Yahoo Pager (for Internet Explorer) build 712

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Of all the chat clients tied to a portal, Yahoo delivers the most impressive messaging experience. Its network is intelligently integrated, its chat features are smart and intuitive, and its extras are often genuinely interesting. If you're a Yahoo user, you'll have access to all the information you store in your Yahoo profile, including your calendar, address book, and customized news. Messaging is about as straightforward as it gets, and message archives are handy, though not always easy to sift through. Though the program's animated emoticons and "IMVironments" could come across as cheesy and irrelevant, they turn out to be surprisingly winning. One great example of the integrated network supporting interesting extras is the Yahoo Photos IMVironment, which lets you share photos you have stored online right in the messaging window. Alas, ads appear in the multiuser chat window, although thankfully not in the one-to-one messaging window. The latest version of YIM offers VoIP calling to other Yahoo users and allows you to leave voice messages and check call history. Watch the CNET video review of Yahoo Pager (for Internet Explorer):

Publisher's description

From Yahoo :

Yahoo Pager is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and send them instant messages. Yahoo Pager also can alert you when you have new mail in your Yahoo mail account. Other features include firewall support; a standby mode that minimizes the pager until an Internet connection is made; a tab that alerts you when certain stocks reach price limits and provides you with fast access to boards, news, and charts; the ability to save and print your conversations; and more. Other features in this release are tabs to get your latest news and sports scores, the ability to automatically create a chat room, stock alerts, and a Quick Compact mode that hides the pager tools to maximize your viewing area. This version also lets you send messages to friends, even if they're not online when you are.

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