Messenger and Mail…together at last!

At the Web 2.0 conference in November, we took the wraps off of one of our newest, coolest features: Yahoo! Messenger integrated with Yahoo! Mail Beta. But, that was just a preview of what was to come. Today, we will start to release this exciting new feature. But, we’ll be rolling out the feature gradually, so, unfortunately, not everyone will have access immediately.

As part of this release, I’ve put together a screencast that runs through how the integration works and what you can do now that Messenger and Mail are sitting side by side in your browser. Aside from the obvious of being able to instantly connect with 73 million Yahoo! Messenger users worldwide (according to comScore, 12/2006), you also get a seamless experience melding instant messaging with email.

This is the first screencast I’ve done on the blog, so don’t be too harsh.

Update: Some people have been asking for higher resolution versions of the screencast so they can read my witty banter in the chat sessions. So I’ve put up a higher resolution screencast for your viewing enjoyment. You may want to stick with the embedded video below if you’re on a slower internet connection or if you’re running a screen resolution lower than 1024×768.

Ryan Kennedy (rckenned AT yahoo-inc.com)
Yahoo! Mail Beta Evangelist