Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta OUT! Download Link Inside!

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Third Eye

gooby pls
Hi, Yahoo Messenger fans, I have exciting news for you! No, it's not the Vista version of the instant messaging client, it's only Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta, a brand new version of the application designed to work on Windows XP and Vista. Besides the support for the latest version of Microsoft's operating system, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta is available
in six new countries, allowing the local consumers to use the program in their native language: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India (Hindi), and Vietnam. Now let me introduce you to the new features:

First of all, you'll notice the new design, which is pretty attractive… with a few exceptions. Although you can choose from several color themes, I found at least one element which annoys me every time the contact window is opened: a communication bar which appears under a contact name, requiring you to choose from instant messaging, VoIP chat or SMS. The Sunnyvale company didn't say a thing on whether the bar can be disabled or not, or at least if we can set one of the options as default, because some of the consumers who use only instant messaging might find it useless.

The avatars are now displayed next to the contact names, while the status messages can be placed under them. You can choose between a detailed list view and a compact one, depending on your preferences. Besides these interface improvements, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta is fully compatible with video and photo sharing technologies such as YouTube, Yahoo Video or Flickr, allowing you to share pictures and clips in a matter of seconds. For example, to share a clip to your contact, all you need to do is type the link of the video.

Now, the juicy part: Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta comes with some new skins and emoticons which I'm sure you'll like. Sarah Bacon, Product Manager, said that some of the emoticons were inspired by the Emoticontest and by your votes.

Yahoo Messenger 9.0 is now available on Softpedia; so if you want to test it, here's the link.


Source - Softpedia

 

RCuber

The Mighty Unkel!!!
Staff member
Looks like nothing more than a UI revamp, in messenger world, if it aint cool emoticons then there is nothing in new versions :p , Even though yahoo has the best emoticons , they should update their emoticons to match the "Visual Quality" of other messengers like Skype.
 

narangz

Web developer
Well I wonder if its the Vista version. The Vista version videos on yahoo website show a cool new UI. However version 9 seems to not much different than version 8. I am downloading....
 

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
Is anyone using it under Vista? It got successfully installed in my Vista but when I tried to run it, I got error "an error occurred in side-by-side configuration" or similar.

I tried many times with a fresh installation after uninstalling previous version, removing folder and registry entries but same error every time???
 

gxsaurav

You gave been GXified
Vishal, it starts & runs fine here, but still many bugs are left

1) It crahsed when i tried to sign out using CTRL+d

2) I can't remove that ad bar in the bottom of main window yet

3) How do i change the colour & texture to something other then default provided

I m bak to 8.1.421 right now, will wait for this to go final
 
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vasujain

Right off the assembly line
yaaa Mr.Vista itz working properly...i have installed it from softpedia and itz gng gr8....

if u want i can post a screenshot as well....
 
i think its buggy .....i noticed one....
i always use to close the messenger's main window so that it resides in system tray only. Now wat haapens after i close this new version ... it goes to system tray ......but after a few seconds my other window in which i am working (mostly opera) loses focus (i mean dark blue Title bar becomes light blue ) but there is nothing apparent in focus which i can see ........ at first i thought my OS is having some trouble.... but then i checked ALT+TAB when it happened again and it showed YAHOO MESSENGER as the second window currently in focus ...even though its residing only in system tray ....... now as i typed this post ..it happened around 10 times in between ...its very annoying when u r typing(and not a being touch typist i have to look constantly on keyboard ...) and looking back at screen after sometime and finding that the last few words i typed are nt there as window got out of focus ..................i am switching back to my previous version .........
 

vasujain

Right off the assembly line
i think this version is pecially for vista cause...i have been using it from last 6 hours on my windows vista with multiple sign in outs and shut downs....no problem or bug yet...if any one wana test me a particular thing please tell....
 
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