tech-alert: Add Yahoo Messenger Chat to browser sidebar panel

Chat with friends on Yahoo! Messenger in the Firefox or Opera browser sidebar without installing anything.

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Do you regularly chat with your friends on Yahoo Messenger? Would you love to message your friends from the browser itself? Or your mobile phone browser? If yes, then this is the right place for you. Read further on adding Yahoo Messenger Chat to your browser sidebar similarly adding Google Talk in sidebar.

Though there is Yahoo! Messenger for the Web, the flash interface is slow to load and occupies too much screen space. Therefore it is not possible to use it in the browser sidebar. However there is a solution:

» Bookmark the given webpages and select the appropriate option to add them in browser sidebar / panel. Works both in Opera & Firefox.

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While these Yahoo Mobile Messenger website interfaces may not be loaded with features like the Google Talk Gadget provides, but it allows you to easily check on your friends while browsing and you have anytime access to your contacts and message history; great for at work or travel. Adding it to the sidebar is as easy as bookmarking the above links. So have fun chatting with your friends. If you have any suggestions or tips, please leave a comment.

Note: You can also access the Yahoo Messenger in your mobile phone browser using the above websites.

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