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1. I love yahoo.com

   Comment by Dulce — January 7, 2007 #

2. I love this webside

   Comment by Dulce — January 7, 2007 #

3. yahoo?
   then,
   what else?
   what a site!
   i’m proud 2 b yahooer!

   Comment by imanov — January 7, 2007 #

4. Its great that you finally have a place to report news on messenger. I love the screenshots from your Messenger for Windows Vista. It is by far the best looking version of YM youve ever had and Ive been using it since version 3.

   One question though, did you leave the plugin functionality in YM for Vista?

   Because, having Yahoo Radio RIGHT there has been SOOO convenient.

   Comment by Matt — January 8, 2007 #

5. Awesome! Can’t wait to hear more!

   Comment by Ryan — January 8, 2007 #

6. Awesome! Glad there’s a place to stay current on the latest news with yahoo messenger. Just a small question…Is there anyway to get the typing sounds back? They were with the older versions and the last few versions I have had do not offer that but the sounds are still there. Thanks for any help with this.

   Comment by redneck_cpl_4_fun — January 8, 2007 #

7. kool!!

   Comment by junita — January 8, 2007 #

8. I like yahoo messanger but sounds suck – i liked the old doorbells, and chimes and now all i get is the little tings i dont like it at all bring back the old sounds or at least give us the choice

   Comment by lori — January 8, 2007 #

9. HELP!!!!!! Hey you Yahoo Messenger users… Mac ones perferrably I just recently upgraded to the Beta 3.0.1r2 version and now I can’t get connected… Yahoo keeps giving me this message that the servers are under maintenance…. Please somebody help. I’m a messenger junky and hate the old 2.5.3 version.

   Needing a fix!
   Dragonfire364

   Comment by Dragonfire364 — January 8, 2007 #

10. hey yahoo is the best place to get help for any computer assisted program’s around that si the honest truth right there….thank you YAHOO! Sinserely yours Jesse Matthew Garcia

    Comment by jesse garcia — January 8, 2007 #

11. Hey Dude,

    Tell me regarding the Windows Vista version ??????????

    Comment by Jagadish Chandra — January 8, 2007 #

12. thank yahoo…

    Comment by anda — January 9, 2007 #

13. i love u Y!M

    Comment by sahar — January 9, 2007 #

14. So long time I wait this blog… Happy new year ;o)

    NB: add link to Messenger SDK on YDN.

    Comment by Olivier D. alias ze kat — January 9, 2007 #

15. i like you’re comment’s.
    sincerely,
    audrey

    Comment by audrey barbara — January 9, 2007 #

16. Why is it that since I’ve upgraded to messenger v8 I have to deal with IMs asking me to check out webcams and profiles? I don’t go into chat rooms and am only suppose to be visible to people on my friends list. I’ve never had to deal with this problem the whole time I’ve been using messenger (approx 6yrs), now I have IMs popping up constantly.

    Comment by Jeff — January 9, 2007 #

17. Has any one tried the D-link sold at Radio Shack to hook up a USB Phone ?
    If so what driver should I use ?

    Comment by David — January 9, 2007 #

18. i love YAHOO i rox my world

    Comment by mande — January 9, 2007 #

19. Yahoo Messenger is soooooo kl!!!!

    Comment by Melody — January 9, 2007 #

20. this site is great!!!!

    Comment by leela — January 9, 2007 #

21. How the heck do I get this UPDATE to STOP popping UP?
    DO NOT want update, getting really pissed off about the popup and unwanted intrusions.

    Help.
    mlark

    Comment by mlark4 — January 9, 2007 #

22. Hey I am from India and yahoo messenger is now in India 222222 , All I want 2 say is YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by PrAgYa NiGaM — January 10, 2007 #

23. i have a complaint here with YM beta for mac. why does it always said ‘undergoing maintenance?’?????

    Comment by qayyum — January 10, 2007 #

24. FOREVER YAHOO MESSENGER

    Comment by icaksu — January 10, 2007 #

25. wot is wrong with yahoo with voice ???????????
    I am in the Philippines and I can’t get connected for the last couple of days

    Comment by Ian — January 10, 2007 #

26. i love yahoo because it has all the features i nead to have fun and work at the same time

    Comment by janie — January 10, 2007 #

27. yahoo rox it is pimpin

    Comment by janie — January 10, 2007 #

28. Was waiting for this blog for months >:d

    Comment by Can — January 10, 2007 #

29. im waiting for handsfree

    Comment by basim fahad — January 11, 2007 #

30. yahoo rocks

    Comment by lauren — January 11, 2007 #

31. When will there be an updated version for Mac users? Will it finally have voice? It also needs to “send message to all” for groups.

