<s>
Centericq	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
menu	O
-	O
and	O
window-driven	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
interface	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
,	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
AIM	B-Protocol
,	O
MSN	B-Protocol
,	O
IRC	B-Protocol
,	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
,	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Gadu-Gadu	B-Application
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centericq	B-Protocol
allows	O
you	O
to	O
send	O
,	O
receive	O
,	O
and	O
forward	O
messages	O
,	O
URLs	O
,	O
SMSes	O
(	O
both	O
through	O
the	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
server	O
and	O
email	O
gateways	O
supported	O
by	O
Mirabilis	O
)	O
,	O
contacts	O
,	O
and	O
email	O
express	O
messages	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
many	O
other	O
useful	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS/Darwin	O
Operating	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
heyday	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
half-decade	O
of	O
the	O
2000s	O
,	O
with	O
reviews	O
appearing	O
in	O
Softpedia	O
,	O
Czech	O
online	O
magazines	O
ABC	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Linux.cz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
tutorial	O
articles	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
magazine	O
LinuxUser	O
in	O
2001	O
and	O
2004	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
article	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
2002	O
round-up	O
of	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
clients	O
in	O
the	O
Russian	O
XAKEP	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
a	O
2005	O
round-up	O
review	O
of	O
IRC	B-Protocol
Clients	O
in	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSM	O
reviewer	O
noted	O
CenterICQ	B-Protocol
for	O
its	O
windows-like	O
interface	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
usual	O
curses	B-Device
library	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
much	O
information	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
look	O
cluttered	O
on	O
smaller	O
terminal	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
standard	O
80	O
by	O
25	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
found	O
that	O
IRC	B-Protocol
support	O
was	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
servers	O
and	O
channels	O
and	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
switching	O
between	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
“	O
windowed	O
”	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
it	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
The	O
Unofficial	O
Apple	O
Weblog	O
;	O
despite	O
support	O
for	O
.mac	B-Application
accounts	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
noted	O
"	O
annoying	O
key	O
combos	O
"	O
required	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
menus	O
,	O
because	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
the	O
usual	O
function	B-Application
key	I-Application
assignments	O
of	O
CenterICQ	B-Protocol
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
he	O
could	O
not	O
access	O
the	O
MSN	B-Protocol
network	O
,	O
he	O
concluded	O
:	O
"	O
All	O
things	O
considered	O
,	O
I	O
've	O
decided	O
that	O
Centericq	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
most	O
stable	O
and	O
intuitive	O
terminal	O
based	O
chat	O
client.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
(	O
then	O
)	O
website	O
stated	O
that	O
CenterICQ	B-Protocol
development	O
was	O
"	O
dead	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
referred	O
users	O
to	O
the	O
CenterIM	B-Protocol
fork	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
CenterIM	B-Protocol
fork	O
applied	O
several	O
security	O
patches	O
and	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
CenterIM	B-Protocol
was	O
still	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
version	O
4.22.9	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
CenterICQ	B-Protocol
nor	O
CenterIM	B-Protocol
4	O
support	O
Unicode	O
,	O
but	O
support	O
for	O
UTF-8	O
is	O
planned	O
for	O
CenterIM	B-Protocol
5	O
.	O
</s>
