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May 08 '00
Pros: Many good qualities and capabilities such as incorporated features of yahoo accounts, and voice capability and multi-chatting
Cons: Unreliable.
Summary: I have been using Yahoo Messenger for about a year now. And throughout that time, I have enjoyed it and I have been frustrated by it.
Yahoo Messenger, was a great idea, and predated (to my knowledge) the MSN Messenger. This chat program, ... read more
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May 06 '00
Pros: Great instant messenger software, great voice chat and layout
Cons: Cons: Annoying Knocking when a friend signs on, noise disturbances.
Summary: What is Y.M.?
Y.M. is an abbreviation for Yahoo Messenger, which is a chat program very analogous to ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger, well known as AIM. Y.M. is a great way to talk to ... read more
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May 03 '00
Pros: leave messages for folks not on line
Cons: difficult to block strangers who message you
Summary: Unless you are placing personal ads on the yahoo website, Yahoo messenger is not a chat client to bother with. It utilizes more resources than it needs, slowing down other net projects if you have limited bandwidth.
It's single most selling ... read more
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Apr 27 '00
Pros: Useful, provides a lot of information
Cons: Smaller user base than Instant Messenger
Summary: Yahoo messenger contains many useful features such as notification when you receive email, News, Stock tracking, and other information services. However, it lacks the user base that AOL's instant Messenger has. For a chat or messaging program this is a ... read more
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Apr 26 '00
Pros: many features, combines many types of accounts, very clear chat
Cons: not many people use it
Summary: Yahoo! Messenger is only one of the two messenger services that I use. Yahoo! Messenger and Aol Instant Messenger are my two primary messenger services. The two of them have been competing for my attention. Almost every month they both come out with ... read more
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Apr 25 '00
Pros: send message if friends are offline
Cons: Cant think of any yet.
Summary: I really like the Yahoo Messenger chat...I love the feature that allows you to send messages while the other person is offline and they get the message when they log on. I also like the fact that it give you a great contact list, tells you when your ... read more
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Apr 22 '00
Pros: EASE OF USE, ELEGANT DESIGN. (Those Little Lit Up Smiley Faces.)
Cons: NIL.
Summary: Simplicity of use and elegance in design make Yahoo! Messenger the best chatting tool I've ever used. Admittedly, I am a Yahoo! devotee, so I was biased in favor of this chatting tool even before I tried it. (Okay, okay, let me be up front: I happened ... read more
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Apr 22 '00
Pros: It will tell you when you have mail.
Cons: It is very useless when you got AIM
Summary: Yahoo messenger is mostly useless when there is AIM. It is useless because it is to slow. When you turn it on your computer instantly slows down. It shows a loading sign that just takes too long to load. Compare to Aim it is nothing. AIM is much more ... read more
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Apr 21 '00
Pros: Voice chat and Buddy list of all servers
Cons: none yet
Summary: When I got my computer I joined AOL as my ISP. Most of my friends and family were on different ISP's. I wondered how I could chat to them.
A friend of mine told me to try Yahoo Messenger. I downloaded it and e-mailed all of my family and friends ... read more
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Apr 20 '00
Pros: good friends list, no popup
Cons: crashes my comp, gobbles up words
Summary: Yahoo Messenger is definitely not my favorite piece of messaging software for many reasons. First of all, when I do use it to try and talk to people online, just about half of my conversation is eaten up by yahoo. In effect, what basically happens is the ... read more
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Apr 16 '00
Pros: You can see when friends are online, chat, and there are lots of nice features on it
Cons: disconnects a lot lately and sometimes messages don't get though
Summary: I have had the Yahoo messenger downloaded for about a year now and it is a pretty good service. I like a lot of the features on it and how easy it is to use. I use the messenger daily and one thing I especially like is how you can see when your friends ... read more
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Apr 13 '00
Pros: alerts you when you have new e-mail
Cons: unattractive
Summary: The Yahoo! Messenger isn't all that great. It has a simple, boring design, which is not appealing at all. Even though it offers voicechat, it took me awhile to learn how to use it. Sometimes, it was hard to connect to the server; therefore, it took me ... read more
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Apr 11 '00
Pros: fun, make friends
Cons: addicting
Summary: Since i got messenger i have been hooked on it. It is the best thing a community could have. A bunch of your closest friends are added where you can spend hours chatting with them.I am on messenger almost every single day it is very addicting. it tells ... read more
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Apr 09 '00
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Cannot change font size and style
Summary: I was introduced to Yahoo by my oldest daughter who lives a couple of hours drive away from me. Since I am on AOL and could not share instant messages with her through that i signed up for Yahoo! Messenger so that we could communicate frequently without ... read more
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Apr 08 '00
Pros: Checking E-mail, Stocks, Talking with Microphones
Cons: Less people signed up then with AIM (Aol Instant messenger - which allows you to communicate with AOL members)
Summary: For the best few months I have been using AOL's free Chat Service - AOL Instant Messenger - (AIM). I wanted to try something new so I surfed over to yahoo.com and downloaded there "Yahoo! Messenger". I was surprised and impressed at how good it ... read more
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