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keys to help you to identify which IMVironment comes with what feature/s..
means it comes
with a specific Buzz, like how Snow had the spat and Hearts had
the kiss
comes with music
comes with it's
own smileys
for video
Review of Monsters Inc, Dilbert, Hello Kitty, Snoopy, Magic Crystal
Ball, Last Shot, Falling Hearts, Fish Tank, Snow Flakes, Stars n
Stripes
Monsters Inc IMVironment

I like this one! I guess it's just more my style whatever that may
be ;-) The graphics are great and it has a few features that are
different to the std IMV's... it has Buzz, a light switch and a
movie trailer ...
Buzz
(Ctrl+G) plunges the IMV into darkness with a zingy noise that I
have to say is far less irriating than the std buzz! This "lights"
out feature also appears after you've sent the first message, top
left hand of your screen...
click
on it to turn the lights off... and again to turn them back on :-)
The active links in this IMV are to [Showtimes
and buying Tickets] and the
[Offical
Monsters Inc] homepage and the movie trailer plays inside the
IMV at the top..(requires Media Player).
Dilbert IMVironment

This IMV has the buzz feature enabled.. when you use ctrl+g you
Gilberts boss pops out and says 1 of the 3 things.. "You know
you're only pretending to work", "Where's my status report?"
and "Shouldn't we be having a meeting"
The active link (top panel of the active IMV) takes you through
to [Comics.com]
where you can subscribe to get Dilbert delivered to your inbox each
day.. for Dilber fan's I imagine this would be a must
Hello KittyIMVironment
is high on the
cute scale and has it's own smileys which replace the std yahoo
ones (as per the table to the left) it may take a bit of adjusting
to get the drift of them if you're smiley dependant :-)
The active link is in the top right hand corner.. "Sanrio"
takes you through their [Sanrio
Store]

Snoopy IMVironment
is
cute.. for those of us that want something a little
more sedate going on in the background during our IM then this is
for us. Woodstock travels at a pace I can handle across my IM window
andSnoopy will type when you do.. very cute :-)
The active link (bottom l/h of IMV) takes you through to [Snoopy.com]
where you can check out everything Snoopy ;-)
Magic Crystal Ball IMVironment
This is like.. um.. having your own personal Yes/No answering machine..
type your question into the text field and hit Send.. with a slight
twiddle of fingers and an
appropriate sound (which you can turn off.. simply click the sound
icon on the lower r/h corner of the IMV window) the answers are
returned in the crystal ball. Speaking of answers, these are somewhat
unusal but fun none the less. It did get one right.. I asked "will
I get coffee soon?" the answer.. "I'd bet the farm on
it" ;-) This IMV installs on your puter and also adds "Yahoo
Magic Ball (I have answers to all your questions)" to your
friends list.. I wonder if the Magic Mall is limited to 100 friends
;-)
Last Shot The Comic IMVironment
Your
IM conversation unfolds as a comic strip with each Message sent/received
showing up a new frame.. kinda cool but during a long conversation
your talking about a lot of scrolling of you want to check what
was said 5 minutes ago ;-)
Last Shot comes
with some of it's own smileys.. not your conventional kind either..
and the Last Shot smileys aren't inserted into your IM conversation
as such.. the frame holds the smiley itself.. and your assigned
either Rev or Shindle.. check this out..
...the smileys that generate a Last Shot graphic in place of the
std Yahoo Smileys are...
The active link (bottom r/h side of the IMV takes you through to
view the latest [Last
Shot Comic book]
Stock Standard IMVironments that
came with Yahoo Messenger (beta) v5001015, 1018 and 1029...
Hearts IMVironment
animated hearts drift slowly down the IM window.
Now if you hit Ctrl+G when your
using the Hearts IMVironment you'll be kissed with a huge
set of red lips and instead of that annoying DingDong noise you'll
hear a kissing sound! The recipients window still vibrates and the
lips will gradually fade away. Deadly cool! but now I have to say
"please don't kiss me! If you continue to do it I will put
you on ingore" doesn't quite have the same ring as "Please
don't buzz me.." does it ;-)
Fishtank IMVironment

this one is deadly cool... bubbles rise to the top while your fish
swim across your IM window!
If you hit Ctrl+G in this window
you'll generate the std BUZZ! a gurgle of bubbles would have been
nice.. I just hate the dingdong noise ;-)
Snowflakes IMVironments
animated.. the snowman pops up when you select this one and snow
flakes slowy drift down the IM window.
Now if you hit Ctrl+G when your
using the Snowflakes IMVironment you'll be splatted with a
snow ball and hear exactly that.. a splat sound. I just know I'll
be using tha one! The recipients window still vibrates and the splat
will also gradually fade away.
Stars and Stripes IMVironment

This one will touch the hearts of many... the Stars and Strips IMVironment
has an animated flag.. actually if you check out the upper left
hand corner of ever page of our site you'll see the same flag..
Yahoo and I clearly shop at the same place ;-)
Anyway..as I said the flag is animated and the there are two active
links... one for the [Red
Cross] the other [Salvation
Army] both links will launch a new browser window outside the
IM window. Using BUZZ (Ctrl+G)
in this window also generates the std BUZZ and the annoying dingdong
.
Check out [IMV's
How To] if you need to know more about how they work :-)
Links...
[Yahoo!
Messenger - IMVironments] (Yahoo! Site)
Full List of IM's released (not all are
still available)...
Links...
[Yahoo!
Messenger - IMVironments] (Yahoo! Site)
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