Text messaging is good, and the sound notifications are very handy. During our testing, Yahoo Messenger for Mac did its job pretty decently. What we liked is that the platform is finally opening its doors by adding support for MSN, Lotus Samtime, and LCS platforms so you can add your friends using the aforementioned platforms to chat. The application's user interface is well-designed and has all the control buttons available at a glance.

What we found were some nice features but nothing that really stands out over other messaging apps. Considering that its Windows-based version is one of the most-used messaging apps, we were eager to see how the app performed.

Yahoo Messenger (Classic) for Mac is the Mac version of the popular Windows YM, a communication app for anyone with has a Yahoo account.