A Yahoo! Avatar is a character that you can personalize and use when interacting with friends online. By changing hairstyles, clothes, accessories, and backgrounds, you can create your own unique persona. You can show your avatar on Yahoo! Messenger and in other places on Yahoo!.
The system requirements for displaying an avatar on Macintosh are:
You can create and customize your avatar at http://avatars.yahoo.com/.
To show your avatar in instant messages and the Messenger List: