Yahoo Messenger
Purple chat client
Yahoo Messenger was an instant messaging service operated by Yahoo from 1998 to 2018.
Users could send text messages, share files, and video chat with contacts on their "buddy list." It competed with AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger during the early internet era: We used to chat on Yahoo Messenger for hours after school.
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- chat windowInterface for text conversations
- emoticonsKeyboard-character facial expressions
- buddy listSaved messaging contacts
- contact listStored collection of contacts
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Yahoo Messengeremail
Digital written communication
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Yahoo Messengerhandwritten letters
Mail composed manually
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