Further eroding user confidence - Yahoo! Messenger

COMMENT: I would have to agree with Brian White here in his oppinion of the Yahoo! Messenger client. I have moved away from all single client services and use Trillian for the most part. On occasion I have my dated MSN communicator running and G-Talk but I quickly moved away from Yahoo! when the obtrusive IMvironments started infultrating my IM screen, or the annoying sound blasts, or the "Wanna game" messages from friends...

I realize now that vulnerabilities are a reality and will be increasingly infultrate our IM world however, forcing a user to change settings, mail client favorites and addign tools that just aren't needed when the primary objective of IM is communications quickly with friends and business partners, not only moves away from the core practice of what IM is used for but is an easy way to push your user base away from your company all together.