    Additonally, IMvironments, audibles and all the other fun things would be nice.

    Lastly, will you be making a version for Apples new iPhone that is being introduced June 1st, 2007?

    Comment by Scot — January 11, 2007 #

32. Messenger is extremely unreliable for chat. I just connected to a room and couldn’t see any text. There’s no room where everyone just sits silently for like 5 minutes. Now Yahoo has taken away the option of browser based chat. I talk to friends in Messenger but I don’t like the chat room feature at all. Plus you still can’t make user chatrooms. Why was this feature taken away?

    Comment by Cynthia — January 11, 2007 #

33. i lOvE yahoo messenger! i love eVeRyThInG about yahoo! esepecially the avitars!

    Comment by Daisy — January 11, 2007 #

34. blog lovely

    Comment by Nghi — January 12, 2007 #

35. I miss the old IM.
    The new one has a lot of steps backwards. For example: I use to display five cities on the weather tab – not anymore – the space is cluttered with some dumb pic. Let use select what it should look like. I have chat friends in these other places and was able to see what their weather was like, if they had a weather advisory or not.
    I use to be able to keep track of several different topics in a small space, now it is cluttered with pics that I do Not want. Vid is nice when used correctly, sound is nice when it is used correctly. I must agree with mlark4 give use a choice.
    If this is the look of windows Vista, help I DO NOT LIKE IT.
    Give me opions Not what You want.

    Comment by max — January 12, 2007 #

36. cool i want this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by kristen — January 12, 2007 #

37. i really n-joy yahoo u r ”exelent”

    Comment by ripti — January 12, 2007 #

38. The new Vista messenger seems nice, but I’ve barely used IM since Yahoo shut down the ability for users to create their own chatrooms almost 2 years ago. Since then, the sitaution’s gotten a LOT worse with bots and hackers flooding the regular chat channel almost 24/7 and trolls hanging out in the teen chatrooms.

    Until Yahoo stops ignoring the calls from users asing them to do *SOME*thing about the chatroom situation and at least COMMENTS on what’s happening, IM will continue to be a joke to me. I’m hoping that since the IM development team has a blog now, they can discuss some of these issues.

    Bring back the user-created rooms!! *waves a rally-flag* =)

    Comment by Andy — January 12, 2007 #

39. Why do some of you dummies go out of your way to visit this blog, and tell the rest of us how it “rox” or how much you “love” Yahoo Messenger?

    Do you enjoy being bombarded with instant messages from people you don’t know, or wish to talk to? Especially the Indians, the Asians, the Arabs, etc? Do you enjoy reading filthy messages from porn compu-bots? If so, then Yahoo Messenger is the place for you!

    Why do some people post questions directly aimed at Yahoo Staff? You do reallize this blog isn’t read by anyone on their payroll, don’t you? Yahoo is out to make the money. If your so naive as to think Yahoo is “family friendly”, or takes any action what so ever when they recieve a complaint or a request for help on a technical issue, well then they have you right where they want you.

    I think Dateline NBC should do an expose on Yahoo and the rest of the chat service providers themselves. Mabe if their disdain for the average user, and failure to take action on so many of the problems that plague their chat rooms were broadcast on national network television, they would step up and fix the flaws. I bet more than a few advertisers would say good bye forever, to Yahoo, if it was better known what STILL goes on in their chat rooms. I know I would. Seriously, how long would it take their technical “experts” to make some changes? Two hours? Three mabe? The trick would be to find a team that can speak English.

    Yahoo could have been the model the rest of them strive to equal, but they continue to throw that chance right down the toilet.

    In a nutshell, lets not waste everyones time posting how much you love Yahoo Messenger.

    Comment by bart — January 12, 2007 #

40. Also, if you can’t see text in any Yahoo Chat room, its because you have your preferences set to ignore anyone who is not on your friends list. The only way to join a room, and see text, is to allow instant messages from EVERYONE. Porn-bots included.
    .
    This has been a problem with the past two builds of Yahoo Messenger.

    Its a pity that Carole McManus, community manager & Sarah Bacon, product manager, have never visited a Yahoo chat room. So much for quality control. Those types of attitudes would be enough to get most people fired.

    Comment by bart — January 12, 2007 #

41. yahoo users are ediots.
    And there is no doubt at all.

