Some interesting
info….
Unlike AOL Messenger
(AIM) who say ‘buddy icons’ and MSN Messenger who use the term ‘display
picture’, Yahoo Messenger refer to icons as ‘avatars’. Yahoo avatars (or
Yahoo messenger icons as some people like to call them) have a 96x96 pixel
dimension. Yahoo defines an avatar as ‘an image
that you create to represent yourself online’. You can change the clothes,
accessories and hairstyles to reflect who you are and what you look like. You
can also use your yahoo avatar to express your mood’. Yahoo avatars express
how you are feeling because they respond to the emotions you use. If you send
a smile emoticon in Yahoo Messenger, your avatar smiles. When you send a
frowning emoticon, your avatar frowns. This icon integration is really cool.
There are
lots of different styles of avatar. You could have a funny avatar, anime
avatar, cool avatar. There is a lot of choice so if you have trouble with
decisions it could be hard. Anime avatars are used a lot in Japan. If you’re
a girl and like cute things look into cute icons including doll icons on our
girlie display image page.
Now this
is when icons get complicated! Yahoo also talk about display images. They
define these as ‘a real picture of you so that your friends can see what you
look like’. So are yahoo avatars just a type of yahoo display image? Who
knows! Maybe we should just all call the icons.
So
remember when it comes to Yahoo a display image is a display pic of yourself
whereas a yahoo avatar is a graphical representation of yourself using some
kind of icon.
More,
more, more…
If you
want to see what else is out there to customise your Yahoo avatar then take a
look at these sites. We’re showing you a sample here, there are hundreds more
out there.
For more info on Yahoo avatars check out the
Yahoo Messenger site
Here’s
what wikipedia has to say about Yahoo avatars
MyAvatars for Yahoo
Messenger 6: provides extra, new avatars for Yahoo Messenger 6. This
download is people who are tired of the standard Yahoo avatars which can get
boring
Best yahoo display images: Celebrate the joyful holiday season in your Yahoo Messenger and
share the joy
Avatar Zone: a small collection of
avatars, there are some cool icons e.g. Simpsons avatars and the mood avatars
funny
Timely Web
Software: download Yahoo avatar software. You can get Christmas icons,
New Year icons, Mood icons and Simpsons cool icons. They’re all free avatar
software downloads
Avataration: a cool
site with a really good user experience. It’s easy to find avatars and the
avatars are good quality. You could choose an anime avatar from the anime
collection but there are lots of other categories
BigBlueball
Yahoo Center: everything you need for Yahoo Messenger including yahoo
avatars. A forum based site with lots of cool info
New Best
Web: free display images for yahoo. There’s a category called brand
images that could be a copyright infringement. You’ve been warned!
Iconator
avatars: a cool collection of yahoo avatars. There’s lots of different
styles of yahoo messenger icons to choose from on Iconator which provides
free avatars
Icon King:
a collection of avatars yahoo, MySpace, MSN Messenger, AIM. Could be useful
if you use blogs too
Apna
Messenger: not exclusive to Yahoo Messenger, but there’s a Yahoo Menu
which is very comprehensive. Some good animated avatars. They’re all free
avatars
Yahoo!
Display Image Grabber: download this software on softpedia that will
allow you to grab display images
Avatar Magic: If
you’re into dollzmania then you’ll love the dollz cute icons on this site. A
good selection of avatars yahoo
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