Hmmm, i'm using Jabberwocky atm, it is stable as rock and useful. Yes, maybe a bit hard to understand how to set it up, but after you got it, it's easy as pie. I've tried STRICQ v2 few months ago, worked fine. It's just not that user friendly like it was in v1. So i really miss STRICQ v1. Jabberwocky doesn't even reach it in options and features. But as STRICQ v1 doesn't support the new protocols, it's not useful anymore. STRICQ v2 works, but still not easy to install and get it to work properly.
So i suggest you should try to use Jabberwocky.
Create an account for yourself on a server supporting ICQ protocol (list to be found on jabber.org or any other jabber site) and subscribe to the ICQ agent with your UIN and password. Then add your friends like this: UIN@icq.**.** <- put here after "@icq." the jabber server you have your account.
Example: 66356361@icq.jabber.at
That's all!
