Look Ma! No Downloads: Yahoo! Messenger for the Web
Last November, at our second Yahoo! For Teachers Workshop, we had the Yahoo! Messenger team pop over and share some tips, tricks and features of Yahoo! Messenger with our cadre of teachers. Needless to say, they were pretty impressed and quickly saw how Yahoo! Messenger can be used to collaborate with parents, students, and each other.
One of the really cool features of the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo! For Teachers tool is that we’ve integrated Yahoo! Messenger to make it even easier for you to collaborate with members of the Yahoo! For Teachers community.
Using Yahoo! Messenger, teachers will have real-time access to colleagues and their curriculum so they can ask questions and discuss ideas via Yahoo! Messenger. Think of it as a virtual teachers lounge! Our cadre of teachers were so happy to learn that Yahoo! Messenger had been mashed into Yahoo! For Teachers, they could barley contain their urge to yodel.
Last week our friends over on the Yahoo! Messenger team released a new web-based version of Yahoo! Messenger that requires no downloads! Yes, you heard that correctly–no downloads.
Here’s the skinny from the Yahoo! Messenger blog:
“Ever wish you could use Yahoo! Messenger without having to download or install anything? Well, today is your lucky day: please give a big Yahoo! welcome to the all-new Yahoo! Messenger for the Web .
Now you can sign in from any web browser (PC or Mac!) and immediately start IM’ing with friends. This is great for when you’re on someone else’s computer or traveling and need to stop in an internet café.
Plus, time at work just got a lot more fun. If you or a friend is prevented from IM’ing at the office due to firewalls or other IT restrictions, you’ll love this new version. Because Yahoo! Messenger for the Web runs in a regular web browser window, it sidesteps these obstacles and lets you connect easily with your friends.”
Pretty cool eh? So why not give Yahoo! Messenger for the Web a whirl? And if you haven’t signed up for a Yahoo! Teachers invite, do that too!
