Yahoo! Chat Clients
What are Yahoo! Chat Clients?
Yahoo! Chat Clients are the programs used to interact with Yahoo! Chat. The Official clients is Yahoo! Messenger, however, this is more vulnerable to attacks, and contains less features, customisations and control; for this reason people may choose to use third party chat clients.
This webpage has been designed in order to give you an overview of the available Yahoo! Chat Clients. It is not a full description of each client, but the important facts are covered. For more information view their websites. I try to give an unbiased review, and leave it for you to choose, I don't selectively choose clients based on whether I like their authors.
Comparison
The table below lists which clients support some of the more important features. Most clients support a basic set of features, which I need not list. Unique features may appear in the descriptions, below. Click a client name to read more, or scroll down to go through each one! Click a heading for more information on what it means.
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Y!Supra - http://www.ysupra.com
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Y!Supra is a third party chat client that will enrich your Yahoo! experience with its user-friendly design and advanced protection features.
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GOOD
Tabbed Instant Messages
File Transfer
Clean, Simple Interface
Animated Smileys
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BAD
No Webcam
No Avatars
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YaZak - http://messy.zak.2ya.com
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A fairly new client produced in Visual Basic (which means you may need the runtime files off the site). It doesn't have the best of user interfaces, but it has tried, and it works well. It's fairly boot proof.
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GOOD
Gossip Chat
Auto Word Correction
Audibles
Animated Smileys
Animated Avatars
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BAD
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Yahsmosis - http://yahsmosis.googlecode.com
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Yahsmosis is an unofficial Yahoo! Chat client that aims to provide a working source-code and functionality to the AutoIt community and other users with a variety of features.
Voice is also available but as a separate download.
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GOOD
Wildcard Ignores
Scripted filters
Spam Detection
User-Groups and Permissions
Open Source (AutoIT)
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BAD
View only Tattoos
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Y!Caddy - http://home-town-geek.com
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A newer chat client with a different take on the User Interface experience and with features not found in other clients, such as a plug-in interface for other developers.
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GOOD
Tabbed Private Messages
Voice in Private Messages
Encryption option with other Y!Caddy Users
Inline YouTube and Images
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BAD
The User Interface may take some time getting used to.
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YahELite - http://www.yahelite.org
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Not as old as cheeta, but YahELite has been around a long time, and is very easy to customise, most aspects of the client can be customised to your own liking. It's very small to download and is a low memory user. It's easy to operate, but you might get confused at the start. Smaller, limited versions are also available, See Here. This client also supports mail retrieval and sending, as well as Yahoo! SMS.
Note:You may want to use Captcha Grab to help get a captcha to join a room.
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GOOD
File Sharing
Levels of Spam Protection
Extension Feature for programmers, see YahSeek
500 Quick access buttons - for common posts
Spell checking
Text To Speech
Support for international character and all international room lists.
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BAD
Confusing to the new user for the first 10 minutes!
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