Features: Yahoo! Messenger for the Web

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Communication

Instant Messaging: Send text messages in real-time to your friends on Yahoo! or Windows Live™ Messenger.

SMS (Text Messaging): Send text messages from Messenger to your friends mobile phones for free.

IM with Friends on Other Networks: IM with friends who use Windows Live™ Messenger, Reuters Messaging, and Lotus Sametime — right from Yahoo! Messenger.
Productivity

Contact Search Bar: Quickly find a contact to IM, call, SMS or more.

Yahoo! Search: Start a web search right from your Yahoo! Messenger window.

Stealth/Privacy Settings: Make yourself appear online to some friends, and offline to others.

Message Archiving: Maintain a private archive of your IM conversations.

Tabbed IM Windows: Reduce desktop clutter by organizing multiple conversations into a single window.
Fun & Personalization

Emoticons: Express your feelings with these animated, smiling faces.

Avatars: Represent yourself with a stylised, graphic image where you can choose the hair, clothing and more.

Display Images: Display an image to represent yourself to your friends.

Custom Status Messages: Tell your friends what you're doing, seeing or feeling by customizing your online status message.

Customisable Fonts & Colours: IM with a font, colour and style that suits your personality.