Yahoo! Messenger

Pros: Good integration with the Yahoo portal. Still popular.
Cons: Not reliable. MSN is taking over users.

Preface

I have used ICQ since it early days in 1996/ 97 before AOL bought it for the – back then unbelievable sum of US$ 250,000. My account # is 964211, one of the old 6-figure numbers. I really liked ICQ but then AOL turned it into...

Pros: Ease of use, fairly reliable, wide range of chat rooms
Cons: Enough imbalance to get on your nerves

During the year and a half in which I have been on line, I have tried just about every chat messenger service offered. I started with AOL, and boy was that a nightmare when they changed over to their most current version. My computer was possessed!...

Pros: easy to use and full of great features
Cons: none

My Yahoo Messenger is up and running even before my TV, which if you knew me a few years ago would come as a shock. I love my Messenger to say the least. I started out with the AOL instant messenger and I had a real hard time with it. So I started my...

Pros: Variety of useful features, easy to use, doesn't take up much space
Cons: mainly use it just when I'm at Yahoo

I'm no "newbie" to the instant messaging scene as I've been using AOL for about a year now, and have had ICQ for close to six months. Recently, I downloaded a new program, the Yahoo!Messenger, and have been very pleased with its ease of...

Pros: Best instant messenger ever, Worked for my Router!!!
Cons: not compatible with other messengers

There are 4 kinds of popular messengers on the net. They are all free.

AOL, MSN, PAL, YAHOO messenger.
Among all, Pal from excite.com has been taken out from my list.

All seem to off the same things until I had my router...

Pros: great advise, entertaining
Cons: a little "cliquish"

I joined the Epinion Yahoo Club that Kornell_911 started up, about a week ago now. I thought what a great idea this was and I became member 90 something of over 100 now. I’ve read almost all of over 1300 posts and here’s my take on it.

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Pros: good low-frills chat functionality, voice chat capability
Cons: icons from Hades, privacy concerns

Randy screwed up big time on this morning's constitutional walk; when I arrived, punctual as ever, I pretty much had to boot his butt out of bed; he looked like hell. "Hey, man, I had a rough night last night." He knows the rules, however, and accepted...

Pros: Great insight from some of the most respected writers here
Cons: You'll have to join ... for free....to post your thoughts

Hi...thanks for clicking through. Unfortunately, this epinion is not directly about the Yahoo Messenger product. My children and step-children use that product and find it easy to use....and helpful in keeping in touch with their scattered friends. If...

Pros: free. e-mail alerts. talk to friends.
Cons: disconnects.

This yahoo messenger is an awesome invention! With my messenger, I can talk to any one that has a yahoo ID (& yahoo messenger downloaded). When I first downloaded it I was hooked for a couple weeks straight! It was totally free to download and to use,...

Pros: It is free and easy to use
Cons: none

Yahoo Messenger:

I got this in several months ago.after trying to bring in Aol's aim,which just wouldn't work for me and another friend.

Now I sent this Yahoo Messenger to my friends even to my friend in Australia.You can hear real...

Pros: Excellent voice chat feature, better then AOL's instant messenger.
Cons: Sometimes slow logging in, occasional disconnections.

What is Yahoo Messenger?

Really though, I'm sure everyone pretty much knows about this free chat program offered from the Yahoo website, but for those of you that are just learning about things on the internet I'll spell...

Pros: Great for folks who use the Yahoo! portal often.
Cons: Set too many alerts and it will annoy the hell out of you...

A lot of folks have taken swipes at Yahoo! over the past few years for a number of reasons. Sure, it started out as a search engine and has found it's way to every corner of the Web since then, but it also offers some dandy utilities for free. To get the...

Pros: Excellent features
Cons: very few

achougoo: Hi suffering suckertash, howz u?
Sachin_Tengse :Fine just settling down at Germany. It’s difficult unless u know their language.
Sachin_Tengse :Hey check out Buggs is online too.
achougoo: Yes I see...

Pros: Yahoo messenger is an excellent way to keep in touch with friends.
Cons: Yahoo messenger can be very annoying sometimes.

I wonder if there is a person left with a computer who doesn't have the messenger. There are currently 276 opinions on this and mine will make 277.

Yahoo is without a doubt in my opinion one of the best sites on the web. The messenger adds to...

Pros: Neat and fun program
Cons: Trouble connecting

When I started using Yahoo Messenger about a year ago, I was totally thrilled with the service. I had been a Yahoo chat user for some time, and enjoyed being able to keep in better touch with some of my favorite chat buddies. Almost every night since I...