Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista

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Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista

by Chris Gilmer Jan 12th 2007

Yahoo! has released some previews of its newly rebuilt Messenger application for Windows Vista. Yahoo! built this version of Messenger from the ground up, and uses pretty much all of features you are used to, but with a few little tricks. Features in the new Vista version include instant messages, voice, and video. Contacts from your Live Messenger can be added to Yahoo!, and you can see and interact with them as expected. Conversations can be organized with tabs through dragging and dropping. Of course there will be some added eye and ear candy with additional emoticons, sounds and interface customization. Yahoo! has a video preview of the Messenger application running in Vista, which you can check out here. Pretty cool! Yahoo has been really going all out lately trying to steal back some market share, and I'm sure they will steal some with this rebuild. Good job Yahoo!

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

rage. said 10:07AM on 1-12-2007

yipee. hooray. have fun with that while yahoo has the mac version frozen at version 2.

"Yahoo has been really going all out lately"
ah yes. we're on version 3 now.

have fun with your version 9.

Sergio said 12:59PM on 1-12-2007

You can only wonder why Yahoo and not MS is showing off a WPF-based IM...

RG said 2:24PM on 1-12-2007

I'll start by saying I do like it, its got fun and new-ish features but in my opinion almost every new Vista gadget, app etc. I see pushes me just a bit more towards 'its nothing but eye candy'

notnamed said 8:07PM on 1-12-2007

Could someone please explain to me why the point of Vista appears to be "take up as much space as possible with either big empty bars or pointless shiny"?

JT said 8:16PM on 1-12-2007

Who cares if the mac version is only at version 2. It just means you should finally join the rest of the world and start using windows!

Mysterius said 11:57PM on 1-12-2007

For the most part, Vista isn't really wasting significantly more space than, for example, XP. Simply being "shiny" doesn't make the bars take up more space for instance, though they may make certain people believe that Vista is sucking up too much of their computer's resources.

Matt S. said 1:45AM on 1-13-2007

As one of the lucky few to receive a copy of Vista RTM. I didnt get a new computer and I didnt upgrade it and Vista is not slow and it isnt bloated. Alot of people will think that Vista isnt worth it because all you can see is "visual" changes. Theres no way to see the internal changes unless you actually use it. Windows Vista is definitely worth getting because its actually faster and easier to use than XP is and will ever be even if MS actually comes out with a SP3 for XP in 08.

As for Vista with its empty, shiny bars, thats not what makes it slow. Programs written in .NET and WPF are just traditionally slower than those written in other langauages, so far. Thats not and wont be Vistas fault.

As for YM for Vista. It looks great I just hope they havent gotten rid of YM plugins. Since the screenshots of this new messenger are only of a PRE-alpha build things could change drastically by the time its actually released. But, I doubt it will change for the bad though.

Rant over. :)

sinca said 7:29AM on 1-14-2007

OMG is very nice ;) :P :D

ThienTai said 3:57AM on 1-15-2007

Good software!

FXSKUNK said 3:44PM on 1-21-2007

I a very longtime owner of the WIN-TEL (DOS 1.x, Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP) PCs and Servers, I am also a beta tester for Long Horn, Vista RC1/RTM but I am not a Vista bias and a blinded user. These are a few true facts about the Windows Vista for the PC owners who want to change from XP to VISTA:

-- Don't ever fool yourself into believing that the Windows Vista:
1) "is not slow and it isnt bloated".
2) "is actually faster and easier to use than XP is and will ever be".

-- Current Vista RTM is Defintely NOT FASTER than XP when you compare the XP & VISTA that operate on the same identical PC configurations.

I loaded a VISTA ULTIMATE on my Antique PC (PENTIUM-4 2.8GHZ , 1GB PC3200-DDR, ATA WD-HD 200 Gig-7200RPM-16Meg RAM buffer, 256 Meg/DiectX9 ATI-Radeon 9600-PRO Video card). This configuration is exceed the Microsoft requirement for Vista Premium Ready PC(1 GHz CPU, 1 Gig RAM, 40 GigaB HD, 128Meg/DiectX9 Video card).

My Antique PC because works fast when it loaded with Windows XP/Pro or XP-MCE. When it is loaded with Windows Vista Ultimate, my Antique PC works much slower, slows to response to user input, all program executions take much longer to finish. I hated my Antique PC when it is loaded with Windows Vista. I think my mouth is a little bit wider because of the constant cursings after months of VISTA beta testings.

-- The Windows Vista works better on a newer PC configuration (AMD 64 X2 dual core 4400+, 3 Gig RAM DDR2-667, Serial WD-HD 200Gig-16MegRAM buffer, ATI Radeon X1800 CROSSFIRE/PCIE/512 MEG RAM VIDEO card).

I like the Vista aero eye-candies. It does have a similar looks and feels of the Apple MAC OS X. The Vista does look nicer than XP but I don't think VISTA works that much better than XP. VISTA does a good jobs of hiding advanced features from all users with the intention to protect novice users from shooting themsevles in the foot. But that feature and the protected excution is annoying to advanced users because it adds extra steps and hoops that we have to do..

-- UPDATE your old PC if you want to use WINDOW VISTA unless your PC configuration is equal or better than my new PC configuration.

FXSKUNK said 2:54PM on 1-24-2007

kahn said 2:57PM on 1-26-2007

i want it

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= said 8:49PM on 2-21-2007

When will windows vista be ready on yahoo? If it already is where do you have to go to download it?

abdul wahid said 9:27AM on 2-24-2007

i want this new yahoo messenger and plz tell me that when i will git this as soon as it posibal.

abdul wahid said 9:31AM on 2-24-2007

this is very good

abdul wahid said 9:33AM on 2-24-2007

good one and i want this

abdul wahid said 9:40AM on 2-24-2007

this virsion is very good and i want this

abdul wahid said 9:48AM on 2-24-2007

When will windows vista be ready on yahoo? If it already is where do you have to go to download it?

abdul wahid said 9:50AM on 2-24-2007

When will windows vista be ready on yahoo? If it already is where do you have to go to download it?

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