Working With Plug-ins
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Using a Conversation Plug-In
Using conversation plug-ins, you and a friend can share content or an activity in real time while you instant message each other. You can browse maps and events together to make plans, express your artistic talents, translate messages into different languages, and so on. There are many plug-ins available in Yahoo! Messenger’s Plug-in Manager, and a lot more available in the Plug-in Gallery.
Note: Conversation plug-ins aren’t available while instant messaging contacts outside the Yahoo! network, such as your Windows Live™ Messenger contacts or Pingbox™ visitors.
Here’s How
In the conversation window, while instant messaging a contact, click the Activities button, then click the View All Activities in the Featured window.
The Activities Manager opens.
Click the Start button to the right of the plug-in you’d like to use.
Messenger sends your contact an invitation to participate in the activity. If your contact accepts, Messenger expands the conversation window and starts the plug-in.
To stop using the plug-in, click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the plug-in.
What’s Next
When you start a conversation plug-in, you’re creating a session between yourself and your contact. Each time you launch a new plug-in, you close your current session and open a new session, which your contact must accept before you can start sharing information.
Words to Know
- Instant messaging: the ability to exchange messages in real time with other people over the Internet.
- Pingbox: an embedded box on a Web page where visitors to the page can send you instant messages and which lists visitors on your Messenger List.
- Plug-in: a software program that adds a specific feature or to another program.
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.