RE: Yahoo Messenger

Hi,

Yes the implementation really could've been better, like forgoing the
"yahoo.com" part for a start.

Out of pure curiosity, would this "other platform" you're referring to be OS
X?

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"Captain Nemo" wrote:

> Not only do I not see the point of the interop with Yahoo Messenger, but the
> way it is done is very poor. One of my signin names on WLM was
> "", and that had worked for me for a long long time. I also
> used the same ID as my Yahoo Messenger ID. Guess what, now they are both
> confused! Of course, if I click on "send an email" on that WLM contact, I can
> be sure to see some stupid email address come up: myname(yahoo.com)@msn.com
> or similar. Very poor execution to say the least.
> And now my pet peeve - what for? For nothing! I literally know nobody using
> WLM who does not have Yahoo Messenger on as well. I do too, and it is
> certainly not that poor "interop" that's going to change that. I like my
> world like that.
> I use Yahoo to do video or voice with some of my friends, and in particular
> some on exotic platforms not supported by WLM. But I also use Yahoo because I
> like some of it. I do not see any value in the interop - zilch. I would see a
> ton of value in a great full featured WLM for more platforms...