Yahoo!'s answer to web-based Google Talk is now live on the tubes: Yahoo! Messenger for the Web lets you chat, download-free, on the Y! network right inside the web browser.
Let's cut to the chase. Web-based Y! Messenger takes the desktop app experience in the browser to a whole new level with some killer features: "so-and-so is typing" notification while your chat buddy is composing a message (Campfire, you need this), slick tab title scrolling of a new message when Web Messenger is in a background tab, online per-contact message history, a tabbed interface for multiple chats and an animated selection of Y!'s classically fun and expressive emoticons. Also, Y! Messenger plays nice with Windows Live Messenger, too.
It was on Yahoo! Messenger that I fell in love with chatting back in the late 90's, so I'd be lying if I said Messenger for the Web didn't make my heart skip a beat or two tonight. Browser support is impressive, too: you can get your web-based Y! chat on in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera AND Safari. My Y!-loyal pal over in IT lockdown is literally throwing a party over this, she hasn't had her favorite instant messenger at the office for so long. Sign in with your Yahoo! account over at http://web.im (nice domain, Yahoo) to give it a spin. Thanks, Ryan!
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