this popular Web tool to your advantage and watch your own popularity grow, too!

• Download ICQ for free and register with ICQ.com
• Chat to your heart's content by using chatiquette
• Search the White Pages for kindred chatters
• Send files, bookmarks, and more through ICQ
• Handle contact lists
• Make the most out of message boards
• Post a personal profile
• Power-surf with www.ICQiT.com
• Tap into telephony and video-conference

And with ICQ, all of this is possible while maintaining your online privacy. With this For Dummies guide at your side, navigate the maze that is the mushrooming ICQ!

Get more out of the largest communication network available on the Internet today. You'll soon discover that you can truly meet people and influence them, and from the cool comfort of your keyboard.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Whether you aim to stay in touch with friends around the world, gossip around the office, or participate in serious conferences, ICQ provides the electronic conversation tool you need. ICQ for Dummies shares everything you need to know about ICQ 99 and the communities that have grown up around it.

The book shows you how to get your own copy of the chat program, register for your own ICQ number, add your friends to your contact list, chat with individuals, and share all kinds of information. Most importantly, it shows you how to do all this while maintaining safety and decorum. There's coverage of ICQ's Web integration and its advanced multimedia features too.

But this is more than a technical book about the ICQ software. The authors introduce their readers to the culture that has grown up using ICQ, and they explain in detail how you can begin contributing to it. The book also covers searching for chat groups--and individuals--with similar interests, no matter how obscure.

Typically, the authors present the specific how-to information in stepped procedures and bulleted lists and then back it up with anecdotes and advice in prose form. Overall, ICQ for Dummies is a winner that's sure to reveal new aspects of ICQ to users of all experience levels. --David Wall

From Library Journal

ICQ (I seek you) basically started the instant message business that has spread to AOL, Microsoft, and elsewhere; it is a way to create online chat groups that focus on special issues. Weverka and Taylor's book offers a very basic introduction explaining what ICQ is, where to get ICQ, how to use ICQ on the Internet, and how to find ICQ archives. Get multiple copies, this book will be popular.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (August 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764505866
• ISBN-13: 978-0764505867
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,625,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Weverka is the author of Word For Dummies Quick Reference, Microsoft Money For Dummies, and other computer books. His humorous nontechnology articles have also delighted readers of Harper's.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good book -- found it very useful, November 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ICQ for Dummies (Paperback)

A little bit too much hand holding in places, but I got a lot out of tis one. Didn't know you could do this much in icq.

(the other reviewer was wrong -- there is an icon list in the cheat sheet at the start of the book.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "uh oh !", October 6, 2000

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ICQ for Dummies (Paperback)

It is true that with each new version (as of this writing, they're now up to ICQ 2000b) ICQ adds more and more bells and whistles, and it gets a little more complicated, and overall I love the DUMMIES series, but the truth is, everything you need to know about ICQ can be found at their web site, or perhaps your ICQ buddy can walk you through it. On the other hand, at times the web site seems more difficult to navigate than the program (its great... but BIG) Still, I couldn't totally put this book down... you can't read ICQ on the toilet or curl up in the bed with it,or read "ICQ" during your lunch break or on the bus to work or school, so maybe that would warrent the purchase of a book about it. I guess it would make a nice gift to for a new ICQ buddy, however, if you think you need a book to learn how to use ICQ, you're getting it for the wrong reason - - and also, by the time it arives in a few days, ICQ will probably have added 30,000 more features.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Strictly for rank amateurs, November 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ICQ for Dummies (Paperback)

Remarkably thin on content. Entire domains such as ActiveLists are ignored. Obvious needs such as a complete lexicon of icons are ignored. They're right about one thing--trying to get this information out of the ICQ Web site is very difficult. That's why I bought the book. But trying to find information in this book is just as futile.