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Yahoo messenger annoyances

August 23, 2004

I was going to write an entry on how a feature of the new Yahoo messenger version 6.0 bugs the hell out of me, but after I told Kallu about it, the bug suddenly got fixed in a day, so now I'm cheesed off that they fixed it, leaving me nothing to write about.

But hey, another one pops up to save the day!

If you use Yahoo messenger, you know that you can choose to stay "invisible". This ensures that people don't see you online, and you can lurk quietly.

Or so you'd think. While the invisibility works in the regular version of Yahoo messenger, it does not work with their "lite" Web version of the product. I found this out today when Udhay messaged me saying "hi". I wondered how he saw me online because I was, ahem, "invisible". Turns out that Udhay was using the web version of the damn thing and could see me just fine. Yay! Good one, Yahoo! Into version 6.0 and you didn't look into this.

Update: For all of you who come to my site through Google looking for the Web version of Yahoo messenger, it's at: http://jpager.yahoo.com/jpager/messenger.html. Now say thank you. ;)

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Reader comments

Still buggy .
Click on 'Voice' if the guy you're trying to contact is truly offline, it says something like "Internal server error. Cannot obtain voice token to start voice chat". If the guy is lurking around invisible, the voice chat gets enabled.
Srikanta

Posted by Srikanta at September 2, 2004 9:46 PM

Hey, is there a lite version of Y! msgr? I am not able to find it.

Posted by Ram at September 13, 2004 11:20 AM

Hiya Twink.

There's no regular publishing schedule. I try to write something whenever I find time, which is often as little as once a month. :)

Posted by MadMan at September 22, 2004 1:57 AM

why does the web based version of yahoo not work? frickin hell. i am on a small network, maybe that is why?
burn in hell yahoo! BURN IN HEEEELLLLL!!!!.....it goes on like that for a while...

Posted by adam smith at October 21, 2004 8:16 PM

I am having trouble with thew audibles
in messenger they loose their sound.

Posted by Jerry at October 23, 2004 6:59 PM

how can I find lite web version of yahoo messenger

Posted by kamran khan at November 25, 2004 3:32 PM

y doesn't the web-based yahoo messenger not work?!! i can't add buddies or talk to anyone!

Posted by tiffany at December 3, 2004 6:03 AM

hey where to find this lite version of Yahoo!??

Posted by ashita at January 1, 2005 9:02 PM

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