Posted by
Homer
2:40 PM
Category: yahoo fails its users , Yahoo Messenger , yahoo messenger 9.0 , yahoo messenger alternative
So now being a pissed off little blogger who gets 100+ views per day, I'm now going to be referring Yahoo Messenger users to some Yahoo Messenger alternatives.
Here's a list of what I've found:
Only ones I do know about are Pidgin and Trillian. Pidgin is found by default in the popular open-source OS Ubuntu. As for Trillian, I had used it as an alternative when I had just gotten Vista and when Yahoo Messenger 8.1 was acting... as if it were dropped while a newborn.
All four mentioned above are all free for private use and all work with Yahoo Messenger accounts. Not to mention, they work flawlessly with Vista and Vista SP1. Kinda sad for a large company like Yahoo can't control their own software but other 3rd party software's work better.
Oh, and let me not forget, all four programs named above work with multiple accounts. If you are like me, 2 Yahoo, 2 Hotmail, 2 AOL accounts, you can sign into all of your favorite messenger IDs just by using one program :)
I wonder if Yahoo can beat that :) Tweet This
You forgot to mention they do not support voice and webcam chat. So others on yahoo Messenger chat can not give you a call or have a video chat. And that trumps pidgin and all because they do not support that. Most people have 1 or 2 IM but tend to use voice and webcam chat quite often.
I've installed that thing they call Messenger9.0 for Windows XP and Vista and I can't get the darn thing to work. Yahoo sure doesn't want Vista users to use their program and what makes it worse, I have been with Yahoo for many years and now that I had to get a new computer out her in Iraq, I can't talk to family members...and I've paid, as always. for PC to phone.