From a variety of skins to its nearly-native design for Windows XP and Vista, Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 is not only versatile and easy-to-use, but is also one of the best looking IM clients in the industry.
About.com readers have named Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 as this year’s best designed IM and for good reason: this client simply is one of the most attractive. While past versions have appeared a bit “chunky” and somewhat disorganized, the team at Yahoo! has worked hard to exceed expectations to deliver this beauty of an IM.
From a well-organized plugins section, menu and feature tabs to the easy-to-use Yahoo! contacts list, Yahoo! Messenger deserves this year’s title of Best Designed IM (GUI).
How Readers Voted
- eBuddy – 144 votes (three percent)
- Google Talk – 245 votes (six percent)
- IMO.im – 47 votes (one percent)
- Windows Live Messenger – 59 votes (one percent)
- Yahoo! Messenger 9.0* – 3489 votes (87 percent)
