| Yahoo Chat is a big part of Yahoo, one of the biggest | | | | that many people use on a regular basis. You can see |
| things online. People use Yahoo for e-mail, games, | | | | who is online to chat and you can block selected |
| music downloads, blogging and lots of other internet | | | | people from seeing that you are online without hiding |
| tools. If you are currently a Yahoo Chat user, you may | | | | yourselves from the others. This is a nice privacy |
| be aware that they no longer support Java users; | | | | feature that is a more recent addition to Yahoo Chat. |
| however, they now offer "Yahoo Messenger with | | | | For quite some time, you have been able to use your |
| Voice" as an alternative. If you do not want to switch | | | | Blackberry to e-mail people, but now you can also use |
| from Java, you will need to register with another IM | | | | Yahoo Chat on your Blackberry while you are out on |
| service. | | | | the go. |
| For those who are not familiar with Yahoo Chat, you | | | | You can limit your chat to those in the United States or |
| might want to go on and look around. You will not be | | | | you can access chat rooms from many other |
| able to access some of the features until you are a | | | | countries and continents as well. |
| registered member, but you can get a basic idea of | | | | There are many chat room services online that you |
| what is available to you as a member. The site says | | | | can use. Many have similar features to Yahoo, but it is |
| that there are "hundreds" of chat rooms set up based | | | | just one of the more popular ones. Since membership |
| on nearly every type of need and interest. A quick | | | | is free, unless you want some of the more "exclusive" |
| scan of the categories reveals that you can chat | | | | features such as video chat, you might want to give it |
| about everything from Business to Religion and | | | | a try. Make sure that you understand all of the rules |
| everything in between on Yahoo Chat. | | | | and agreements before you register so that you will |
| Yahoo Messenger is a popular feature of Yahoo Chat | | | | be able to continue to chat as long as you wish. |