Mon 13 Jun 2005
Yahoo and Skype?
Posted by Patricia Müller under Internet and Net Culture , Opinion , Scripts and Software | 9:11 pm[5] Comments
If these rumors are true, then more people will finally migrate to Yahoo Messenger. I think it’s great!!! I can’t wait!! Why people insist in using MSN Messenger is a mystery to me. I hate the damn thing. For many different reasons, some of which I mentioned in an interview I gave last week to one of the big newspapers in Brasil. Yes, that’s how much I prefer Yahoo Messenger, I am so well known for liking it that I even got interviewd about it.
But honestly, why do people use MSN Messenger? It’s too big and takes a lot of space on screen, it doesn’t allow different status(es?) to different contacts, doesn’t send offline messages or even when you’re under invisible mode, the contact list is cluttered, not even the smilies are half expressive as Yahoo’s – and I could go on and on with reasons for people not to use MSN Messenger, but still it seems like everyone and their brothers use it. And I can’t convince many people to try using Yahoo, so if the above is true and Skype and Yahoo merge into one, I will be a very happy gal. 
June 14th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
I think it’s simply a matter of convenience quite frankly. It comes bundled with all the other MS products, a lot of people have hotmail email addresses, etc. Looking around for another application might just take too much energy for some people. I myself use Trillian (on PC, Adium on the Mac) so I can handle the different platforms people use. I wouldn’t go back to a stand alone chat program now.
January 12th, 2006 at 3:17 am
I think it’s simply a matter of convenience quite frankly. It comes bundled with all the other MS products, a lot of people have hotmail email addresses, etc. Looking around for another application might just take too much energy for some people. I myself use Trillian (on PC, Adium on the Mac) so I can handle the different platforms people use. I wouldn’t go back to a stand alone chat program
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Well, it wont matter- because Yahoo! and Microsoft announced last year that they will be cross-compatible anyway.
July 28th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I prefer jajah.com
December 14th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
I think it’s simply a matter of convenience quite frankly. It comes bundled with all the other MS products, a lot of people have hotmail email addresses, etc. Looking around for another application might just take too much energy for some people.