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I know you can be in multiple chat rooms using the web browser, but it sends my CPU to 99% on any machine unless I just the awful Java chat..
Are there any clients that allow this feature… With the web chat, my messenger receives the whispers, would like if the client did that too
What’s a whisper? And why would you want to be in more than one chatroom at a time?? Doesn’t that get confusing? As far as the clients go, a lot of them are scrabbling to adjust to the “new” Yahoo! YaHElite works sometimes….I haven’t yet d/l’d the Beta (so you might want to see if the feature you want is on there) and I’ve seen someone with Cheeta in Yahoo! recently so that might be another one to check out. Go to Freddy’s or Carbonize’s pages; they have wonderful descriptions of clients. (They have links on this site….sorry I don’t have time to put them here at the moment….I’m at work :D)
Oreo…A whisper is a private or instant message. I’ve heard a couple of people refer to them as “whispers” as well…
MSN chat calls im/pm whispers.
Use Magic Login to run multiple messengers. https://bigblueball.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6028
Therefore, you can have multiple chat rooms. Use multiple monitors for easier use. Damn, the word multiple sounds weird now.
Hey masg1,
In response to your question about multiple chat rooms, I too go into multiple chat rooms at the same time (using multiple browsers) and I agree that it is very CPU intensive! I would recommend that you increase your RAM to handle it. I went from 256MB of RAM to 512MB and it definitely made the computer more useable and way less sluggish.
Also, I learned the hard way, but if you attempt to be logged into more than 3 Yahoo chat rooms (at the same time) for any length of time, then you risk getting locked out of your Yahoo account. Yahoo will think you are a SPAMMER of some sort when you do this. I suppose having a dynamic (changing) IP address versus a static (staying the same) IP address would help you evade Yahoos scrutiny longer but that is just my guess.
Lastly, in response to what Oreo said about why anyone would want to be in more than one chat room at the same time any ways: I would tell her that it is not an uncommon thing for people to do or want to do. It’s especially popular if the person in question is not so much of a chatter but are instead hoping that people will PM them (maybe because of their flashy or descriptive screen name! lol).
Hope this helps some!
Paladin
Java uses the old YCHT protocol and is very unbootable.
Chat2.0 uses the YMSG6 (?) protocol, and is quite stable – NO whispers/PMs/IMs though with people not on the same protocol, the messages don’t cross well.
Yahoo! Messenger uses the YMSG11 protocol.
The YahELite chat client uses little resources, and so its quite ok to start 3 of them – all on the same protocol too, you choose.
like paladin said, more than 3 can be bad. The danger is that one of the IDs doesn’t log out properly, you log in another, and that equals 4 – not good. So always make sure you use the disconnect/exit feature of the software when logging out the IDs, to avoid losing an account.
Accounts can usually be unlocked immediately through http://login.yahoo.com/config/login which employs image verification to prove you’re not a bot.
Using the magic login I only had a difference of 9 MB of RAM while running two messengers and being in two different chatrooms at the same time. Hardly any CPU difference.
Hey Freddy,
I have visited your site in the past and I must say that it is a great site and it’s obvious you really know your stuff! 🙂
I just read what you said about Chat 2.0 not being about to recieve IMs from people that are not running Chat 2.0 also. Is this true?!? I didn’t realize this was the case.. 🙁
I am not a fan of Java because the Java PM windows don’t have the drop down commands like ‘view profile’ and ‘ignore user’ which I really like. People say Messenger is very bootable, but I don’t really have problems being booted (knock on wood).
I realize not everyone probably runs Chat 2.0 like me and I don’t want to miss any potential PMs sent to me, so if what you are saying is true about Chat 2.0, I guess I won’t use Chat 2.0 anymore.
Does Messenger (YMSG11 protocal as you put it) allow PMs from the other protocols?
If I have to use Java I will but is there any way I can be: 1) less bootable than Messenger, 2) get my pull down commands like ‘view profile’ & ‘ignore user’ and most importantly: 3) Be able to recieve PMs from ALL the protocols used in the Yahoo chats?
Thanking you in advance!
Paladin
Quote:quote:Originally posted by freddyJava uses the old YCHT protocol and is very unbootable.
Chat2.0 uses the YMSG6 (?) protocol, and is quite stable – NO whispers/PMs/IMs though with people not on the same protocol, the messages don’t cross well.
Yahoo! Messenger uses the YMSG11 protocol.
The YahELite chat client uses little resources, and so its quite ok to start 3 of them – all on the same protocol too, you choose.
like paladin said, more than 3 can be bad. The danger is that one of the IDs doesn’t log out properly, you log in another, and that equals 4 – not good. So always make sure you use the disconnect/exit feature of the software when logging out the IDs, to avoid losing an account.
Accounts can usually be unlocked immediately through http://login.yahoo.com/config/login which employs image verification to prove you’re not a bot.
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