Web messenger's sure have been popular this week, but today I found out about a hot new web messenger currently in beta phase from Yahoo!. It is jammed packed with features, has a simple, easy to follow design, and because it is an official version, it has that insider knowledge that takes away the large bulk of limitations.

I won't go into detail of the features, Yahoo! have made a video summing up the service. What I will say is this is making Microsoft look really bad, their current web messenger is ugly, lacking in features, ridiculously slow and annoying to use. It is way past an update, and hopefully this will push them up a gear.

Remember Google Talk is now a web messenger as well. Microsoft used to be the big guy in this field. It just goes to show a couple years of neglect can change everything in this fast, advancing industry of instant messaging.

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