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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. Yay! by Vo0k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another 5000 zombies for my botnet! Where's the API? Starting to write my "3rd party app" right now!

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    Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
    1. 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.

  2. Too bad... by tacarat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the link to the story that they forgot. A pity, though. They're only opening up the IM for extra, user made, modules. I was hoping they published code for the Yahoo messenger for the community. Hell, I'd be happy if they'd just update the linux version or at least make the current versions more WINE friendly. I'd like my voice chat and video, please.

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    "Common sense will be the death of us all"
  3. 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).

  4. Re:One thing by Ilgaz · · Score: 5, Informative

    They don't even care for OS X version.

    That piece of shame isn't updated so it has some OS problems. A caring end user posted a patch to versiontracker and everyone installed it. I mean the people who need it.

    Patch: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/ 29522

    Yahoo Messenger (the scandal, check comments there!) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/ 14474

  5. Y!M Newest Feature by demongeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Viral infections and data mining tools that work from WITHIN the messenger itself. No more need to open up those nasty attachments, have a plugin that automagically executes files of all times and dials home without you ever needing to think about it....