    Comment by g2 — January 12, 2007 #

42. I HATE YAHOO BLUE BALLS.COM

    Comment by me — January 13, 2007 #

43. I am using BroadBand but could not start Super web cam

    Comment by Divyesh Joshi — January 13, 2007 #

44. why is calling the philippines so expensive?? then at christmas thru new years you give a special price,but what good did it do,the earthquake tore the phone lines up,so there was no way one could call,not good yahoo,not good at all

    Comment by ray hammond — January 13, 2007 #

45. How come you cannot access chat rooms under 8.1? How come when I log on I am get instant messages from people I do not know? Seems my name pops up to people not on my list?

    And again tells us why porn bots roam the chat rooms with impunity?

    Lastly, chat as bad as it is is far better than the mess at MSN.

    Comment by Boss — January 13, 2007 #

46. I don’t have many people on my 360 but I really enjoy yahoo.

    Comment by jessica — January 13, 2007 #

47. WHAT A GREAT NEW WAY TO YAHOO INTO THE NEW YEAR.. WELL DONE..X

    Comment by LOIS G. CLARK — January 14, 2007 #

48. Alot of people are having problem on messenger getting to room , in it takes a few attemps sometimes but finally enters room. I hear lot of people complaining about it. Am sure yahoo will correct though.

    Comment by charles miller — January 14, 2007 #

49. it fentastic way to come closer to others

    Comment by Dr. Durg Singh — January 14, 2007 #

50. i heart you yahoo

    Comment by ashley — January 14, 2007 #

51. Since upgrading to messinger v8, I no longer get alerts when I have mail like I did with all previous versions. Is there a fix???

    Comment by Ramralph34 — January 15, 2007 #

52. still having difficulty linking yahoo blog with bigblog would like to know how to do it in easy steps apart from that yahoo messenger is fun

    Comment by bassahandsome — January 15, 2007 #

53. How come it take so long to go from chat room to chat room i amn using a cable moden but i can’t go from chat room to chat room
    I will like to why this happen

    Comment by Bigbill — January 15, 2007 #

54. where can i download the older version of IM? The new one locks up my computer.

    Comment by ande — January 15, 2007 #

55. This new messenger is for the birds I have had computer lock-ups and pop ups every since I downloaded it! I want the older version back not the one yahoo wants me to have !!

    Shayne

    Comment by Shayne — January 15, 2007 #

56. I dont know why no one is bringing to the notice of yahoo ppl that yahoo chat is either dead or is about to die….

    Comment by indeod — January 16, 2007 #

57. its nice to be with yahoo……cool..,,!

    Comment by roselle — January 16, 2007 #

58. I LOVE YAHOO

    Comment by LESLIE — January 16, 2007 #

59. Man this website is so cool! You get your messages like really fast. You have no limit on friends and it comes with a yahoo messanger!!!!

    Comment by Destiny — January 16, 2007 #

60. cool!

    Comment by laine — January 16, 2007 #

61. thanks yahoo

    Comment by laine — January 16, 2007 #

62. i hate yahoo messenger because i have had a yahoo id and 360 and over the 10000 email then i send a feedback to yahoo customer care my id deactivate. why ????

    Comment by J@w@D — January 17, 2007 #

63. I am at a loss. I just accepted the offer to download the new yahoo messenger. Whilst all my friend list is there – when i try and type in as usual to talk to my sister then text seems to dissappear in the ether – I can not see any of her text? Has anyone else had this problem.

    VERY UNHAPPY – really want to be able to talk as usual.

    Comment by zuzuphiney — January 17, 2007 #

64. The new Yahoo Messenger is very buggy .. the IM text disappears when it wants also the plugins won’t load at all just make the window longer
    keep getting a little message that says Can’t connect with a little OK button below the text
    almost everytime i click the mail button it asks me to sign in .. even know i have it set to auto log me in .. i think someone on the test team was sleeping on the job
    but i can see a great upgrade once the bugs are worked out

    Comment by Ryff — January 17, 2007 #

65. Why can’t I have different display images for each friend like it says? When I try to change an image for one person, it changes for all. I have Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.209

    Comment by Tom — January 18, 2007 #

66. i like yahoo very much even if it gives me a hard time some times it wont let me get into the chat rooms but is ok keep up the good work

    Comment by taty — January 18, 2007 #

67. Hey, what happened to the little guy connecting me to 360?OK, OK, only been using Ver. 8 for 30 seconds or so…….so it’s probably just a matter of finding it. But does anyone know? (save me the trouble of looking for it)

    Comment by Meta2112 — January 18, 2007 #

68. thank you

    Comment by charlene gore — January 18, 2007 #

69. i love u yahoo

    Comment by raelyn — January 18, 2007 #

70. i love u very much yahoo. keep doing so good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by ved — January 19, 2007 #

