Yahoo! Messenger is a popular advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!, that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support, a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made, the ability to save and print your conversations, and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores. 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! also offers PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service, file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories.Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send messages to friends (even if they’re not online when you are), a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and voice chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet. It also includes Launchcast Radio, Yahoo Games, and Yahoo Audibles. Using a Webcam, you can see who you’re chatting with or view the Webcam of any Yahoo member who has granted you access.
Yahoo! has announced a partnership with Microsoft to join their instant messaging networks. This would make Yahoo! Messenger compatible with Microsoft’s .NET Messenger Service. It also made Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger compatible with Yahoo!’s Network. This change has taken effect as of 2006-07-13, – Yahoo! Messenger has integrated instant messaging with Windows Live Messenger users, and is fully functional.
Yahoo! Messenger was originally launched under the name Yahoo! Pager on 1998-03-09.
Entertainment
• Photo Sharing. Drag-and-drop photos into your IM windows and talk about them like you’re there.
• LAUNCHcast Radio. Make your own radio station and listen to music you like!
• Yahoo! Games. Right in your IM window, challenge friends to a game of backgammon or pool while you catch up.
• IMVironments. Use interactive themed backgrounds in your IMs.
Productivity
• IM Windows Live™ Messenger friends – New! Share IMs (and more), plus see them on your Messenger List.
• Yahoo! Calendar. Stay organized and get calendar alerts.
• Contact Search Bar. Quickly find a contact to IM, call, SMS and more.
• Find, Add, Share Friends. Easily get connected with the people who matter most.
• Yahoo! Search. Find what you need right from your IM window.
• File Transfer. Share files with friends instantly.
• Address Book. Synchronize all your contact information.
• Stealth Settings. Make yourself appear online to some and offline to others.
Personalization
• Plug-ins – New! Add content, services and games to Messenger.
• Sound effects – New! Play fun sounds or a song during PC calls.
• Audibles. Let these animated characters say it out loud for you!
• Emoticons. Express your feelings with these animated smiling faces.
• Yahoo! Avatars. Represent yourself with a stylized graphical image.
• Display Images. Select an image to represent yourself to your friends.
• Skins. Select new visual designs or disable them altogether.
Communication
• Chat Rooms. Join a live, group chat room to discuss a variety of topics.
• Make Calls From Your PC. Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls, plus free voice mail.
• PC-to-Phone Calls* – New! Call regular and mobile phones for as low as 1¢/min.
• Phone-to-PC Calls* – New! Get a phone number for your PC so friends can call you.
• Connect on Yahoo! 360° – New! Stay up to date with friends’ blogs, photos, and more.
• Take Yahoo! with You. Send and receive IMs on your mobile phone.
• Webcam. Share live video with friends and family around the world.
• Conference. Exchange text messages with multiple people in one IM.
NEW in Yahoo! Messenger 11:
- Invite your friend to play a game – In addition to instant messages, text messages, voice and video calls, you can now play popular social games such as Mafia Wars and Fishville right within Yahoo! Messenger.
- Keep up with friends wherever they are – View, comment on and like updates from Yahoo! Pulse, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and more, all from right within Yahoo! Messenger.
- Post one status to multiple social networks – Share your Messenger status simultaneously on Yahoo! Pulse, Facebook, and Twitter.
- Chat with Facebook friends – In addition to your friends on Windows Live, you can now IM your Facebook friends. Continue your conversations on the go using Mobile Web Messenger, SMS Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger App for Android.
- Always be available – Stay signed in to multiple PCs simultaneously so you never have to miss a message.
- Easy access to recent conversations – Retrieve all your IM conversations from any PC where you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger.
- Personalize your experience with fresh new skins – Express yourself and show off your personality with one of the 7 newly added messenger skins.
Changes in Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.152:
* Tabbed IMs – One of the most highly sought after features! We heard you loud and clear that being able to effectively organize and manage your conversations is important. No more clutter or juggling – with tabbed IMs, you get to chat with all your friends from one easy and convenient window..
* Improved Spam Management – We hate spam as much as you do, and our battle against it is an ongoing one. If you have been receiving invitations from random strangers, you can now ignore multiple add requests with a single click.
* New Social Games – Level up on how you are keeping in touch with your friends and family. With over 70 exciting games such as Backyard Monsters, Township and ourWorld, Yahoo! Messenger lets you chat and play games with friends at the same time! Get your friends involved by sharing your game activities and play-status so that friends can join your game and you can join theirs.
* Easy Access to Recent Contacts – You may have over a hundred Messenger friends, but most of us chat with only a handful – and usually the same handful – on a regular basis. Your recent contacts now appear at the top of your contact list, so it’s quick and easy to reach out to your regular IM friends.
* Smart Archiving – Looking up an old IM conversation has never been easier. Your chat history is now categorized by friends, with your most recent conversations showing up first. What’s more, your IM conversations can be retrieved from any PC or web browser where you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger.
* Snap and Share – Add more color to your chat conversations! In addition to photos, you can now take a quick snap shot of your computer screen and easily share it with your friends.
* Quick Access to All Emoticons – Yahoo! Messenger has always had some hidden emoticons that weren’t available on the emoticon menu, which meant you had to memorize their shortcuts. Now you no longer have to rack your brain to remember the shortcut for the monkey emoticon (it’s, for those keeping score). The emoticon menu gives you quick access to all the emoticons, and even remembers the ones you use most frequently!
* Now in Romanian too – Finally, we value all our users around the world and try as much as we can to deliver a truly local experience. With this new release, millions of users in Romania will now be able to use Yahoo! Messenger in Romanian by selecting it from the language box on the sign-in page!
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