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
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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
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Or just use Pidgin (formerly GAIM) and talk to everyone on both services.
Pidgin works with any GTK theme. There are many.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Cool Skin.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
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.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
At least I don’t see a colorful program anymore
Thanks for the skin.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
This article can be more interesting if you could teach us how to add chat with Google Talk contact via Yahoo Messenger.
wrote, on April 26th, 2007
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wrote, on April 26th, 2007
Thanks a lot man. I’m gonna insert this in my website. Thanks again!!!!!!
wrote, on April 27th, 2007
How to Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk…
How to Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk posted at IndianPad.com…
wrote, on April 27th, 2007
its cools
wrote, on April 27th, 2007
Added this site to my blog
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wrote, on April 28th, 2007
added this post in my irresistible links of the weekend.
wrote, on April 29th, 2007
ha ha ha … thats great … a Y! product looking like a Google product … what is this world coming too …
Darin
wrote, on April 29th, 2007
Didn’t know so many people like Vanilla, i think gtalk is drab! Yahoo Messenger has a personality!
wrote, on April 29th, 2007
If you love google talk you should probably try skype. Skype is my favorite of the im clients.
wrote, on April 29th, 2007
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
wrote, on May 1st, 2007
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
If you have any idea, email me: my gmail username is lucky0 (i’m also online on Google Talk)
wrote, on May 1st, 2007
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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wrote, on May 3rd, 2007
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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wrote, on May 6th, 2007
Thanks for sharing.
wrote, on May 17th, 2007
S B where are you?>>> durantoctg@gmail.com or durant0ctg@yahoo.com
wrote, on May 19th, 2007
if you need a simple skin just choose classic skin from yahoo messenger, it’s not all colorfull,it’s just simple
wrote, on May 24th, 2007
Make Yahoo Messenger look like Google Talk…
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wrote, on November 5th, 2007
Cool ! Thanks
wrote, on June 15th, 2008
Thanks for the info.
wrote, on June 17th, 2008
paulette, I don’t think you’ve read the date of this post
Anyways, good luck trying it. Don’t bother on Y! Messenger 9.. i don’t think it’ll work.
wrote, on January 28th, 2009
hi po!!!!!!!!!!^^
wrote, on January 28th, 2009
arigoto gazaimasu!!!!!!!!!!!^^
wrote, on April 15th, 2009
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wrote, on April 29th, 2009
no it is not workin in y messenger 9
wrote, on April 30th, 2009
If you would only read the comment above you.