Yahoo Messenger is the free instant messaging software that the Yahoo Search Engine provides. It allows users to manage some of their Yahoo account features from their desktop, while communicating with friends via instant messages, emails, and SMS messages. Yahoo Messenger users are also able to take advantage of audio and video conversations, send and receive pictures and other small files, and use a variety of built-in emoticons.

 

Yahoo Messenger For Mac
Yahoo Messenger For Mac includes all of the same features of the original version, but is specifically designed for Mac users. Yahoo Messenger For Mac can be downloaded by clicking here and selecting the “Download Now” button. While Yahoo Messenger For Mac is almost identical to the other versions of the software in terms of features and tools, it has a completely unique theme that matches the sleek appearance of other Mac applications as well as the Mac Operating System environment itself.

 

Advantages/Disadvantages
Yahoo Messenger For Mac is much sleeker than other versions of the software and features three colored lights (red, orange, and green) in the upper left hand corner of the screen that indicate the user’s status. The user interface itself is much thinner than the Windows version of the software and simply lists the user’s friends and displays any conversations the user is participating in beneath them.