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Introducing Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista

January 8, 2007 on 9:27 am | In Vista version | 326 Comments

There’s a lot of buzz around Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where we and thousands of others are this week.

And today we announced we’re working on a brand new version of Yahoo! Messenger, built from the ground up specifically for Windows Vista.

This is our next generation of Yahoo! Messenger. It takes full advantage of the dynamic design, slick interfaces and other cool stuff that Windows Vista offers through its Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). And it has a whole new look, some great enhancements of beloved features (like super emoticons!) and other goodies that will make it a fast favorite for those of you who upgrade or purchase a new computer with Microsoft Windows Vista. Here’s a short list of what’s in this new version:

  • Instant message, voice, webcam video, and more
  • Keep conversations organized by dragging and dropping them into one tabbed window
  • Brand new emoticons, program icons and alert sounds
  • Automatic groups are created in your contact list based on your Yahoo! interests (i.e. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football league)

And check out our info page which includes more feature descriptions, screenshots and a video preview. You’re ready to play with this new Yahoo! Messenger, right? Well, you’ll have to wait a little bit. Windows Vista will be available starting January 30, 2007 and we expect to have Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista available in beta a few months later. We’ll keep you posted through this blog. You can also submit your email on the info page to get notified.Right now, check out the screenshots and video to see what all the buzz is about.

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

P.S. – We showed a prototype of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista to a roomful of press and bloggers on Sunday. Check out some of the early reviews:
MSTechToday
CNET News.com
Eweek
Computerworld
Techcrunch
Fullmanator.com
on10.net (video interview)

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  1. In the past, I have complained to yahoo, particuarly the TOS website and nothing was done. I once again am coming to you guys in the hopes that you will listen and fix things.Booters are filling up the 124 part of a chatroom packet. While this is a problem for my friends and I, we aren’t the only ones being affected. Please fix this problem. Here is an example. Thank you.

    [packet $A8 Chatroom] «size 10165»104¤Yahoo! Chat Help:1¤109¤bla_b00ted193¤117¤Hi everyone ¤124¤1(THEY CAN PLACE 10K OF DATA HERE)¤

    Comment by Evil — January 8, 2007 #

  2. These people exploiting this are signing in several id’s into a room and flash flooding each id with said packet above with 10k packet size each send into the room.

    so say 8 id’s sending 10,000 bytes each chat packet every milisecond into the room is a 80,000k packet size been recieved by a chatter which by yahoo’s own network filtering and this is just one send by the ids and if they keep doing it yahoo disconnects the reciever aka the innocent chatters.

    yahoo need to re-look over their network on how they deal with packet sizes and remote side disconnections and disconnect the senders not the receivers and setup a filter to look at chatroom packet size not only character size.

    Comment by Dermot — January 8, 2007 #

  3. [...] Yahoo Messenger for Vista Debuts at CES I’m here at CES, where Yahoo and Microsoft are thrilled to show off a preview of the new Yahoo Messenger for Vista, built entirely on WPF.  Yahoo has a great landing page with screenshots, a screencast of the app and a sign up sheet for when they release a beta.  I held off on blogging this until we got the Channel 10 interview posted, where I hooked up with Jeff Sandquist and the crew to do an interview with the Yahoo folks, Joshua Jacobson and Matthew Skyrm, about the application.  (If you haven’t seen Channel 10, it is the sister to Channel 9, targeted to enthusiasts and power users.) They talk about their motivations for building this new messenger, their experience with WPF and Expression and more.  They’ve got a blog up as well!  I’ve been working with the lead developer, Eric Burke, along with Frog Design, including Lee Brimelow, on this application and the alpha is looking great. This application is a shining example of the opportunities and possibilities of the Vista and .NET 3.0 platform. Expect to hear more about this, for sure!      Filed under: Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon), WPF, Avalon, Vista [...]

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  4. I think this is goin to revolutionized the entire IMing on top of this is the acess to yahoo.com by microsoft cooperation to allowe yahoo move instant messenger to a next new level.

    Comment by fourier902000 — January 9, 2007 #

  5. [...] We’re also showing off the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports app and “my channel,” both for the IPTV environment in our Digital Home demos. Messenger on Vista, Jumpcut, and Answers are also getting some pub, and the gang from Yahoo! Tech is in the control room documenting everything (here and across the show). [...]

