Instant messaging software enabling text, voice, and video chats, enriched with fun games and web integration features
Instant messaging software enabling text, voice, and video chats, enriched with fun games and web integration features
Vote (174 votes)
Program license Free
Developer Yahoo
Version 9.0.0.907
Works under Windows
Vote
(174 votes)
Developer
Yahoo
Works under
Windows
Program license
Free
Version
9.0.0.907
Pros
- Same Yahoo! feel with better Facebook features
- Great video quality
- A good way to do a lot on the internet without going to a lot of websites
- Always on mode is great
Cons
- Feels a bit heavy
- Too many things to use all of them
Yahoo! Messenger 9 is all the great parts of instant messaging mixed with the great parts of Facebook. Yahoo! Messenger 9 allows for its users to play games, hold real-time video and audio chats with friends, update their Facebook status, and so much more. It is a one-stop location for all internet needs.
Yahoo! Messenger 9 recently merged with Facebook in order to build a more modern system for Yahoo!. It has been a great change for them and taken Yahoo! into the new age of online chatting. Yahoo! Messenger 9 is an incredibly robust system. It can be difficult to get used to at first, but once users get ahold of it it can be very addicting.
The new merger brought many updates such as tabbing instant messages, saving recent contacts, listening to radio, using emojis, new games to play with friends, better archiving, and spam control. While it does have a new sort of Facebook charm, users should not be worried about losing the Yahoo! touch. The interface is more or less the same.
The major downside of Yahoo! Messenger 9 is the fact that it feels very heavy and can be hard to navigate at times. It would be much better if Yahoo! focused primarily on being a messenger and less on being all of the web in one location.
That being said, the video and call quality on Yahoo! Messenger 9 is good. It is very clear and is far better than other video systems on other social media websites.
One great feature of Yahoo! Messenger 9 is the Always On setting. Wherever users are, on whatever device you are using, users can stay up to date. In a world that is moving faster and faster each day, it is great to be able to stay caught up no matter wherever users find themselves.
Pros
- Same Yahoo! feel with better Facebook features
- Great video quality
- A good way to do a lot on the internet without going to a lot of websites
- Always on mode is great
Cons
- Feels a bit heavy
- Too many things to use all of them
Pros
- Syncs your email contacts to your messenger contacts
- Lets you make phone calls with an attached microphone
- Allows web cam users to video chat
- Provides easy access to popular Yahoo games like checkers and chess
- Helps you stay connected with others and make new friends
Cons
- Installation takes too long
- Comes with both background and pop up ads
- Requires you to have an existing Yahoo account before using it
- May contain adware or unwanted toolbars
- Not as many people use the program today
Yahoo Messenger 9 lets you send instant messages to family and friends from your computer and helps you recreate the fun you once had playing online.
If you grew up in the late 1990s and early 2000s, you probably remember using similar messaging systems. These systems let you set an away message, share emoticons, and chat with people from around the world. As more people started using cell phones, the popularity of these programs faded away. Yahoo users still love messaging with others which is why the company continues releasing new versions of its classic messaging system.
Yahoo Messenger 9 is easy to use. If you have a Yahoo email account, the program will automatically use your saved contacts and make a list of people you can chat with online. You also have the option of searching for users by location or by a specific user name. With a web cam connected to your computer, you can video chat with your contacts and with others you meet online, but you can also send standard instant messages back and forth.
It also comes with lots of features you can customize. You can let the program come on automatically when you turn on your computer or only when you click the icon on your desktop, and you can decide whether you want the program to save your user name and password or if you enter that information each time you launch it.
Yahoo Messenger 9 also comes with an activities manager that lets you play games and do other activities online. You can play chess, dominoes, checkers, or even backgammon with people from all around the world. If you have a microphone attached to your computer, you can even make voice calls online.
Some of the problems you remember about older editions still exist today. Installing the program can take up to an hour or more, and it comes with a lot of added programs that can slow down your computer. Once you launch Yahoo Messenger 9, you'll also notice ads running in the background that you cannot turn off. There are also ads that pop up as soon as you launch the program that you'll need to turn off to see the messaging screen. Yahoo Messenger 9 is a solid chat program though, and it might reduce the number of text messages you send every day.
Pros
- Syncs your email contacts to your messenger contacts
- Lets you make phone calls with an attached microphone
- Allows web cam users to video chat
- Provides easy access to popular Yahoo games like checkers and chess
- Helps you stay connected with others and make new friends
Cons
- Installation takes too long
- Comes with both background and pop up ads
- Requires you to have an existing Yahoo account before using it
- May contain adware or unwanted toolbars
- Not as many people use the program today
