Quiet Internet Pager
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 Contact list window of QIP Infium running on Windows 7
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| Developer(s) | Russian Internet Solutions, LLC |
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| Initial release | 1 November 2005 |
| Stable release |
QIP 2012 — version 4.0 (build 9373) (5 March 2014)
QIP 2010 — version 3.1 (build 6936) (9 December 2011); QIP Infium — version 3.0 (build 9045 nightly build 9) (28 June 2011); QIP 2005 (build 8097) (29 October 2010) |
| Preview release | QIP 2012 version 4.0 (build 8866) (27 November 2012) |
| Written in | Embarcadero Delphi |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | QIP 2012 — [English, Russian, German, Slovak, Czech, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Kazakh, Ukrainian]; QIP 2010 — [English, Russian, German]; QIP Infium — [English, Russian, Czech, Slovak]; QIP 2005 — [English, Russian] |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | freeware |
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QIP (/ˈkwɪp/; an acronym for Quiet Internet Pager) is a multiprotocol instant messaging client. It is a closed source freeware program originally developed by Ilgam Zyulkorneev. In 2008 it was bought by RosBusinessConsulting media group and named most popular RBC service in 2009.
A Softpedia review of QIP 2006 mentioned its unique feature (at the time) of tabbed message windows—instead of a message window for each chat session, one window with several tabs is shown. Since this feature's introduction, ICQ Version 6.0 now includes this feature, as do the multi-service clients Pidgin, Miranda IM, and Trillian. Other features include integrated mail.ru e-mail client, and a wider range of emoticons. QIP presents no advertisements in the application windows; this is described as a security advantage.
QIP 2005 is an alternative instant messaging client based on the . It has full support of ICQ and experimental support of AIM.
QIP 2005 does not properly support Unicode which causes issues when sending and receiving non-ASCII messages unless both users use QIP.
QIP Infium is the second version of QIP. It features full Unicode support and is multi-protocol client, supporting the following protocols:
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