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Annoying icq message in my status bar.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:20 pm
by Cody
What is ‘connecting to status.icq.com…’ please?
I keep getting this message in the status bar of my browser when browsing certain pages on the Oolite boards.
I select a page, the page loads properly and fully, but the progress bar never completes… just keeps trying to load, even though there is nothing coming down the line. It’s irritating. Is it something to do with a member with an icq address?
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:26 pm
by JazHaz
It might be my fault
, I have an ICQ button listed under my posts. I think the ICQ flower icon should change colour when I am online and offline.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:32 pm
by Loxley
Interesting, I'm getting some strange status bar activity too now you're online.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:33 pm
by Cody
It might be your fault, JazHaz, or not. It's bloody annoying, though. Please sort it out.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:38 pm
by JazHaz
El Viejo wrote:
It might be your fault, JazHaz, or not. It's bloody annoying, though. Please sort it out.
Took it out from my profile, so sorted!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:39 pm
by snork
Yes, it's gone.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:50 pm
by Cody
Thanks JazHaz, that has stopped it, but it can’t be just you… others have an icq address as well, don’t they!
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:18 pm
by JazHaz
El Viejo wrote:Thanks JazHaz, that has stopped it, but it can’t be just you… others have an icq address as well, don’t they!
Don't know who though. Thought the Memberlist screen might list it, but not.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:21 pm
by Commander McLane
No, the memberlist doesn't list it, so you would have to check all members independently.
Usually the presence of an ICQ address for a new member hints at a spam bot. For some reason they usually give a (fake) email and a (fake) ICQ address, but practically never a MSN, Yahoo, or AIM address. Don't know why.
Re: Annoying icq message in my status bar.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:38 pm
by Diziet Sma
El Viejo wrote:What is ‘connecting to status.icq.com…’ please?
I keep getting this message in the status bar of my browser when browsing certain pages on the Oolite boards.
I select a page, the page loads properly and fully, but the progress bar never completes… just keeps trying to load, even though there is nothing coming down the line. It’s irritating. Is it something to do with a member with an icq address?
It happens anytime there's a post on a page by a member with an ICQ link in their profile.. basically, the ICQ status servers take forever to respond to the query from your browser.. hence the hung progress bar. I usually just hit the 'Stop' button at the top of my browser when it happens.. but yes, it's very annoying after a while.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:47 am
by JazHaz
Commander McLane wrote:
Usually the presence of an ICQ address for a new member hints at a spam bot. For some reason they usually give a (fake) email and a (fake) ICQ address, but practically never a MSN, Yahoo, or AIM address. Don't know why.
Weird!
Have used ICQ for more than 10 years, originally used it on my Atari Falcon030 computer back in the day, when ICQ was the only instant messenger available on that platform.
I now use
Digsby for all my instant messaging needs. It supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM/ICQ, Facebook and Twitter. Though I don't use it for the last two, prefer to use
Tweetdeck for those two.
Recommend both Digsby and Tweetdeck!
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http://twitter.com/JazHaz/