Yahoo! Messenger (Redirected from Y!M)
Yahoo! Messenger is a popular instant messaging client and protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email. Yahoo instant messenger also includes a security feature which allows the user to be "invisible" to whoever they choose.
In addition to instant messaging features similar to those offered by ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger, it also offers some unique features (http://messenger.yahoo.com/features.php) such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows) and Custom Status Messages. Another recently added feature is customized avatars.
Yahoo! Messenger 2.5.3 for Mac offers drastically fewer features than the Windows release and has not been updated in several years. Yahoo! Reports that there is no timeline set for the release of any updates for the Macintosh messenger.
Yahoo! has announced a partnership with Microsoft to join their instant messeging networks. This would make Yahoo! Messenger compatible with Microsoft's .NET Messenger Service. It would also make Microsoft's MSN Messenger compatible with Yahoo!'s Network. This change is expected to take effect in the first half of 2006.
Yahoo Rooms
Compared to msn,yahoo offers no charge for using Yahoo rooms.Howver in latest version,yahoo has carged subscribers for using user rooms,which were free until July 2005.Over 100,000 users are using yahoo meesenger at peak hours.However many use multiple login id's.
Latest Releases
Windows 7.0.0.437 (http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php) / August 30, 2005.
Mac OS X and Mac OS 8/9 2.5.3 (http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php)
Unix 1.0.4 (http://messenger.yahoo.com/unix.php)
Feature & Release History
Windows
- Prior Releases — Undocumented
- 7.0.0.426 — August 8, 2005
- Renamed to "Yahoo! Messenger with Voice"
- Drag-and-drop photo sharing
- Drag-and-drop file sharing
- PC-to-PC calling
- Voicemail
- Ringtones
- Yahoo! 360 integration
- Pop-up Contact Cards
- Spam Reporting
- New tabs
- New emoticons
- Archive updates
- LiveWords (Beta)
- 7.0.0.437 — August 30, 2005
Plugins
- Yahoo! Messenger Plus (http://www.yahooplus.fr.st/), free plugin project
- Queeeenofspadez (http://queeeenofspadez.50webs.com/Skins.html), Skins for Yahoo Messenger 7
- Modernmorph.com (http://www.modernmorph.com/downloads/index.php?subcat=1), Yahoo Messenger Skins and Downloads
See also
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