Yahoo released their new version of the popular Y! messenger with an exclusive version built for Vista on WPF. This is currently only for preview. The UX is brilliant, and this app brings more of a human touch to conversations with smooth transitions and the likes.
The app however does not run on XP even if you have .NET 3.0 and the other jazz. But this looks and feels so much like a native Vista app, including the richness and the transparencies. This new version also provides a good deal of customization, with the usual laundry list of features. I found these two features to be extremely useful
- The Vista gadget which comes along with this IM is very useful and enables you to drag and drop your favorite contacts on to your sidebar so that you can ping them from there itself.
- Being able to switch between different people that I'm chatting with in a single window.
If you thought that IM was just about sending and recieving messages, then this app is surely set to change that impression. But the bigger question is, 'What do you think provides more value' - a quick and dirty IM chat client like Gtalk (also built into your gmail) or an app like this which provides a great UX. What do you think ?
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for comments on this post .. please refer to vinodh's blog( i am too lazy to type again).
offtopic, i wanted to comment on the new design. folks which resolution did you design this under?? i am under 1024*768 and i need to scroll right. (1024 is still has considerable number of users ;)).
Thanks for pointing that out ramjee. I use 1024 on Firefox and didn't face the problem. Will check.
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