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Social-networking sites are meant to help us keep up with our friends, but they often end up taking up way more of our time than they should. Yoono for Internet Explorer is a clever browser extension that lets you merge all of your social-networking and chat services into one unobtrusive interface.
The extension installs easily, and it's evident from the moment the extension launches that Yoono's designers are pros; the sidebar that contains Yoono has a sleek and attractive look. Users are walked through the steps of configuring Yoono, which includes selecting all of the social networking services that are to be connected. The options include Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, FriendFollow, LinkedIn, and Foursquare, as well as the chat services Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, and Google Talk. Once Yoono is configured, a feed combining updates from all of the selected services appears in the sidebar. The sidebar also contain a Discovery tab that holds a variety of different types of Internet searches, as well as a button for sharing links with some or all of your networks. Users can post status updates to all of their networks at once, receive notifications of new messages, and chat with users on the various chat services, all from one discreet interface. The sidebar can be hidden and viewed with the click of a button. Overall, we were impressed with Yoono, with one exception: after we had selected several social networks that we wanted to use with Yoono, we found it impossible to access the list of available services to select additional ones. The extension's documentation includes instructions for the initial configuration, but no guidance on making changes after that. This was frustrating, and we hope that future versions will correct this problem. Still, on the whole, Yoono is a great way to integrate all of your chatting and social networking activities in one compact interface.
Yoono for Internet Explorer installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this extension to all users.
Publisher's Description
From Yoono:
Yoono is a powerful but easy to use social app that helps you simplify your online social life by connecting you to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Friendfeed, AIM, Yahoo IM and more...all in one place. View your real time stream of updates from friends as it happens. Yoono is also the easiest way to share stuff with all your social networks - share links, images and video from the page you're viewing across all your networks simultaneously. Connect to all your social networks and never miss another status update from friends or family. Update your status across all your social networks at the same time. All your IM services integrated in one app - no more logging on to multiple services. Easily share links, images, and video from the page you are viewing with the built in mini browser across all your social networks at the same time.
What's new in this version: Version 6.1 features updates based on Yoono 6 framework.
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"It di not work at all"
Version: Yoono for Internet Explorer 6.1
Pros
None. None. (I couldn't just write none as its a 10 character minimum).
Cons
It did not work. It opened a blank side bar and a page with an error message saying page forbidden because you need to sign in but there was never any chance to sign in or register. I have a Yoono account from using Yoono with Firefox but no sign in section ever appeared on the screen in any form. It was totally useless.
Summary
If you want to use Yoono switch browsers or download the desktop version from yoono's website.
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"Easier to uninstall than to install and set up"
Version: Yoono for Internet Explorer 6.1
Pros
Would be good if I were able to set it up for all (or both) my social networks
Cons
First, the social network list refused to show itself. After re-install, only 1 site showed up on the list. Way too much work for what it does, so I uninstalled the same day.
Summary
For me, not worth the trouble to install, even for free.
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