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  6. its pimp baby. i friggin love forever. and will always love you & use u! bye b—

    Comment by breeeeeee — January 10, 2007 #

  7. It’s very cool!

    Comment by hoai nam — January 11, 2007 #

  8. Can I just add a small pledge for a new and improved UNIX version? The current version has no video nor voice support. Yes, I know there’s some other clients out there, but nine of them have all of the features of the official vesion.

    Comment by Radu — January 12, 2007 #

  9. Please please please do NOT spoil the clean interface with plugins, ads on the bottom, popup messages, installer trying to change homepage.

    Make it the way that people have to take notice and say “WOW, that definitely is a good thing.”

    Dont make it go the AIM/ICQ trash bloat+ad mode.

    Comment by IQ70 — January 12, 2007 #

  10. IAM A SMALL TEENAGED BOY . I HAVE USED THE TRAILVERISION OF IT .IT WAS GOOD AND I LOVED IT.SO YOU HAVE DEVELOPED MUCH MORE FORM,
    THE TRAIL VERISION OF IT.I HAVE ALL NEW PROGAMS BUT YOU WAS NICE FORM OTHERS.
    SO MY DEAR FRIEND BEST OF LUCK AND YOU CAN DEVELOPED IT MORE FROM OTHER.
    SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SAY THAT WHAT A GOOD THING YOU HAVE MADE……………

    Comment by preeet — January 15, 2007 #

  11. Looking good for Vista. I hope Y! also plans on releasing a full and un-beta update for the Mac soon too, with at least most of the features found on it’s Windows counterpart.

    Comment by mac — January 16, 2007 #

  12. Damn, Y! is getting better and better, just hope those boots and hackers are gona go to Hel now, man u guys got to fix those bugs, if not i think i better remain with the old versions. So my Dear firends, good luck in all your hard work.

    Comment by Taka Victor Asobo — January 16, 2007 #

  13. Hi,

    If the new version of the messenger is based on WPF and .NET 3.0, shouldn’t I be ablr to run it on windows XP with the .NET framework installed?

    Why does everyone keep saying that this is only for the Vista operating system?

    -Hitesh

    Comment by Hitesh A — January 23, 2007 #

  14. Hi Hitesh,

    Yes you are correct. If you have .NET running on Windows XP, you will be able to use the upcoming Vista client. However, we’re not sure yet if all the features and enhancements will work on Windows XP. We’re really focused on making a client that will take advantage of all that Vista has to offer, so we want to make sure users understand that what we’re creating is being built specifically for Windows Vista. Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon
    Product Manager

    Comment by Administrator — January 24, 2007 #

  15. I think Vista and the new yahoo IM messenger will be better than XP, XP was good but not great, I really hope that vista and its new messenger will be better that previos versions of yahoo messeger, I’ll be looking for the new yahoo messenger in a few months when it is out

    Thank You,
    Doc

    Comment by Mr. Doc — January 24, 2007 #

  16. Ha! I appreciate the link, but I just want to clarify that I was not in said room along with press and those other bloggers. I’m just a regular Yahoo! user.

    Though, if I can get in on the “inner circle” of beta testing for this nice new toy, I’d be a very happy blogger!

    Comment by Fullman — January 24, 2007 #

  17. a few months later?why this long?

    Comment by anonimus — January 27, 2007 #

  18. hey, this phototype does look prety good.. This is what I hope to see in the final verson:

    1. new, louder (but not too loud) sounds.
    2. better intergradtion with windows live messenger
    3. removal of adubles
    4. NO ADS and removal of plug ins, unless the plug ins can be fit in well with the user experance of YIM.

    Comment by Chris — January 27, 2007 #

  19. Hopefully this will come soon, as having just installed Vista, Yahoo Messenger doesn’t work properly anymore. The Yahoo window comes to the front (on top of all other windows) every 2 seconds making it unusable.

    Steve

    Comment by Steve — February 1, 2007 #

  20. Hi Steve – Sounds like you may not be on the latest 8.1.0.239 build. That bug should be fixed in it. So from Messenger, go to the Help menu and choose “Check for Updates” to see if you’re on the latest (or choose “About Yahoo! Messenger” from the help menu and check your version #). If you’re not, download the latest from http://messenger.yahoo.com and install. Should take care of it.

