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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  1. This is Really cool … does it supports all the versions of Yahoo Messenger ?

  2. Cool!! Google talk skin on Yahoo messenger . But i no sure whether Yahoo messenger will ban this skin or not ?

  3. Very interestingg - thanks for sharing!

  4. [...] 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. [...]

  5. Very nice! Thanks for sharing - I Stumbled it and also dugg. Good luck.

  6. 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

  7. Thankfully, someone has created Google Talk skin for Yahoo Messenger.

    Atleast you could’ve mentioned who the someone is. Or linked it to the skin repository

  8. Or just use Pidgin (formerly GAIM) and talk to everyone on both services.

    Pidgin works with any GTK theme. There are many.

  9. This is very ugly. It doesn’t change much except border color & makes it borderless.

    Creator should have tried to change the inside yahoo colors like yellow smiley when somebody is online.That would make it better.

  10. At least I don’t see a colorful program anymore :)

    Thanks for the skin.

  11. This article can be more interesting if you could teach us how to add chat with Google Talk contact via Yahoo Messenger.

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  13. Thanks a lot man. I’m gonna insert this in my website. Thanks again!!!!!!

  14. How to Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk…

    How to Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk posted at IndianPad.com…

  15. added this post in my irresistible links of the weekend.

  16. ha ha ha … thats great … a Y! product looking like a Google product … what is this world coming too …

    Darin

  17. Didn’t know so many people like Vanilla, i think gtalk is drab! Yahoo Messenger has a personality!

  18. If you love google talk you should probably try skype. Skype is my favorite of the im clients.

  19. ohh! so G-talk want to have features of Y! IM?? G-talk aspire to look like Y! IM thats why created this skin….
    Yahoo! Rocks

  20. Hey everyone! I created this skin some time ago for Yahoo! Messenger 7. I might try to make an updated version for Y! Messenger 8 so I am waiting for suggestions.

    Oh yeah and if you don’t belive me, check http://www.customizetalk.com - original source and/or my website.

    You can also see the readme in the arhive :P

    If you have any idea, email me: my gmail username is lucky0 (i’m also online on Google Talk)

  21. You should give credits to Lucky, the guy who made the skin! You can find him on http://www.customizetalk.com, where the skin is officially released.

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  24. You should also try ooVoo- http://www.ooVoo.com - great new video IM in beta that supports up to 6 video windows

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  26. Thanks for sharing.

  27. if you need a simple skin just choose classic skin from yahoo messenger, it’s not all colorfull,it’s just simple :)

  28. Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk…

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  30. Thanks for the info.

  31. paulette, I don’t think you’ve read the date of this post :P

    Anyways, good luck trying it. Don’t bother on Y! Messenger 9.. i don’t think it’ll work.

  32. arigoto gazaimasu!!!!!!!!!!!^^

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  34. no it is not workin in y messenger 9

  35. If you would only read the comment above you.

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