Just last November, Yahoo introduced Yahoo Messenger that was integrated with Yahoo Mail Beta at the Web 2.0 conference. At the time, it was just a preview, but now Yahoo is ready to roll it out to users. They started this process yesterday, but not everyone will get it at once. If you don’t have it already, you should have it soon.
This is such a no-brainer integration that many Yahooers will be happy with. At the top of your Yahoo Mail Beta, you’ll notice, the online/offline presence indicator. When you are logged in, and available, you’re able to see which of your contacts are online in the left panel of your inbox. If any of your contacts are online, you can just click to start a conversation with them, which will open in a new tab.
You’ll find the tabs up at the top of the screen. The messaging within the Mail is complete with conversation bubbles and avatars. Additional instant message conversations would appear in tabs up at the top. If you had three conversations going, you’d have three separate tabs for each of them.
With the tabbing, it will be easy for you to switch back and forth between Yahoo! Mail Beta, and Messenger. Another nice feature is that with one click, you can take a conversation you just had in messenger and convert it into an email. The whole conversation would be displayed within your email.
The image above comes from a screencast that Yahoo put together. You can view the screencast below, and you can find the high resolution version hereRemember, this will work only with Yahoo! Mail Beta, and not everyone will have this feature right away.
That is cool, well I like the Gmail has done it and it was only time that Yahoo would do it.
I use the chat in Gmail all the time, and I like it. What’s different about this Yahoo version is that it opens in tabs at the top, which I think I might prefer to the little “pop-up” in Gmail. Either way, I think it’s a nice addition and an extra added convenience.
[TwoPics.com] offers a free digital photo software to help you design and share your Yahoo! Instant Messenger avatars.
You can use your own photos or select popular ones from their image library.
First go to [twopics.com] and choose the TwoPics you want to use. Then upload them using the form on the TwoPics homepage. The small image is the one your friends will see when they look at their contacts lists while big image is the one your friends will see when they point to your name in that list.
Twopics.com’s photo editor software will resize the digital photos you want to use and optimize them for Y! Messenger. You can use jpeg, gif or png file formats.
The one BIG thing Yahoo!’s version is missing is a chat archive. Otherwise, it’s an excellent, welcome addition
The online chat archive is pretty nice with Google, and I’m sure Yahoo will follow soon enough. Companies are trying to bring as much data from a user’s computer onto the Internet, and Yahoo is among the top ones leading the way. I can’t imagine they would overlook this feature.
Yahoo! is rolling out this update (very) slowly, in fact only two farms have it now. Luckily for you, this hack will let you get it RIGHT NOW, regardless of farm. Note: this hack even works for AT&T and other ISP users
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That is VERY sneaky, and yet so easy to do. Nice find!