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To enter a chat room, look for "Yahoo! Chat" in your Messenger menu. Then select the topic you want to discuss to join an already active room full of chatters." – barlop. Mar 9, 2011 at 16:33. updated answer based on this new info. – Marc Reside. Mar 9, 2011 at 17:01. some or all rooms are flooded with bots.. probably not a good chat thing ...
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Typing key commands can make Yahoo Messenger faster to use. You can, for example, type "Control + F" to find contacts in the messenger list. The drop-down menus show keyboard shortcuts for commands.
Available in Yahoo Messenger 9.0, Flickr lets you share photos in a side panel during IM. All of the images are shown in a thumbnail strip below the photo being displayed. A slider lets you change from one displayed image to another. Click the arrow left of the slider, and you can turn the photos into a slide show to view with your contact.
If you have the Web address of a video or map, you can watch it with a friend in the conversation window of Yahoo Messenger 9.0. Copy the URL of the video or map into the window where you type messages, and it will open in the conversation window. To watch a video with your friend, click "Watch with Me."
You can type or talk with voice chat in Yahoo Messenger chat rooms. To join a chat room, click on "Messenger," "Yahoo Chat" and "Join a Room." Select an alias to use for the chat, check out the rooms available and double-click on one you want to enter. Chat room visitors must be at least 18 years old. For voice chat, you'll need a Windows operating...
Plug-ins are mini-programs that plug into Yahoo Messenger. Conversation plug-ins let you share activities -- like shopping, playing games or checking a flight schedule -- during IM conversations. Tab plug-ins give instant information, for example about important activities on your calendar or the status of an online auction bid. You'll find tab plu...
Yahoo parental controls let you restrict the places your children go online and the people with whom they communicate. You also can receive weekly report cards showing Web sites visited, e-mails sent and received, and IMs completed with Yahoo Messenger. The Web filter can block types of Web sites or specific sites. You can limit e-mail pals to thos...
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3. Now open your Yahoo Messenger and provide your ID and Password in respective text boxes and click on Sign-In button. 4. For instant chat you need chat room to start with. Click on ‘Messenger’ from upper left corner of Yahoo application. 5. Now you can see a drop down list, search for chat room from the given list.
