My thought is, no. If users are leaving - why put out the effort. And the argument - if you put out the effort they might not. It holds no water. They are leaving because there are better ways to communicate. I still have my yahoo on for the few in other countries that use it but as I look over my buddies list .. I think only 2 still use it.
By changing their protocol - they have further pushed people out. And Google is doing the same. -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Eion Robb <eionr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Arulraj, > > I've been looking over the new Yahoo but everyone seems to think it's > terrible, posting in their forums and user feedback pages about how awful > the new messenger is. > > The new messenger is a completely new client and protocol with the word > "yahoo" slapped on it and it seems to have no connection to the old > messenger (new buddy list, no message interop, no message formatting, other > loss of functionality) > > So my question is: is it worth it? > > Should we be writing support for a protocol that noone wants when users are > leaving en masse? > > Interested in your thoughts on the matter as most people I've heard from > about it are looking at alternative networks, rather than sticking with > Yahoo. > > Cheers, > Eion > > On 13/07/2016 00:42, "Arulraj @ Sage IT" <arul...@sageit.in> wrote: >> >> Hi Support team, >> >> >> >> I would like to post my query regarding new yahoo messenger client. >> >> >> >> Currently, we are using yahoo messenger in pidgin client, By august 2016, >> Yahoo going to launch new messenger client. >> >> >> >> I wish to know that can we use the new yahoo messenger ports and server >> address in pidgin client. >> >> >> >> Please let me know. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Arulraj Anthony >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Support@pidgin.im mailing list >> Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: >> https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
