I am using Yahoo Messenger since 1 year, and I am very satisfied with its performance. In last few versions it has many features like emoticons, which say a lot without u have to type. Then we have Imevironments, which one can see only in yahoo. Then comes addition of Net2Phone which will be useful after april 2001 when telephony becomes legal in India. The best way to be in touch with buddies. I dont like the voice chat as I find that the voice comes distorted. but other wise it is the best freeware available. stock watch, weather, news updates, sport updates are really usefull