Yahoo Messenger For Vista Preview Release
Yahoo! has just announced that a preview release for Yahoo Messenger for Vista is now available for download. This version of the instant messaging client was built from the ground up specifically for Vista.
This version is pre-beta which means that there are features that still haven’t been included. Sending messages to mobiles, chat rooms, webcams, and photo sharing haven’t been added yet.
The preview version sports a new interface that lets users display their conversations in tabs and even drag and drop individual tabs to create new windows.
![[Yahoo Messenger For Vista Screen 1]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ymvista_screen1.png)
You can drag your favorite friends to your sidebar gadget.
![[Yahoo Messenger For Vista Screen 2]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ymvista_screen2.png)
Other features that have been included:
- Send files up to 2 GB
- Enhanced emoticons
- Spell Checker that knows ‘LOL’ doesn’t need to be corrected
- Built-in skin chooser lets users have a different skin for every message window
![[Yahoo Messenger For Vista Screen 3]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ymvista_screen3.png)
For more information about the preview release, check out the official announcement.
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December 7th, 2007 01:33
:O I wish my PC was good enough to run Vista. I badly want to give YMessenger 9 a try on Vista.
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December 7th, 2007 03:18
I just tried it in the morning and I really liked it but still have to use the old one as many features like webcam and voice are not supported yet…
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December 7th, 2007 03:37
@Haris:
I’ll probably try Vista when I upgrade my pc.
@Joel:
It’s great to see you buddy!
December 7th, 2007 04:51
It looks gorgeous, cant wait to try it .
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December 7th, 2007 06:12
@Madhur:
Too bad it’s for Vista. I’d like to have that for XP
December 7th, 2007 10:50
Woah. That looks pretty slick. Much better than the crappy versions of AIM I run on my various computers.
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December 7th, 2007 11:07
Up to 2GB of movies you said?
I think its time to call J
December 7th, 2007 11:24
It is eally cool and blends well with Vista’s look and feel
December 7th, 2007 12:24
@Bush:
Heh I think the last time I used AIM was hmm … dangit I can’t remember
@katalyst:
He’s probably busy doing another road trip
@David:
I like the fact that they built it from scratch. Too bad I won’t get to use it
December 7th, 2007 13:07
I have wait for little more time to test this as I have not installed Vista.
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December 7th, 2007 16:28
@Nirmal:
Me too buddy. I have no idea when I’ll be using Vista
December 7th, 2007 17:36
now vista have some ‘+’
nice.. i will spend more time messaging..
after this..
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December 7th, 2007 21:59
not good for me
havent installed vista yet, but seriously it look just amazing, even i would like to have it for XP
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December 8th, 2007 04:17
Well I switched over to Trillian for a while when I was working at a video game company, but after that I went back to IM for some reason.
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December 8th, 2007 11:17
@theplussixty:
@Vaibhav:
I agree buddy. Having an XP version that looked like that would be great
@Bush:
I wonder how long YM will beat Gtalk?
December 9th, 2007 01:25
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May 11th, 2008 09:31
I did not know this ! omg looks great thanks…