71. I have a new computer. & I want yahoo for my home page, But AOL keeps coming up and I have change it? how do I get aol off ,I have tryed everthing? help
    jenie

    Comment by jenie — January 19, 2007 #

72. Hi everyone,
    I have been noticing that using yahoo messenger 8.0 is resulting in too much of data transfer. Has anyone else had this problem?
    Thanks,
    Visrom

    Comment by visrom — January 20, 2007 #

73. I have a problem logging in my Yahoo messenger for the past 3 -4 days now. Does any of you experience this too? How did you solve this problem? Help please…

    Comment by Mhadi — January 20, 2007 #

74. you should make a skin with pink&lime green together! tahts hawt!

    Comment by Sumi — January 20, 2007 #

75. I am having a problem signing into Yahoo messenger for the past 5 days. I have uninstalled, reinstalled and even changed my password but still can not sign in. I can sign in to check mail. I don’t get any error messages and can’t sign in on either computer. Any help appreciated. Thanks!!!

    Comment by Cat — January 21, 2007 #

76. When will the Macintosh version be updated?

    Comment by applicator — January 21, 2007 #

77. I have been having ever increasing trouble with yahoo messenger over the past month. First of all I always sign in as invisible and then select the friends I wish to see me. Now, after I sign in and leave messenger for a bit, it will sign me out and then automatically resign me in, and make me available to everyone. I don’t like that. Secondly, and most recently, while I’m in a chat room, yahoo will automatically kick me out of the chat room. This has happened a couple of times and now I have trouble entering chat room. Hope these issues can be resolved soon cuz I like using yahoo messenger to chat with friends.

    Comment by Mike — January 21, 2007 #

78. How long will it be until us Mac users will be able to access the yahoo chat rooms??????? There are millions of people out there using Macs so why do we have to miss out??? Does anyone know how much longer this will take?

    Comment by Belinda — January 21, 2007 #

79. I need help. i cant figure out how to sign on to messanger. i have been trying 4 like a half an hour but i cant figure out how. someone please tell me how!!

    Comment by blsparkle_43 — January 22, 2007 #

80. Your blog commended barts suggestion that to see text in the chat room we have to remove ignore from the Preferences. Did you try going in the chat room with this option? You get inundated with unwanted pms and spend all your time closing these pms instead of participating in the main chat room. Bad Idea!!. Strangely I want to know how come the other chatters dont have this problem and they dont need to use this ‘Unignore’ option while chatting?.

    Comment by alpha — January 23, 2007 #

81. for the past few days —- just cannot sign in … incredibly frustrating … i have a nice expensive Mac …. but cannot sign in to Yahoo Messenger … yet people with OLD, ready for the trash can PCs have no probs

    HELP PLEASE !

    Comment by ianzzzx — January 24, 2007 #

82. I have tried entering a chatroom with preferences set to ignore all users not on my friends list. Of course I have tried this.

    It was quite by accident that I discovered the only way to see chatroom text and/or switch chatrooms was to allow messages globally, from any user.

    I would suggest that YOU attempt to see text in any chatroom while ignoring instant messages from anyone not on your friends list. Let alone entering different chatrooms.

    As far as having to close multiple porn-bot message windows, I would suggest you click Messenger, then Preferences. Scroll down to ‘Messages’. By default, Yahoo Messenger opens all instant messages in separate pop-up windows. What you want to do is click the checkbox to “Show the messages in a single window”. This also comes in handy when a morbidly obese juvenile delinquent tries to flood you with instant messages in an attempt to “boot” you offline, as you can simply keep closing the window and defeating the attempt.

    Comment by bart — January 25, 2007 #

83. Post Script to my last entry

    I was refering to the newest version of Yahoo Messenger. If your not having any trouble viewing text or entering chatrooms, it may be your using an older, more reliable version of Messenger.

    Comment by bart — January 25, 2007 #

84. Please update Mac client!

    Comment by ken — January 25, 2007 #

85. Yahoo should suspend instant messaging services in all Middle Eastern / Oppressed African / Certain South American / Asian / Communist European countries and Mexico indefinately untill protocols are enacted to stem the flow of malicious and/or devious instant message traffic that may put the wellfare of The United States, or any of its citizens on an individual basis, in peril. In as much as International or Domestic terrorism is concerned.

    Moral standards should be addressed. Deviant messages from offshore entities and/or those that wish to hinder or harass others, such as in “booting” should be investigated thoroughly.

