Yahoo Messenger 8.0 beta Launched

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beta has launched today for Windows. They are also releasing a software development kit to allow third parties to create content plugins that users can add to their Yahoo IM. Plugins can be built using javascript, flash, or both.

There are two categories of plugins. Conversation Plugins interact with the chat environment itself. For example, with the event finder plugin, two people chatting can bring up a Yahoo map and find pegged restaurantes, venues, etc. to discuss them. Another plugin that I saw demo’d was the “avatars space” where users can interact in a virtual environment using avatars, pull in flickr photos and othe props, etc. The other type of plugins, Personal Plugins, pull content directly into the IM client itself. Users can add news, Yahoo 360, calendar plugins, etc. The idea is to pull core web services into the IM client, avoiding the need to open a browser.

Completed plugins are showcased at .

Yahoo Messenger 8 Beta

I can hardly wait to try it. What about you?

via TechCrunch

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3 responses so far,

  1. 1

    Thilak

    June 20, 2006 at 7:15 pm

    I download it !!.
    These Cute Plugins Really Rock !!

  2. 2

    johntp

    June 20, 2006 at 9:58 pm

    I have not downloaded it yet because I feel that not everybody will upgrade now since it’s beta and many features will not work when I try to chat with somebody using older versions.

  3. 3

    Adnan Siddiqi

    September 4, 2006 at 5:44 pm

    Can you guide me about tutorial for making IM based plugin for sending and reciving messages via BOT?



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