In addition to "normal" emoticons, versions 6.0 and later included "audibles."Įven though Y!M couldn't match MSN Messenger or AIM by number of users, its users were estimated to spend much more time on the app, with an average of 57 minutes per day. Another feature that turned out to be more influential than it seemed at first was the inclusion of emoticons, including animated ones. With version 5.5, the video-chat quality was improved to a 240 x 320 resolution and 20 FPS.
users in 2002, but still hadn't closed the gap from AIM, while MSN Messenger did. Yahoo! Messenger kept growing, reaching about 20 million U.S. With Microsoft only offering video chatting on the Windows XP-exclusive Windows Messenger, it was still the best option for many users. In late 2001, version 5.0 added file-transfer capabilities, and video chatting at a 120 x 160 resolution, with one (yes, one) frame per second. One survey from 2000 estimated that Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger each had about 10 million users in the U.S., with AIM having more than 20 million. The Windows CE version was the closest thing to WhatsApp in 2002. Versions for Windows CE and mobile phones became available shortly after. The following year, Yahoo! became a pioneer in the mobile IM area, signing a deal with Palm to bundle Messenger with its handheld computers. That year, competition became fiercer with Microsoft's MSN Messenger. In 1999, Pager gained voice chat capabilities and was renamed Yahoo! Messenger. Yahoo! Pager was launched in 1998, with notifications when friends came online or when a Yahoo! Mail message was received, and 3 status types: "available," "busy" and "on vacation." The ability to add friends based on their Yahoo! username, which was visible on other sections of the site as well, almost turned Yahoo! into a social network. Creating a competitor based on Yahoo! Chat was easy and destined for success.
Instant messaging had already been made popular by ICQ and AIM in the previous two years, but the market was still growing along the internet itself. In 1998, Yahoo! was the most visited site on the web, with an index of recommended websites, an email service, chat rooms, and more.
The instant messaging client was never the most popular of its kind, but for many years, it was close enough to keep trying, introducing many features years before they became the norm. If you're old enough to remember a world without smartphones, you've probably heard about Yahoo! Messenger (or Yahoo! the search engine), even if you've never used it.
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