Yahoo! Mail to get integrated IM
Can't get enough IM? If you use a Gmail account frequently, you know the benefits of being able to ping anyone for a quick chat quickly after receiving an email. Well it seems like Yahoo is going to be adding this to their email services as well. Yahoo! Instant Messenger will be built inside of Yahoo!'s free email service so users can chat and see when contacts are online. Yahoo has the largest free email user base which sits at about 250 million users, while Google's Gmail sits at the bottom with 51 million users. Supposedly the integration could be any day now for users that log into the Yahoo! Mail beta. Michael Arrington caught a peek of the new beta and reports that each new IM can be triggered when users are online, popping up in a new tab within Yahoo email.













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Subscribe to commentsJohnNov 10th 2006 2:10PM
You know that IM screen (the whole bubbles look) reminds me awfully like iChat...
JustinNov 10th 2006 2:55PM
I guess this can't hurt - although I don't think it is really a big deal; personally, I will continue to use my merged chat client because it has all my IM contacts in one place.
ToddZNov 10th 2006 5:09PM
That's swell.
Now PLEEEEEEZE Yahoo, for crying out loud, update the archaic web calendar.
Larry JohnsonNov 10th 2006 6:31PM
I welcome it, but please keep it simple for us older adults. I still have'nt figured out Windows Live. It keeps denying my password. All these IM''s have so many bells and whistles. I just want to "talk" to my friends.
Eric MNov 11th 2006 2:17PM
and I thought I would be the first to complain about the archaic yahoo calendar. COME ON YAHOO! GET IT TOGETHER! LET'S SEE SOME UPDATES! I'm running OS X now - GOODBYE MS! AND INTEGRATION WITH ADDRESS BOOK AND ICAL WOULD BE FANTASTIC!
Hello -- Yahoo can I get a YEAH-HOO!?
JayNov 30th 2006 7:56PM
I use Yahoo Mail more than any other Web application, and this is one of the WORST ideas I have seen come from Yahoodom yet. I'm outraged that they are spending their time developing this totally unnecessary feature, which will make YMail even more bloated once they finally finish it, when (1) I already run YMessenger and do not need a redundant Web interface for it, (2) the new YMail lacks several features that I depend on for managing my email, and (3) the existing YMail is starting to degrade and things that used to work are now broken. Yahoo is starting to look more like Microsoft and less like the innovative, unified service that got my loyalty in the first place.
rezaDec 18th 2006 3:30AM
hi
maheshDec 22nd 2006 6:57AM
hello sir send me yahoo beta updates links ok then
thanking you
mahesh reddy
ArsenDec 27th 2006 6:26PM
i like to use ymail BETA... mail me the link of actual update ...
ArsenDec 28th 2006 12:47AM
can any1 help --- how can i get YMessengr in my yahoo mail?
TimDec 29th 2006 8:19PM
I think it has its +s and -s.
+= we won't need to download a software anymore so we'll save place on our computers.
It's a great way to communicate
-=Of course it will slow it down and they should get the calendar... and notepad going.
ZuumJan 4th 2007 2:50PM
Yahoo beta email doesn't work on my aging W98SE laptop, which I use regularly away from home - having to switch back and forth isn't worth the trouble. I hope it's changed so that it supports W98.
Bob EhrnmanJan 5th 2007 7:29PM
Ever since I downloaded the Yahoo Mail Beta, whenever I sign on my mail is not available without clicking on check mail. What do I have to do to get my mail on the start up screen?
Bob EhrnmanJan 5th 2007 7:29PM
My mailbox does not open when I open My Yahoo. Before I downloaded the beta, it worked fine. Any suggestions?
ARJUN SOODJan 19th 2007 3:58AM
yes i agree with above statement .yahoo msuy provide messenger while cecking e mail...i hope that i will c this new yahoo soon
peabarbaraFeb 7th 2007 10:39AM
I want my yahoo Back