I have all the major consumer IM clients installed - AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. Since I use Yahoo for e-mail, My Yahoo, etc., I tend to use it more often than the others. The integration interoperability with Microsoft's online network works well. Skype comes in second. Since I'm also playing with Twitter from time to time, Google comes in next in terms of my own usage pattern.
UPDATED: Story from "Yodel Anecdotal" below. TechCrunch story here. Blog post from CNET story follows Yodel Anecdotal post.
Yahoo! Messenger, hold the download - Yodel Anecdotal
That’s right, today we launched the all-new Web-based Yahoo! Instant Messenger. In fact, it’s the first brand-new Messenger in over six years.
Yahoo! Messenger for the Web is live, and folks, it’s about to blow up. Feedback from initial users is so crazily positive, I expect this will become the primary IM service for millions. See for yourself at http://webmessenger.yahoo.com, or simply http://web.im.
By removing barriers for IMing, we’re about to witness a new and bigger life for Yahoo! Messenger. Chats will carry on from computer to computer, across campuses or cubes. Your friends will travel with you to Internet cafes around the globe. You no longer will need to maneuver around IT restrictions. And for the millions of Internet users who don’t own PCs, instant messaging is, with today’s launch, instantly available from any Internet-enabled computer. Wondering if this service is for you? Check out this quick demo to see it for yourself.
Hands down, the two most addictive features are message history (access and search archived conversations from anywhere!) and the emoticon picker.
is my favorite, and if you can replicate this face in real life, I want to see it.
We went out of our way to support all the browsers — IE, Firefox, Netscape, Safari (I’ve been a Mac guy since 1984, so this was really important to me), and Opera (because we have a soft spot for Norwegians). I think this just might be the fastest, most refined Web IM app out there. And through our interoperability agreement with Windows Live Messenger, Web messaging users are able to connect with the largest community of IM users — 350 million user accounts!
Source: Yahoo! Messenger, hold the download - Yodel Anecdotal
Yahoo Web-ifies its chat application | CNET News.com
Yahoo is set to release late Wednesday a new Web-based version of its instant-messaging application that lets people use Yahoo Messenger on any browser and any Internet-connected computer rather than having to download it to a hard drive.
Yahoo Messenger for the Web allows people to check their instant messages and access their buddy list from anywhere, which could prove useful for those who are traveling or are forbidden from downloading client software to their computers at work.
The Web version of the chat application offers functions that the downloaded version does not, such as the ability to search current and archived messages from any computer. It also lets users maintain multiple conversations in one window with different tabs instead of opening up chats in multiple windows.
Source: Yahoo Web-ifies its chat application | CNET News.com
Yahoo Messenger for the Web | CNET News.com
Source: Yahoo Messenger for the Web
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Posted by: Mark Vane | June 22, 2007 at 05:54 AM