Instant Messenger Links
forms and protocols 1999 partlyClick here to page me on ICQ, AIM, MSN or Yahoo, in four incompatible URL schemes.
In 2026: The schemes still parse, they just have nothing left to hand off to. Every one of these networks is gone. If no application claims the scheme, the browser does nothing at all, which is what you will see if you click these.
Where it came from: AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ webmaster pages, roughly 1999 to 2002. Wikipedia ↗
<a href="aim:goim?screenname=coolguy1985&message=hi+from+your+webpage">
Page me on AIM</a>
<a href="icq:message?uin=12345678">Page me on ICQ</a>
<img src="http://web.icq.com/whitepages/online?icq=12345678&img=5" alt="ICQ status">
<a href="ymsgr:sendim?coolguy1985">Yahoo Messenger</a>
<a href="msnim:chat?contact=coolguy1985@hotmail.com">MSN Messenger</a>
<a href="callto:+15551234567">Call me (NetMeeting)</a>
<a href="skype:coolguy1985?call">Skype me</a>
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<a href="mailto:you@example.com?subject=Hi&body=I%20saw%20your%20page">Email me</a>