ICQ Plus

Are you tired with the old and boring look of your ICQ window? Do you envy users of other instant messagers that have the option of changing skins? Now you can enhance your ICQ with this free plug-in that will make your ICQ window completely skinnable - ICQ Plus.
ICQ Plus is a tool that will add the skins feature to your favorite instant messenger. Once you have installed it, a new item will appear on the ICQ menu marked with a stylish blue icon with a black cross. You can choose from seven default skins (Mac ICQ is this reviewer's pick), edit existing skins and create your own or download more skins from the developer's website.
The skins change all ICQ windows, sparing only context menus. Even the splash screen can have its own separate skin. The status icons are skinnable, too. More than that, for Windows 2000/XP users there's an option of making ICQ windows partly transparent. Download this tool today and renovate your ICQ!

ICQ Plus allows you to change the appearance of ICQ. When installed, ICQ Plus integrates with ICQ by adding a menu item to the main menu and a button to the title bar. Choosing the new menu item brings up a dialog that lets you configure ICQ's appearance in several ways. You can apply a predefined skin or create one yourself. You can change the background images, styles, and settings of dialog boxes (BMP, JPEG, and GIF images are supported), change the main menu image, set your own animated GIF or AVI file instead of standard ICQ animation, and change the style of buttons and other controls (see screen shot). Skin files can be imported and exported via ZIP files. ICQ Plus also has multiuser support. ICQ Plus features an advanced layout mode that lets you use multiple images as a background, ICQ for Groupware support, random skin options, the ability to use a custom animation for the ICQ button in the main dialog, support of transparency in animated GIF images, the ability to customize scroll bars in the main dialog, and MouseOver support for buttons. This version includes ICQ2000b support,ICQ2000a support, a new installation system, and several bug fixes.Adding a bit of personality to a program is always nice, and ICQ Plus has plenty of great ways to do it. Aside from the wide variety of skins, the customization options alone make this program worth a try.