    I have an outline prepared to deliver to my Congressman that will explain the goings on in Yahoo Chatrooms, and preliminary feedback from his office indicates that he will step forward on behalf of this issue.

    Comment by bart — January 25, 2007 #

86. YIM for MAC!!! Where is it? You gave us candy, got us addicted then took it away! I know its a Beta, but can you give us a more informative message? Please! I loved it!!
    Missing it, big time!

    Comment by Tigergirl — January 26, 2007 #

87. Chatters cannot get into chat rooms, people in the rooms cannot see or post text, what is happening? When will it be fixed?

    Comment by Yahoo_Reg — January 27, 2007 #

88. i had download the yahoo 8.1 version but when i want to go into the chatrooms. It takes ages!! when i chat with my friends and use the avatar space or other plug in, the messenger is kinda slow and it takes time. Can you make the yahoo messenger more quicker and doesn’t take too much time?? Thank you…

    Comment by sky — January 30, 2007 #

89. How is the Yahoo Messenger MAC team doing? The beta is nice so far, but it’s still incredibly incompatible with PC users. The cam almost never works. With the latest PC upgrade now, I no longer see PC avatars on my Mac.

    I really hope Yahoo will devote more resources to their Mac client. The Mac population is GROWING, and by the way, consists of lots of young people and others who are in the prime demographic of users Yahoo should want using their system instead of a competitor’s.

    Comment by Scott — January 31, 2007 #

90. nice to see a yahoo messenger blog

    The messenger that we have been using for so so long..

    Comment by Jeba — February 3, 2007 #

91. I love the hell out of this place. I’ve liked it so much that i go with draws with out it and i meet lots of new people.keep up the good work……

    Comment by angelique — February 4, 2007 #

92. i love yahoo more than anyone, its just the best.

    Comment by ankush — February 4, 2007 #

93. Hey Guys,

    You have a problem, even after I am invisible, every time I sign out my friends can see that I am signing out through a small message above the windows clock.

    So they know I was invisible and was tryign to avoid them. This happens only in your 8.x version of yahoo. Pls fix it before I lost all the friends I am hiding from!

    Comment by Oracle — February 5, 2007 #

94. make it work, you are the best

    Comment by ola — February 11, 2007 #

95. hi, i am naveed from denmak , i have a problem with yahoo from last few weeks. normally i chat while appearing offline. my yahoo messenger automatically appears visible , and send pop up msg to everyone in my messenger list.
    can anybody help please

    Comment by naveed — February 13, 2007 #

96. Poor Yahoo! It has to work 24/7. No wonder why it is always on strike. Can not log in during the last 12 hours

    Hey Bart, what’s going on with your report to the Congressman? Any news?

    Comment by Lolie — February 13, 2007 #

97. When are you folks going to release the new version for Mac users?

    Comment by Scott — February 15, 2007 #

98. i love yahoo alote, that is too interesting and accessible any time

    Hurmat

    Comment by Hurmattullah — February 16, 2007 #

99. Please help me. I am desperate. I have tried everything imaginable and no one can help me. I am a yahoo i.m. junkie and the past couple of weeks I have not been able to use it. I keep getting disconnected off of yahoo and then connected again. This enable me to communicate via i.m. I have checked with my ISP which happens to be AT&T yahoo and then have been no help. I have called the Yahoo number direct and of course no live person is there to offer assistance. I know it is not my connection because I stay connected to everything else. Please someone..help me!!!

    Comment by Amy — February 21, 2007 #

100. Hi Amy,

     I am not sure what version of Messenger you’re on, but I would recommend first uninstalling Messenger from your computer (Go to Start>Settings>Control Panels>Add/Remove Programs). Then after uninstalling and restarting your computer, go to http://messenger.yahoo.com to download and install the latest version. Thanks,

     Sarah Bacon

     Comment by Administrator — February 21, 2007 #

101. Hey
     i am so board cause my messenger friend is not on and va-ca i so BORING!!!! only3 mor days till school starts again. well then, PEACE OUT!!!

     

     Comment by kiki — February 22, 2007 #

102. Can we have a security related blog here

     Comment by zothana — February 28, 2007 #

103. My friends and I are so proud to be using Yahoo Messenger! We think it beats the heck outta MSN Messenger. Keep up the good work Yahoo!

     Comment by Sam — August 1, 2007 #

104. Just came across this site while searching for blogs maintained by Yahoo. Just wanna say what a great site with everything about Yahoo! Messenger!

     Comment by Halloween Dog Costume — August 13, 2007 #

105. i love yahoo but it to cofuseing just to log or sighnn on to get a blog

     Comment by nicole — March 19, 2009 #

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