Yahoo! Messenger

Pros: allot of features
Cons: looks drab

Yahoo Messenger has allot of features but it definitely is not very pretty to look at. The interface is very drab looking. Messenger is well integrated with the Yahoo portal. Therefore,it makes it easy to access Yahoo content. User can start...

Pros: Simple to use
Cons: Less features

I have both ICQ and yahoo messenger, I like both programs.

Yahoo has less features then ICQ, but that is what I like about it. It is a very small, simple program that allows you to see when your friends are online, and talk to them.

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Pros: allows talking and meeting people on the internet
Cons: unreliable, can't tell who is online always, to add people to your buddy list you have to be approved, doesn't give status on login

Yahoo! Messenger is a decent program for chatting to people online. There are three major problems with this service though. Their servers are down frequently, people can be on yahoo messenger but invisible, so you can't tell they're on, and most...

Pros: Easy to download and setup,Easy to use,Lots of good features,Free.
Cons: Shuts down if you leave it too long.

I have had my Yahoo Messenger for about six months now. I do much prefer using a messenger over the chat rooms.

Yahoo is easy to download and to use. As I think most instant messengers are easy to use, some have more feature then...

Pros: Easy to use. Server side buddy list. Yahoo notifcations.
Cons: Poor Linux Port. User defined status msgs local not server based.

Yahoo is an all-in-one service. It offers Web page hosting through its acuired company, Geocities. It also offers Classified ads, Personal Ads, Auctions, News, Tons of games, a Briefcase to transfer files to trusted parties, a mapping feature (which I...

Pros: free, simple to use
Cons: unreliable

I've been using Messenger for a few months, ever since a group of my online friends decided it was nicer than trying to meet in chat.

The good news? This product is free, and has some nice features. The bad news? It is unstable and unreliable,...

Pros: You know when your friends are online, you can send files through it, stick reports, voice chat etc.
Cons: LAG, BOOT,etc

Ok well, I'm going to write the goods and then the evils of this one.

The good: This pager loads up fast, regardless of how many people you have on your buddy list. It has a lot of features:check your stocks, get the news, find a friend, tells...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: none

I LOVE yahoo!! Yahoo is the very first messenger service I have used. I think the best feature is that someone can send you a message on yahoo messenger even if your offline, so you can get it as soon as you are online!

Other features include:...

Pros: Always getting better
Cons: You need to know Yahoo! users

I have to give Yahoo! credit for this one. When the Yahoo! pager first came out, it wasn't too bad but it was no where near other products similar to it. One thing Yahoo! never did was give up though. Every couple months they come out with a new improved...

Pros: easy to use.
Cons: messes up once in a while due to the network.

out of any of these messenger programs, Yahoo messenger is the best as far as i'm concerned. there's only one complaint that I have which actually seems to not be a problem of the program. it once in a while doesn't send messages. but if you are actually...

Pros: Easy to use, no installations
Cons: Mail notifier is annoying

I am one of the few, the proud, the non-Windows/Mac users of the world. Usually, those of us who belong to this group (the Linux/Unix/BSD etc. users) get the short end of the stick when it comes to the nifty gadget-like programs available to us, because...

Pros: Basic features like chat, voice chat and file transfer provided plus IMVironments
Cons: Too much bandwidth, UI could improve.

Introduction
With Internet becoming a household must, communications have taken a new dimension these days. Internet chat is fast becoming one of the fastest and most convenient way to communicate. Given this popularity of chat, a lot of chat...

Pros: Very easy to use
Cons: Not a lot of features

Yahoo messenger is another one of the instant messangers to pop on the scene in the last couple of years. Many of you may have hear of ICQ which was one of the first ones available.

For those of you who don't know, an instant messenger is a...

Pros: Optimal at the office, very good integration into Yahoo! service, good multi-platform support
Cons: Sometimes not reliable

Since I have been using the very first IM, the ICQ service, several years ago, I haven't been looking at the numerous contenders that have come up (e.g. AOL, MSN and Yahoo!) because I thought it wouldn't be of much use for me.

Because I'm...

Pros: easy to use
Cons: its free, how bad can it be?

Yahoo messenger is a great gadget that I use both at home and at work. Downloading it from my machine with a (26k modem) took about 5 - 10 minutes to download and a few minutes to set up. Then it was pretty intuitive to get it up and running. Since...