Yahoo! Mail to get integrated IM

by Chris Gilmer Nov 10th 2006

Can't get enough IM? If you use a Gmail account frequently, you know the benefits of being able to ping anyone for a quick chat quickly after receiving an email. Well it seems like Yahoo is going to be adding this to their email services as well. Yahoo! Instant Messenger will be built inside of Yahoo!'s free email service so users can chat and see when contacts are online. Yahoo has the largest free email user base which sits at about 250 million users, while Google's Gmail sits at the bottom with 51 million users. Supposedly the integration could be any day now for users that log into the Yahoo! Mail beta. Michael Arrington caught a peek of the new beta and reports that each new IM can be triggered when users are online, popping up in a new tab within Yahoo email.

Tags: chat, email, im, instant messenger, InstantMessenger, mail, yahoo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John said 2:10PM on 11-10-2006

You know that IM screen (the whole bubbles look) reminds me awfully like iChat...

Justin said 2:55PM on 11-10-2006

I guess this can't hurt - although I don't think it is really a big deal; personally, I will continue to use my merged chat client because it has all my IM contacts in one place.

ToddZ said 5:09PM on 11-10-2006

That's swell.

Now PLEEEEEEZE Yahoo, for crying out loud, update the archaic web calendar.

Larry Johnson said 6:31PM on 11-10-2006

I welcome it, but please keep it simple for us older adults. I still have'nt figured out Windows Live. It keeps denying my password. All these IM''s have so many bells and whistles. I just want to "talk" to my friends.

Eric M said 2:17PM on 11-11-2006

and I thought I would be the first to complain about the archaic yahoo calendar. COME ON YAHOO! GET IT TOGETHER! LET'S SEE SOME UPDATES! I'm running OS X now - GOODBYE MS! AND INTEGRATION WITH ADDRESS BOOK AND ICAL WOULD BE FANTASTIC!
Hello -- Yahoo can I get a YEAH-HOO!?

Jay said 7:56PM on 11-30-2006

I use Yahoo Mail more than any other Web application, and this is one of the WORST ideas I have seen come from Yahoodom yet. I'm outraged that they are spending their time developing this totally unnecessary feature, which will make YMail even more bloated once they finally finish it, when (1) I already run YMessenger and do not need a redundant Web interface for it, (2) the new YMail lacks several features that I depend on for managing my email, and (3) the existing YMail is starting to degrade and things that used to work are now broken. Yahoo is starting to look more like Microsoft and less like the innovative, unified service that got my loyalty in the first place.

reza said 3:30AM on 12-18-2006

mahesh said 6:57AM on 12-22-2006

hello sir send me yahoo beta updates links ok then

thanking you

mahesh reddy

Arsen said 6:26PM on 12-27-2006

i like to use ymail BETA... mail me the link of actual update ...

Arsen said 12:47AM on 12-28-2006

can any1 help --- how can i get YMessengr in my yahoo mail?

Tim said 8:19PM on 12-29-2006

I think it has its +s and -s.

+= we won't need to download a software anymore so we'll save place on our computers.
It's a great way to communicate
-=Of course it will slow it down and they should get the calendar... and notepad going.

Zuum said 2:50PM on 1-04-2007

Yahoo beta email doesn't work on my aging W98SE laptop, which I use regularly away from home - having to switch back and forth isn't worth the trouble. I hope it's changed so that it supports W98.

Bob Ehrnman said 7:29PM on 1-05-2007

My mailbox does not open when I open My Yahoo. Before I downloaded the beta, it worked fine. Any suggestions?

Bob Ehrnman said 7:29PM on 1-05-2007

Ever since I downloaded the Yahoo Mail Beta, whenever I sign on my mail is not available without clicking on check mail. What do I have to do to get my mail on the start up screen?

ARJUN SOOD said 3:58AM on 1-19-2007

yes i agree with above statement .yahoo msuy provide messenger while cecking e mail...i hope that i will c this new yahoo soon

peabarbara said 10:39AM on 2-07-2007

I want my yahoo Back

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