Y!m in your Web Mail

[Sourabh]

Yes, Yahoo! does a Google in this. Not bad in my opinion however restricted it is. Considering the time it took for them to do this, I am willing to accept their large market share as the reason.

In the first public demonstration of the combined service at the Web 2.0 conference here, Garlinghouse and a colleague showed how, when a user opens up and addresses an e-mail, an icon appears if he or she is online.

Clicking the icon instantly transforms a conversation from the delayed, read-it-when-you-have-a-chance way people use e-mail into the immediate back-and-forth of an instant message conversation.

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[tuxfan]

Cool. But I will prefer Y! mail in their IM client Won't that be really convenient?

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Absolutely having Y! mail in messenger would be great...
but for us students who arent allowed to install yahoo messenger in our skools it is a boon!