I love Google Talk because it’s simple and clean, but unfortunately that’s not the same with Yahoo Messenger. Bright colors and unwanted features make Yahoo Messenger look ugly! Thankfully, someone has created Google Talk skin for Yahoo Messenger.
Installing the skin:
- Download the skin from here
- Extract the contents of the zip and move it to C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Shared\Graphics (default installation folder, change it only if you have installed Yahoo Messenger somewhere else)
Activating the skin:
- Run Yahoo Messenger
- Go to Messenger > Change skin…
- Choose Google Talk from the drop down menu and click OK
I tried it on Yahoo Messenger 8.1 and it works smoothly, my friends using Yahoo Messenger 7 say it works even better. This is how it looks on Yahoo Messenger 7:
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wrote, on April 25th, 2007
This is Really cool … does it supports all the versions of Yahoo Messenger ?
wrote, on April 25th, 2007
cool tip!
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Cool!! Google talk skin on Yahoo messenger . But i no sure whether Yahoo messenger will ban this skin or not ?
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Very interestingg - thanks for sharing!
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
[...] Some people don’t like the simplicity of Google Talk, while others (like myself) prefer it.  Yahoo Messenger is a great and feature packed instant messenger, but it can be bulky and intrusive at times. Thilak has posted a simple fix if you prefer Yahoo IM, but don’t like the look of it.  Simply download, install, and activate a skin and go through the steps he provides to make Yahoo IM look like Google Talk. [...]
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Very nice! Thanks for sharing - I Stumbled it and also dugg. Good luck.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
well, the skin just changes the colors a bit and i think most people who like bloatware are used to ymsgr and live. There is a way to connect google talk to yahoo messenger clients so you don’t need to skin it to look the same
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Atleast you could’ve mentioned who the someone is. Or linked it to the skin repository