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — February 1, 2007 #

  21. I would first like to say again that finally having a place to speak to yahoo about messenger is the best thing youve done in VERY long time..

    I would next like to say that I HOPE you dont get rid of plug-ins(in the vista version).. I dont mind how you do it conceal them or what but i love having such quick access to yahoo radio.

    Lastly, I would just like to confirm that I have had zero trouble with build 239 on vista whatsoever.

    Thanks for this new blog!

    Comment by Matt — February 2, 2007 #

  22. I have a friend having problems with getting sound/voice in chat in Messenger 8.1 with Vista. Does anyone else have this problem? and does the newest version of messenger 8.1.239 fix this problem?

    Comment by Scott — February 2, 2007 #

  23. Hi Sarah,

    1) Are there any new features that you can tell us about which are not mention in the preview video by Josh Jacobson?

    2) Are there any features which will be also implemented in the “XP” version ? e.g. “Tabbed chat windows” ?

    BTW, can u tell me which is the most monitored\updated “official” Y! messenger group ? I usually check the “developers” group at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ydn-messenger/,
    but is seems quite neglected…

    10x,
    Nick.

    Comment by Nick — February 5, 2007 #

  24. Hi Nick,

    I don’t have any updates on the Vista version right now. I’ll be checking back in with Josh for another blog post soon so stay tuned…

    As for groups, this one is pretty active with a lot of members:
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/

    Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — February 5, 2007 #

  25. No has found a fix for the Vista problem… My sound is fine in yahoo.. but I have no sound in the rooms…Any help out there?

    Comment by Rail — February 5, 2007 #

  26. I have a Y! Messenger ver. 8.1.0.239
    And have No sound (& voice) in chat/rooms/conferences.

    Audio driver: Realtek Vista Driver (last version)…. All works in WinXP.. and have problems in Windows Vista…

    Comment by Stepan Selyuk — February 5, 2007 #

  27. i have the latest vista audio drivers and I have the same problem…funny yahoo must know about the problem but is saying nothing…

    Comment by Rail — February 5, 2007 #

  28. I cant get voice to work in yahoo messenger on windows vista either.

    Comment by Jeremy — February 6, 2007 #

  29. i think it is a good blog in this time, but pls try r better.

    Comment by barmerom — February 8, 2007 #

  30. I also can’t get voice to work in Yahoo Messenger on Windows Vista. What gives?

    Comment by Robin — February 8, 2007 #

  31. Please at least post a fix so that Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.239 supports voice and sound. When you introduce a new system, one expects all previouos capabilities to go with the program. I know Microsoft didn’t throw such a thing under the bus for the sake of the dollar? Or did they? Makes a boot loader common arsenal to have. Come on, we all arent big bad programmers.

    Comment by KT — February 10, 2007 #

  32. Before you waste $500 on VISTA ask yourself this do i download music, movies or pictures for FREE? if you answered yes than i recommend that you dont get sucked into vista. it is exactly the same as XP accept it looks cooler AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO BLOCK MUSIC AND MOVIE DOWNLOADING. think about it hundreds, thousands of bands trying to make money and everybody downloads thier songs off limewire or morpheus or where ever they can. and what about multimillionare movies, most people like you and i just download them. VISTA has come to gether with an idea, to block all websites that offer FREE DOWNLOADING, to block all P2P software. the other day i decided to upgrade my morpheus and to my surprise anything that i wanted to download would be blocked, i typed in a song, tried to download it and it says, THIS IS A COPY RIGHTED VERSION. they are taking over our ntertainment. in 5 years vista will be installed on every computer in the world. go to your daily harvey norman or WOW catalogue and what do you see every single laptop, pc, now comes with vista. vista only came out like a month ago they would have to be mad to offer it for free. maybe if you listen to the song DOWNLOAD THIS SONG by MC LARS you will understand.pass this on. tell everybody you know, about VISTA. just amagin, teens of the future having to pay for their music and movies.

    Comment by ???????? — February 10, 2007 #

  33. [...] Yahoo show off new yahoo messenger for Windows vista on CES. This has give users an opportunity a sneak preview of what it will be like to use a new and improved version of Yahoo Messenger on Microsoft’s Windows Vista. Meanwhile, they also havea video and blog about Vista Yahoo messenger. Vista Yahoo Messenger still under development and the public beta of vista yahoo messenger will be launched during second quarter of 2007. Some of the new features are: [...]

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  34. I have the same voice in chat with Windows Vista as well. I would greatly appreciate anyone out there that has found a fix for this to share it with me. Please email me with a fix??

    Comment by Brian — February 14, 2007 #

  35. I just purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista. I downloaded the most current version of Yahoo Messenger and even checked for updates after downloading it. Yahoo Messenger STILL pops up to the top window every 2 seconds. What’s going on with this. Supposedly this was a fixed bug but not on my end!

    Comment by Alicia F — February 17, 2007 #

  36. I am having the same issue with Windows Vista and Yahoo. It works fine with chat till I try to get voice in the chatrooms.. I have spent several hours on the phone with Microsoft and the manufacture of my computer and they all tell me it is a issue with Yahoo not Vista. Any ideas on when this problem will be fixed?

    Comment by Linda — February 19, 2007 #

  37. Well.. well.. I having the same problem, no sound in chatrooms with Windows Vista.

    Comment by 3nigma — February 26, 2007 #

  38. I was really annoyed when I discovered there was no sound in Yahoo Chat with Windows Vista. Now, I think its the best thing that ever happened. I stopped chatting and now have more time on my hands to do other things. I’ve traveled around the world, painted my house (inside and out) and am thinking of running for president (of my school PTA, relax!). You know what? When sound returns to Yahoo Chat, I just might turn it OFF!

    Comment by Robin — February 27, 2007 #

  39. I both a new laptop with windows vista on it, but when i tried using yahoo messenger it wont work, it won’t even sign in could somebody help me with this problem…

    thanks

    Comment by jong — March 1, 2007 #

  40. I have downloaded ym 8.1 on my windows vista but it gives me a sign in problem every time i try to login. I can login to my yahoo email account without a problem. I also have Windows live messenger which works fine. I have checked my firewall and other settings and they are fine. I dont mind it i cannot use voice but atleast should be able to login and chat,

    Comment by Sach — March 1, 2007 #

  41. Hmmm..they say the next version of Messenger (for Vista) will come out in the 2nd quarter of this year.. That could be as late as June 30th (my opinion). Is there any way they can come out with a temperary build (for Vista) to fix the Voice problems in chat, and these other problems (posted by other people in this blog page) before the next official version comes out?

    Comment by Kevin — March 4, 2007 #

  42. I just downloaded 8.1.0.239 w/ module 8.0.0.1 onto a Vista Home basic system. I CANNOT LOG IN!!!! -keep getting the error:

    “There was a problem signing into Yahoo! Messenger. Please try again a little bit later”

    I tried all the basic stuff: rip out & reinstall, reboot etc.

    I’m NOT behind a firewall, IE settings are correct. I think this ver. of Yahoo is just skunked.

    Comment by Chris — March 7, 2007 #

  43. not work messenger 8.1 on vista

    Comment by coco — March 9, 2007 #

  44. I just purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista. I downloaded the most current version of Yahoo Messenger and even checked for updates after downloading it. Yahoo Messenger STILL pops up to the top window every 2 seconds. What’s going on with this. Supposedly this was a fixed bug but not on my end!

    plz suggest…..I badly need to use my yahoo msgr…

    Comment by Amit Sharma — March 13, 2007 #

  45. I just purchased a new laptop with Windows Vista. I downloaded the most current version of Yahoo Messenger and even checked for updates after downloading it. Yahoo Messenger STILL pops up to the top window every 2 seconds. I cant even chat on yahoo….or use any other application because control come on yahoo msgr main window ?????

