There are also third party websites that provide all in one web based instant messaging. It also supports integration with Facebook Chat and Google Talk so you can directly talk to your contacts on other networks right from AIM Express.Īll the above websites are official web based instant messengers. Click the Chat Now button, and login with your AOL account. To chat with your contacts, click on the chat icon, then click on the Start New conversation box where a drop down menu will display your online contacts.ĪIM Express is the web based version of AOL Instant Messenger that runs on Flash. After logging in to Outlook, you can click on your name that is shown at the top right to change your status. The web based Windows Live Messenger has been recently integrated into the new, previously known as Hotmail. It is even possible to start a voice or video chat by installing a plugin. After signing in to Gmail, there is a chat icon located at the bottom left and clicking on it will show your online contacts at the left sidebar. Similar to Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk is also integrated into their email service Gmail. Double clicking on the contact will popup a window for you to start chatting. Your online contacts will be shown at the left hand sidebar where it either shows Top Contacts or Online Contacts. You will need to login to your Yahoo! Mail and you will be automatically logged in to messenger. The web-based Yahoo! Messenger has been integrated into the webmail. If you love all the bells and whistles, you'll love this app, but many people will find it annoying and intrusive.The web-based ICQ messenger is now called Web-ICQ instead of ICQ2Go! It runs on Flash and just click on the huge Launch Web-ICQ button to open a new window to login to your ICQ account.

The amplification of social aspects in Yahoo! Messenger isn't a revolution. The video call quality in Yahoo! Messenger is pretty good, however, and in fact if it stuck to being a chat app, we would recommend it more highly!

However, all this stuff adds a lot of weight to the Yahoo! Messenger, and it feels unsophisticated today. Some people may appreciate the shared videos, social games (as shown in the video here), radio stations, emoticons, search bar and so on. You can of course update your Facebook status from Yahoo! Messenger, and also on Yahoo! What hasn't changed from the previous version is the amount of bloat in the app.

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