Of all the instant messengers out in the market, I prefer Yahoo! the most. The reason being simple, it works. But well, having used it for so long, I have got used to certain things, which unfortunately Yahoo! is making me change. Here are some of the nuisance value created by the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger.
The Download Size: It has apparently grown with every version. Considering software like Opera Browser packs in so much stuff in just 3.5 Megs, a chat client for 4.7 Megs is just pathetic.
The Speed: Latest version in addition to introducing funky looking skins has made the software so bulky that it crawls on slow computers. Unless you switch to the classic skin, it mostly remains terrible to operate.
The Desktop Space: I have always preferred to have the smallest possible window for the messengers coz I have many of them open at any given time. Yahoo! Messenger in the latest avatar keeps a bulk of space empty at the bottom part where in generally Content Tabs appear. For god sake, let me have the power to resize my Messenger window!
Displaced Options: Earlier I could access the profile of a user using 2 keys, now its more complex as the options to view profiles and webcam have been buried another level deep to Contact > Contact Options. Bad, considering there are no shortcuts predefined. Even bad that I can’t specify manual shortcuts. What generation we living in? Also, I cannot find any option to join the current user I am talking to in a chat room. Maybe I am missing something.
False Buzzing: They added the buzz button to the toolbar. Earlier I found it fun, now it’s a nuisance. I want to click on the IMvironment tab and I accidentally buzz the user. I cannot recall how many times I accidentally buzzed people for no particular reason.
Sushubh Mittal is the Tech Columnist at Search Engine Journal and also the publisher of TechWhack Blogs.
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Mike on Jul 21, 2004 at 6:45 pm
You should check out Xfire’s IM
Dr Ali Akbar Qureshi on Aug 1, 2004 at 7:42 pm
Want to instal free latest version of yahoo messenger
ralph smith on Aug 19, 2004 at 6:00 am
ILL tell ya what I hate about Yahoo messenger its all the boot happy bastards in there using boot codes just for the fun of it , You say something some kid doesnt agree with and your booted
Amy G on Aug 20, 2004 at 4:12 pm
There is a patch to allow you to reduce the size of the messenger as small as you want it, works great… Find a link on my site, http://www.geocities.com/queeeenofspadez
Also a nice collection of skins for the new version.
Also check out http://www.cool-yahoo.com, the owner of the site has released a nice patch that puts many of the menu options back where they used to be, and adds options that yahoo left out.
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philip on Sep 21, 2005 at 6:57 am
please i am connected to the internet and i have just downloaded the new yahoo messenger, but there is one problem that facing is that if i login to the yahoo messenger it will login but i can get into the chat room to chat with order people, please you people shopuld give me reply me about this. thanks
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