    Comment by Amit Sharma — March 13, 2007 #

  46. Voice Fix for Yahoo Windows Vista Users

    below link
    http://www.yazakpro.com/chatstuff/yahoo/vistayahoovoicefix.html

    Comment by Zak — March 15, 2007 #

  47. Well reading all thes entrys here and i’m really disappointed that the yahoo is having voice issues in chat. But thats not the only problem i’m having with yahoo…there are so many booters, voice laggers and bots coming into the rooms its just not enjoyable like it used to be. Half the people i know have already moved to programs like paltalk or yzak or ylite to chat!!!! WHY DOESN”T YAHOO STOP THE BOOTERS AND BOTS????? Also, when I had to re-install yahoo 7.5 I was VERY upset to find yahoo doesn’t offer 7.5 anymore, so basically, if i want to use yahoo I’m forced into the newer version of yahoo which i don’t like and have had more problems with on my other pc. The new yahoo doesn’t have alot of the features i liked that are classic ..like the classic ring when someone IMs me.The new ring is so quiet i cannot hear it when im in another room of my home! How can i get those features back?.I’m also having issues with yahoo logging me out, not letting me log in and taking FOREVER to get into a chat room..Its ridiculous!!!..to compound the problem, The new vista i just bought for the laptop doesn’t have sound..im really really disgusted with the whole mess! I’m getting ready to leave yahoo and use another chat client!!!

    Comment by cz_inaz — March 15, 2007 #

  48. Ummm Zak..that install for voice on chat for Vista does not work. At least it didnt work for me, and I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I even have tried the manual install, and searched for that $winnt$.inf file afterI done what the instruction said. There was no such file on my PC, and it could not find it. I tried to log back into yazak.. got into a chat room (was a miracle..with the yahoo server issues), and I tried the voice thing. I still got no voice, and that “voice connect code 1″ error. Is there another way to istall it..what went wrong?

    Comment by Kevin — March 16, 2007 #

  49. is any beta/alfa/trial version available of yahoo messenger for vista? i’d love to use it, the 8.x version is giving me much trouble!

    Comment by Barbatul — March 16, 2007 #

  50. Lets face it folks..there are no fixes for voice in chat using Windows Vista out there. Guess we’ll all have to wait till Yahoo come’s out with official Messenger Version for Vista (they say..that’ll come out maybe by the 2nd quarter of this year). Guess..for all of us using Vista..we’ll just have to wait till they come out with that “Vista” version.

    Comment by Kevin — March 18, 2007 #

  51. I agree with you, Kevin. And when Yahoo Messenger for Vista come out, I’m STILL not going to download it until all the “kinks” are worked out. So….I’m looking at late 2007, early 2008…..maybe. Yahoo really dropped the ball on this one.

    Comment by Robin — March 18, 2007 #

  52. please publish a better version of yahoo messenger for mac. It really really sucks. atleast improve it a bit !!!

    & the linux version ha ha ha!!!

    YOu are partial towards one OS so you killed the java version too.

    Comment by Vt — March 20, 2007 #

  53. when is the new yahoo coming out?i have tried many different things to get the 8.1 to get vioce but no luck ,i am almost ready to go back down to xp i am going nuts with no vioce chat ,lol,please tell me a date atleast so i can feel at ease!!!!!!

    Comment by elizabeth higgins — March 24, 2007 #

  54. not funny no voice chat in yahoo rooms, with your wonderful Vista ….useless no good if can’t have fun with yahoo, stuff vista and back to xp

    Comment by tes — March 25, 2007 #

  55. when are the yahoo people going to publish there new messenger for vista, so we can have voice chat rooms?????

    Comment by tes — March 25, 2007 #

  56. Calling Sarah Bacon, Yahoo Product Manager…

    How about giving us a progress report?

    Comment by Robin — March 25, 2007 #

  57. vista wubbish my yazak opens iexplorer when i click on it and yahoo messenger is wealy wubbish no voice and jumps about a lot and have to keep clicking my mouse when i want to type a word in chat room and no voice

    Comment by christopher — March 28, 2007 #

  58. I think yahoo should have contacted microsoft a long time ago to find out when a new os would come out and what it would be like to be able to have their new messenger available as soon as the os came out. this is ridiculous. NO VOICE CONFERENCES SUCKS!!!

    PS to talk to some one with voice open a reg. im window and click call at the top (its free)

    Comment by Ticked Off — March 29, 2007 #

  59. ticked off — thanks for the advice — i love to use the voice conference feature but it doesnt work with vista. i was running up a massive cell phone bill because of it but now all my friends think im a genius because we can call each other free again. i lvoe you man ur the best

    Comment by off ticked — March 29, 2007 #

  60. I absolutely hate yahoo, and yes I do have a nice laptop.. I waited a long time to get one.. Then when I get the dumb thing. I cant voice on yahoo. Soooooooooo I sit and type, no I am not lazy, But I do like to voice chat, and have fun with my friends. Yahoo might work when all the kinks are worked out. But wait..WHEN DOES YAHOO EVER WORK COMPLETELY?? Vista was a waste of my money!!! And yahoo can kiss my white rear,…*SMILES*

