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A buddy icon is a small image associated with an instant messaging (IM) account. AOL Instant Messenger was the first IM program to use buddy icons, but now several other popular IM programs do, including MSN Messenger (Now known as Windows Live Messenger,) Trillian, GAIM and Yahoo! Messenger. Image File history File links Displaypic-wlm-example. ...
Windows Live Messenger (WLM), formerly known as MSN Messenger, is a freeware instant messaging client for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Mobile, first released on July 22, 1999 by the Microsoft corporation. ...
A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging is the act of instantly communicating between two or more people over a network such as the Internet. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Windows Live Messenger. ...
Windows Live Messenger (WLM), formerly known as MSN Messenger, is a freeware instant messaging client for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Mobile, first released on July 22, 1999 by the Microsoft corporation. ...
Trillian is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM programs from one client, such as AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Bonjour, Jabber, and Skype networks (the latter four with Trillian Pro which allows for additonal...
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Yahoo! Messenger is a popular instant messaging client and protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic Yahoo! ID which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when...
Buddy icons for AOL Instant Messenger can be in GIF or JPEG formats. Maximum file size of buddy icon image is 7 KB while its dimensions are 48x48 pixels. With pictures like this you can see the restriction of 256 colours. ...
In computing, JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg) is a commonly used standard method of lossy compression for photographic images. ...
This example shows an image with a portion greatly enlarged. ...
Buddy icons for Google Talk were added in April 2006, and are in BMP format. Google Talk is a service offered by Google for Voice over IP and instant messaging. ...
BMP is an abbreviation for: Basic Multilingual Plane, the 16-bit base of the Unicode character set. ...
Depending on the program, sometimes buddy icons are also referred to as avatars (Yahoo!) or display pictures (MSN). Example of an avatar as used on internet forums. ...
Buddy icons and advertising
Buddy icons have been used by entertainment companies, such as record labels or movie studios, as a form of word of mouth advertising. Buddy icons advertising the releases of films or albums are available through instant messaging software or company/band websites. A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging is the act of instantly communicating between two or more people over a network such as the Internet. ...
See also Buddy profiles are brief descriptions that each AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) user can write about himself or herself. ...
An emoticon, also called a smiley, is a sequence of ordinary printable characters, such as :-), ;o), t(*_*t), ^_^ or :-(, or a small image, intended to represent a human facial expression and convey an emotion. ...
JISP, shorthand for Jabber IconSet Packages, is a format of icon packs used by some (mainly open-source) Instant Messengers. ...
A typical Kaoani Kaoani comes from the japanese kao (face) and ani (animation). ...
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