Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta

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Publisher's description of Yahoo Messenger

From Yahoo: Yahoo Messenger allows you to see when friends are online and you can send them instant messages. It can also alert you to new mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals account, or when you have an upcoming meeting recorded in Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support; a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made; the ability to save and print your conversations; and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores.

Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send messages to friends even if they're not online when you are, a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and the Online Presence, a small HTML button you can put on your Web site to allow your Yahoo buddies to instantly see if you are currently online, and voice chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet. If you have a microphone and speakers, you can talk to other people on Yahoo with no long-distance charges.

The May 29, 2008 beta version of Yahoo Messenger 9.0 includes bug fixes and new features, including bigger emoticons, status message improvements, improved contact importing, and language support for Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela.

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  Working fine with Vista Ultimate!

  by: Ishigamma on 09-Jul-2008 11:17:02 PM

  Pros: The version 8 isnt working with my new vista OS so I grab this app and give it a shot. Well it does an impressive job as it did when he is still on version 8. It has a nice interface, cool to the eyes. The major upgrade for this version is the vista compatibilty and its interface. Really great. All of its features is working great. This is a beta verion and i didnt find any bugs or errors with it. I like the fact that all of the infos from yahoo regarding with its new features is definitely working. It does what it says.

  Cons: The graphics smiley for the offline user is not that nice to look at as my perception is concern. They can even design more sprite vivid smiley for offline users.

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  Yahoo Messenger

  Bugs, and.. READ.

  by: BrokenButterfly on 06-Jun-2008 10:05:43 PM

  Pros: Pros. The pros are.. well, it's a brand new style. Well, that's about it.

  Cons: Slow, complicated, the smileys are hideously ugly, and has some bugs.(Normal for BETAs). We all hope that the programmers will not change the old easy Yahoo way.

  And please improve the smiley designs. They looked hideous.

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  Yahoo Messenger

  The Best Messenger 4 Me

  by: abir-killer- on 03-Jun-2008 09:55:54 AM

  Pros: First Its Windows Live Messenger Then Yahoo Comes and Its Not Childish at all The Last Review by-0zSpit Is Totally Wrong.Yahoo 9.0 Beta Got Great Skins and Its Gives Probably The Best Clear Voice Conference Talk I Think It Beat Skype On Voice.. Just Try It

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  Yahoo Messenger

  eh

  by: hmj_2003 on 03-Jun-2008 11:03:42 PM

  Pros: Pros, I'll say pros here. Look, it's 9.0! That's the first pro. Next one is, CHANGEABLE SKINS!!! What else... Well that's all that comes to mind...

  Cons: Cons, I'll tell you the cons. It's a bad interface. People are used to the simple interface. Until the Yahoo! Messenger team get that fixed, we'll never get used to it. My favorite con of them all. Yahoo!'s in-messenger chat system. I think Yahoo! Messenger should get their chat rooms fixed before unleashing another pathetic software that's packed of ads and easily hacked into. Trust me, I know. I lost over 20 gigs of files (music, videos, and pics.) over a hack from a chat room. Screw that!

  All in all, I'd rather stick to my 8.1 and out of the chat rooms until the Vista version is fully out of beta, like in 2 more years.

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  Yahoo Messenger

  still looks childish

  by: 0zSpit on 31-May-2008 07:00:18 AM

  Cons: most of yahoo software seems to be aimed at people that watch teletubbies. will yahoo ever grow up? i can't see the reason why microsoft wants it so bad other than to put yahoo out of it's misery.

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