QQ now has English sign up

[flameproof]

Did anyone notice that before, QQ has now an English signup page:

http://signup.qq.com/

Getting a QQ number takes a few Seconds now.

[Triode88]

Thanks for the infomation.

I have tried the link & dod not manage to sign up. It always states that the server is busy?

Is there any other way to get sign up?

Thanks.

[yf_chen]

You can do it via text message. If you're not in China, sign up online during off-peak hours of 11pm to 9am Beijing Time.

[LaoWai]

I used the url suggested here,received a registration number and downloaded the English version of QQ (2005, Vista compatible). However, when I launch the QQ program and get the sign-in screen (see attachment), after I input my QQ number and password (selected as part of the program download process), I cannot actually sign in to QQ. Also, the sign in screen cannot be expanded, in case there are other buttons which I cannot see in the reduced view. Any suggestions are welcomed.

[BrandeX]

I used the above site to register a QQ address, but rather than using the official client which is reportedly malware at best, I connect (with all of my IM's) through Pidgin.

http://www.pidgin.im/

[jim.sheng]

QQ sucks.

Forget about it. I suspect that they let the system show busy intentionally, and give "alternative" way via mobile phone text message to make money from signing up.

[blogtim]

I concur, QQ is scary stuff. I ended up getting my QQ number from the Chinese site (http://haoma.qq.com) as English signup was completely non-responsive*. I would highly recommend NOT downloading the QQ client. I also went with Pidgin.

Re: QQ. After trying about 3-4 times*, I finally got the QQ client to download (server busy?). I distinctly unchecked a number of "extras" including the "so-so" toolbar. When I actually did the install, sure enough, it installed the "so-so" toolbar among other things. My computer is pretty tightly locked down. As soon as I launched, I started getting pop-ups all over alerting me of downloads from strange places. I immediately uninstalled - though this was not without errors. I ended up manually clearing out the startup folder, desktop, etc. Finally, I rebooted, sighed a sigh of relief, launched my browser only to find... qq.com. Sigh.

Enjoy!

Tim

*In California, perhaps that's why?

[Thijs_Shenzhen]

I agree that older (English) versions of QQ were not so good, but I think the latest versions are very good. For example Tencent Messenger 2008 is very good. Lightweight, fast en to-the-point. The new QQ2009 also looks very good. If you need help signup a qq account, check my website.