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Yahoo! Opens up Their Instant Messenger

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-this-cooperation-is-making-me-nervous dept.

prostoalex writes "Reuters is reporting on the new release of Yahoo! Messenger, which will allow third-party applications and plugins to run within the Messenger environment. From the article: 'Initial partners include 30 Boxes, a calendar-sharing site that competes with Google Calendar, commodities trading site Hedgestreet.com and Pando.com, which offers a service for sharing videos or other files via BitTorrent technology. More than 100 mini-programs will be available initially.' The application is currently available in beta. Relatedly, Microsoft is removing the beta warning label from Windows Live Messenger and promises better voice communications, landline calls and future integration with Yahoo! Messenger."

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  1. Re:AOL Triton?? by kjart · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Do you actually know someone who wants to use their computer to videochat at the same time they're talking to someone and IMing a third while downloading something?

    Yes, I do - young people. Based on your ID, I'd guess you don't fit into that demographic (but I could be wrong).

  2. Re:Yay! by kjart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not that I don't find that comment funny, but I'm curious why AOL adopting a 3rd party addon model is seen as a security hazard (I'd wager a decent chunk of /. feels that way - could be wrong) whereas Firefox is considered a secure browser.

    Then again, it is AOL.