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To add to your list of chat programs, the pre MSN chat program that came with Windows, followed by Gooey and Odigo
MSN was a blast... I can't say I used Gooey or Odigo they don't ring a bell :)
I remember eventually progressing into IRC relay chat (the app I used to use was called MIRC) and that was a blast.
I remember the first time talking to someone on MSN and they were in America. I'm not exaggerating when I say it blew my mind ! I could reach out and speak to someone that far away almost instantaneously. It was and still is phenomenal to me. So much so I eventually changed careers to become a developer :)
I still keep in contact with a couple of people from Gooey (it shut down around 2002 I think), it was an excellent chat platform, you had chat rooms linked to whatever webpage you were on, very good for common interests. We even had a few meetups, I was working contract work at the time and had a 3 month spell were I travelled around the UK visiting various Internet weirdos.
That's pretty epic not going to lie !!!
I remember I became really friendly with a girl from Malta. We wrote a few letters back and forth after meeting on ICQ but unfortunately life then got in the way and we lost touch. I have scratched my head on so many occasions as to what her name was I would love to reach out and see what she's been up to all these years.
Kudos to you staying stay in touch all this time. That really is awesome :)