Quoting Lantec, reply 21I was under the impression that one of the current failures was that Skype is missing group chat like messenger already has....or are you referring to video calls like Google's Hangout feature?
Not video, a group chat. I have several right now.
I see Skype actually calls them "conversations".
Myself, Xiandi, 2of3, and Murex have an ongoing skype conversation. It's like our own little chat box. I like it a lot. I used to have one going with adni18, and Jimbo.
Also, if you lose connection, Skype will reconnect you. Yahoo doesn't do that. I don't think MSN Mess. does either. Skype allows for message deletion, in case you type to the wrong person, and message editing, for correcting typos.
Of course there is file transfer too.
I do like the fact that with Yahoo Mess. you can view shared images or videos in a window, without actually having to transfer tha file. You can watch a video together with a friend somewhere else, through Yahoo Messenger.
