New friend-happy design, PC-to-PC voice calling, drag and drop photos, Yahoo! Mail...
New in v9.x:
New friend-happy design, with more room for friends' images, information, and updates; support for new Emoticons and plus new skins, ability to use Flickr for swapping photos; Release Notes - Last Updated: 06.02.08 (v9.0.0.1389 Beta Release)
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New in v8.x: Contact Search Bar, ability to make PC-to-phone calls (at low rates), ability to give your PC a phone number for people to call (for monthly charge), support for listening to free Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast radio; Release Notes - Last Updated: 09.07.07 (v8.1.0.421)
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New in v7.0: Free worldwide calling over the Internet, drag-and-drop photos feature, enhanced capabilities for adding and inviting friends to Yahoo! Messenger; Release Notes - Last Updated: 08.09.05 (v7.0.0.426)
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New in v4.0: Support for making inexpensive international phone calls, recent history and message archive, Nicknames support, send contact information feature; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:5
New in v3.5: Yahoo Companion for sending IMs from your browser, Yahoo Messenger Tour for new users, various bug fixes and minor feature enhancements
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New in v3.0: Make free pc-to-phone calls in the U.S., new chat client, IM window with toolbar buttons, emoticons (smileys for use in IMs), font effects; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:5
New in v3.0 Beta: Improved voice chat (now full duplex with handsfree support), status icons (for displaying whether your online friends are busy or idle), integrated member directory search, tabs for calendars and auctions; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:3
New in Beta Build 754: Minimized message option (minimizes to system traybar icon), e-mail and online/offline notifications for friends (from system traybar icon), improved themes support, configurable fonts and colors for messages; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:3
Pros: Freeware, strong feature-set, voice chat capabilities, integration with Yahoo
Cons: Must first register with a Yahoo! server, lacks built-in support for chat rooms
