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: Easy to use with lots of shortcuts for fast surfing in Yahoo and finding friends.
Cons: None!

After my last opinion on Yahoo! chats I thought I should write another opinion about one of their services. I have nothing against anything Yahoo! has to offer besides their chats. Yahoo! messenger is definitely one of the best on the Internet. ...

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: Easy to use, easy to download, great way to stay in touch.
Cons: Takes up a lot of memory, and sometimes locks up my computer.

I use quite a few chat programs because I spend a lot of time on the Internet, and they all save money on my phone bill! But I find that out of the three that I use, I use Yahoo Messenger the least. I don't have a specific reason why, but I will...

Pros: Useful tool
Cons: Seems to invite unwanted attention

Software applications usually get a couple of tryouts with me, and then, if they misbehave, they are sent to their room, or at least, shut off on my computer.

So it was with Yahoo Messenger. It's on Day Two of its second life with...

Pros: I like the idea and I think it is the nicest interface of all the IMs I've used
Cons: it is VERY buggy

One of the neatest inventions on the internet is the concept of an instant messenger/chat program. I’ve tried all the major players – AOL, ICQ, PIRCH, mIRC, MSN and Yahoo. The programs differ vastly in appearance and functionality. They all, however,...

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: Stable, easy to download, install and to use.
Cons: None that I can think of - I love it.

I love using "Yahoo! Messenger," a contact management program from, well Yahoo! It's very similar to "MSN Messenger," "AOL Pager" and "ICQ," but it adds a lot of handy features that these others just don't have. And the best of all, it's free!
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Pros: Simple to Use
Cons: I'd rather use ICQ

I have been using Yahoo Messenger since it first came out. I just upgraded the other day to the newest version which has many new features included. I probably won't be able to go into all of the features that are included since there are so many so if...

Pros: Widely used, Less elaborate than ICQ, AOL AIM
Cons: Added Features=Excess Baggage!

Several years ago, my first attraction to Yahoo Messenger was the fact that it was small, simple and effective as a Instant Messenger (IM). Over the past few years, it has grown in features and unfortunately, size.

This opinion...

Pros: great program
Cons: you can't just choose friends the other person has to approve it

This is the best messenger for a lot of reasons. First of all it isn't from AOL so that is a definite plus in my opinion. Another good thing about this messenger service is that it is tied in with yahoo e-mail. So you can do both at once.

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