Yahoo! Messenger is about to get a significant new feature in the upcoming Yahoo! Messenger v8.0 beta that's to be released real soon now.Consistent with other things on the Yahoo Developers Network, this release will allow 3rd parties to hook directly into the Messenger client to provide functions not currently available. Plug-ins will be held in the Developers Gallery that Yahoo! is moving all it's add-ons to.
Plug-ins can interact with Messenger in a couple of ways:
- Tab plug-ins will allow you to display information in Messenger windows
- Conversation plug-ins will let you interact with other users
I'll post impressions once I can grab the latest beta (regular readers know I'm a sucker for beta code...)








1. Methinks the new beta version of Messenger that accompanies the plugin capability smells of what we were told to expect from the Y! Go PC (http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/pc). Also this will be a disappointment to those running at 1024x768 and below. It really begs for a much taller screen.
Posted at 10:43AM on Jun 20th 2006 by Joe Beaulaurier