Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista (Preview)
Rohan Naravane, Dec 30, 2007 2319 hrs IST
Here's what the new Yahoo messenger will bring along for Vista users
Layout
Even though it looks different than the earlier versions, the position of important elements has not changed. It displays your Yahoo Avatar on the top-left corner which can be updated by simply clicking on it.
Next to it is the Status message drop-down menu with the ability to add custom messages.
A Search box is located below it -- here you can find anyone from your list by simply typing the their user name or Yahoo ID.
The people on your list can be sorted according to different categories like Friends, Family, etc.
Contacts can be sorted horizontally by simply re-sizing the window.
The display size of your contacts can be changed with the use of a slider.
Other than that, Yahoo has thoughtfully mentioned hotkey combinations next to every task to instantly execute it without your mouse.
USER COMMENTS
by hejdar, hej, on Nov 08, 2008 07:51 PM, Report abuse Reply
by nizu, hyd, on Oct 25, 2008 10:06 AM, Report abuse Reply
by amjad, ondore, on Oct 09, 2008 02:29 PM, Report abuse Reply
by dsagf, cairo, on Sep 24, 2008 11:45 PM, Report abuse Reply
by fazzy, delhi, on Jun 21, 2008 05:09 PM, Report abuse Reply
People now are thinking in the Right direction.. they no more wanted colourful vista.. they are better comforted with winxp,sp2 itself... similar case yahoo! msgr was best then, but see now the complexity is increased, yahoo mail and msgr sucks and simple Gmail and gtalk is good.. bt gmail2.0 is starting to suck...
by niji, chenna, on Jan 01, 2008 09:42 PM, Report abuse Reply
looks like u know only one word, sucks!! How can u say the techtree word verification sucks??? Yahoo messenger packs great deal of features that gtalk can only dream now. I guess your opinion, u guessed it, sucks...
by Nijisucks, chenna, on Jun 06, 2008 09:03 AM, Report abuse
by khalid, purnea, on Feb 11, 2008 10:31 AM, Report abuse Reply
i think this is inspired more by apple iphone that the vista/gtalk
by in_johny, india, on Jan 07, 2008 01:12 PM, Report abuse Reply
The new Messenger for Vista is a real dissapointment. Works very slow, to few features even for a preview. In this rithem, when are they gonna finish it?
by alex b, Iasi, RO, on Jan 05, 2008 07:02 PM, Report abuse Reply
Yahoo messenger is a real dream.
by Jawed Usmani, Bilaspur, on Jan 04, 2008 03:49 AM, Report abuse Reply
THE PREVIOUS VERSION STILL ROCKS WHAT ABOUT AUDIBLES AND ENVIRONMENTS? HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! MAKE 2008 HAPPIER BY VISTING http://www.supershiva.blogspot.com http://www.versatilecollection.blogspot.com
by SHIVA, JAMMU, on Jan 03, 2008 11:58 AM, Report abuse Reply
by Dr0k, Dr0kistan, on Jan 03, 2008 10:51 AM, Report abuse Reply
and one more thing , techtree.com's word verification system sucks
by niji, chenna, on Jan 01, 2008 09:43 PM, Report abuse Reply
by lEaNsEr, Mexico, on Jan 01, 2008 09:33 PM, Report abuse Reply
dont u guys think the layout looks like a glossy version of Google talk
by copycat, copies, on Dec 31, 2007 11:33 PM, Report abuse Reply
I like the new yahoo messenger except it does have a flaw, it keeps going off line and you get an error message. Hopefully the finial version will have the bugs fixed.
by James Smith, Dallas, Texas, on Dec 31, 2007 09:21 PM, Report abuse Reply
I dunno if the reviewer used a dummy a\c but anybody who wants do a lil messing around my make wrong use of those id's present in the screen shot ...
by ogaboga, B'lore, on Dec 31, 2007 01:57 PM, Report abuse Reply
by ogaboga, B'lore, on Dec 31, 2007 01:58 PM, Report abuse
I also got the opportunity to test this version, and believe me, according to yahoo it's the beta version but i'll rate it as alpha. There's so much needs to be done. Most of the features are missing in settings options likes alerts and sounds, and message settings. Leave all problems behind, the main problem is it's really really really slow. People who have been using messenger for ages, will use it only once and then will immediately uninstall it. Atleast it's in my case. I'll rate it as the worst development of messenger from yahoo according to the expectations of users. And as Rohan said, let us hope that this preview version gets some real smooth and fast features and working process in the final version.
by Tikris, Underground, on Dec 31, 2007 10:29 AM, Report abuse Reply
i found it to be really good.look at the good things...i still feel yahoo has revolutionized the way ppl can communicate.
by arun, LA, on Dec 31, 2007 01:22 PM, Report abuse
by paddy, mumbai, on Dec 31, 2007 11:01 AM, Report abuse Reply
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by anil, bangalore, on Nov 10, 2008 05:39 PM, Report abuse Reply