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1. Nice poll!

   Comment by Jademan — July 10, 2009 #

2. Most the time @ home

   Comment by Oskarlover.com — July 10, 2009 #

3. Most usage is on my iPhone via BeejiveIM since it has push notification.

   Comment by Cooper — July 10, 2009 #

4. Hello Sarah, I use the messenger at home, it is my favorite tool on the screen. Best wishes and happy summer,
   Henryk

   Comment by Henryk — July 11, 2009 #

5. when will ym provide a messenger for linux user? it almost nothing update for linux (ubuntu user) version

   Comment by ellyrocker — July 12, 2009 #

6. I’m posting this here because no emails to technical support have *ever* been answered by a human.

   In all seriousness, how to I report and get feedback on a major usability problem with Yahoo! Messenger that has caused me to loose more information than in any other single piece of software. I genuinely cannot believe that a) none of your product testers have ever noticed it, and b) that you are not inundated with complaints about it.

   Who can I contact??

   Comment by Ian Davies — July 12, 2009 #

7. John, I’m not complaining about booters (although you’re right, Y! seems to take no interest in this problem), I’m talking about a flaw in the Messenger software itself. Imagine this scenario:
   I have ‘Messages from people not on my Messenger list’ set to appear in a single window; I’m in a room, so I have several messages waiting in that window and I’ve even answered a couple so I have windows open for those conversations too. Now, I am in the middle of typing a response, and like a lot of people who aren’t touch-typists I tend to look at the keyboard more than the screen when I’m typing, and I haven’t noticed another message drop into the list so I keep typing. Several things now happen: because of Messenger’s stupid habit of popping windows up over the top of what you’re doing, the ‘Messages from people not on my Messenger list’ window is now on top, *and* has grabbed keyboard focus *AND* the default active button is “Ignore All”. I mean, really, anyone with half a brain can see this stupid coming a mile off… anyway, I now happen to hit the space bar because I haven’t noticed that the stupid window has popped up over what I’m doing, and guess what? Hitting space activates the “Ignore All” button, so in the blink of an eye I lose the list of messages that I haven’t read/answered yet, and because the chat windows I have open are with people who aren’t on my friend list yet, the get closed as well because those people have now been ignored. Just to add insult to injury, because they weren’t on my friends list, my archive wasn’t saving their messages, so I am left with absolutely no record of who I was talking to or what I had said.

   Genius. Absolute, frigging, genius.

   Comment by Ian Davies — July 13, 2009 #

8. Well dat makes a good point I ways txt and I’m on my fone da most.

   Comment by sutomeehusomee — July 13, 2009 #

9. I use it exclusively at work.

   Comment by Fake Al Gore — July 13, 2009 #

10. @Ian Davies
    “because of Messenger’s stupid habit of popping windows up over the top of what you’re doing”

    There is an option in Yahoo! Messenger to appear message windows in background or MINIMIZED. This option will not pop the new messsage windows over the top of you what you are currently doing. Take a glimpse on your Yahoo! Messenger Preferences at Messages category. FYI, this is an option in YM 9…. not sure in earlier versions…

    Genius. Absolute, frigging, genius.

    Comment by tosh — July 14, 2009 #

11. I use it anywhere but mostly at home. I use webmessenger when i am on other’s house who does not have messenger. I use YM at work. I access Ym using my mobile (wAP).

    Comment by tosh — July 14, 2009 #

12. On my iPhone via BeejiveIM and on my MacBook via the Yahoo client.

    Comment by Kevin — July 14, 2009 #

13. I use the messanger most the time in home

    Comment by hadi fonooni — July 15, 2009 #

14. [...] Yahoo! Messenger Team, au inceput un sondaj in urma cu cinci zile, in care userii sunt invitati sa spuna de unde folosesc cel mai mult Yahoo! Messenger. [...]

    Pingback by De unde folosesti Yahoo! Messenger? : Instant Messaging & Games – Mobile & PC — July 15, 2009 #

15. @Tosh

    Thanks for the response. It’s pretty lame though, don’t you think? It still pops up the first time a message comes in and you have to minimise it yourself and while it does at least then stay minimised, it gives you zero feedback when new messages arrive.

    Why the hell doesn’t *anyone* from Yahoo! ever answer any bloody questions??

    Comment by Ian Davies — July 16, 2009 #

16. I use YIM for IMing, which i raely sign into anymore. The chat rooms are garbage. yahoo probably has figured out its cheap to here the constant complaints about the bots which i am convinced they tell the advertisers which rooms are most often full, just not that 99% of those are bots.only chat i use is Paltalk, well worth the $59.95 a year.

    Comment by tom — July 17, 2009 #

17. @Ian Davies

    It does not happen to me. All of my messages open minimized.

    For me, it is still the best messenger ever.

    Comment by Tosh — July 18, 2009 #

18. Since having this computer, and windows vista came already preinstalled, the only problem encountered was windows crashing sometimes, but I’ve gotten accostomed to it, don,t know any other OS. And haven’t had any problems with my website or yahoo messenger. I guess I got lucky. And up till now only had one plug in.CBS radio. now I have 2, yahoo 360, or the new version, since they(yahoo) updated it. I just used it, I’m happy.

    Comment by John Barrett. — July 19, 2009 #

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