    Comment by Renee — March 29, 2007 #

  61. Vista is Microsoft’s “mistake”. They thought it would lour people like bugs near a neon light. Hmm maybe there right, were all suckers, only to find out we can’t really do much with Vista. And I think once Yahoo comes out with that “Vista” build of messenger (sometime later this Summer), it will still have compatibility issues with Vista (such as voice in chat). So..yah, Yahoo maybe lagging back with there reguler messenger for XP- but, I think it’s really Microsoft (which is an oversized money hungry greedy corperation), that really put the 2×4 up our rear. I agree with you Renee.. Vista is a waste of money!

    Comment by Kevin — March 29, 2007 #

  62. And folks… There was not a fix for voice I found anywhere for voice chat in Vista. I tried everything.. does’nt work (at least not for me). It might have worked for some people that had XP and upgarded to Vista. But I guess for some of us that just bought a PC with Vista already installed (that never had XP).. IT DON’T WORK!

    Comment by Kevin — March 29, 2007 #

  63. I have to disagree with you Kevin. Vista is really cool. Yahoo is the one who is “asleep at the wheel.” Listen, there are so many problems with Yahoo Messenger even WITHOUT Vista…BOTS, Spammers, “phantom” sign-ons and log-offs of people not on one’s buddy list, booters, voice booters, hackers, etc. etc. the list goes on. And all Yahoo does is play around with designing new emoticons!

    Comment by Robin — March 30, 2007 #

  64. True Robin.. Yahoo does need to step up there act, especially with the problems that there having with there servers being overloaded with spam bots, and unwelcomed “invite themself” guests, booters, etc.. And you’re right.. they should give us an update on the next build (Vista version) of messenger. At least so we know the status of Yahoo working out there “Vista” problem. But Atleast Microsoft themselfs should have sent the major company’s (such as yahoo), and other’s.. there layout of Vista as soon as last Summer, but, they did’nt. They waited until the last week of December to do that (according to various tech news sites). There are many other software programs, still not compatible with vista. Plus Vista itself has a few bugs and glitches that XP did’nt have.

    I Know Yahoo is a free service for some. But yet, there are other’s that pay for there Yahoo (or Yahoo Partner’s such as AT&T Yahoo). So Yahoo themself’s should start get the ball rolling. I guess what is important now is for them to fix out the problems they have with the chat room’s now. But, also, the voice problem with chat on Vista need’s to be worked out too.

    Comment by Kevin — March 31, 2007 #

  65. Now don’t get me wrong.. Vista is really cool. Has some features that XP did’nt have too.. But it would be alot better (I guess will be later on in time), if more software programs can run on Vista.

    Comment by Kevin — March 31, 2007 #

  66. Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista was released today……………..APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Robin — April 1, 2007 #

  67. Please let me know when the new vista messenger is availble, having no voice in chat really sucks.

    Comment by anita — April 3, 2007 #

  68. I have no voice in chat …..will be nice when Yahoo gets this compatible with Windows Vista. Please let me know when the program is available.

    Comment by Linda — April 3, 2007 #

  69. I would like to be able to chat with the people in Deckerville. I been chating with them since 1999 when I brought my first HP computer. Now I brought a new HP and I can’t chat with them.

    Comment by Norman A. Morian — April 4, 2007 #

  70. Could we get a progress report on when to expect Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista?

    Comment by Robin — April 8, 2007 #

  71. Here’s the fix….. I have voice in Yahoo now

    http://www.bytescribe.com/downloads/tsp_codec_install.exe

    truvoice codec

    Comment by Railcon — April 9, 2007 #

  72. Hey Railcon..That fix may work for some (such as people that have upgraded from XP).. but, for those with a PC with Vista pre-installed, it does NOT work. There is a file in thwe Windows operating system that fix relies on.. It relies on the “$WINNT$” file that is not origionally in the Windows Vista Operating system. For Example: Those Upgrading from XP to Vista.. That $WINNT$ file stay’s in there, and maybe that fix would work. But, for those (such as me) that have PC’s with Vista pre-installed.. it WONT work. I’ve tried it, and I’ve tried the other method (listed on the yazak site), and they both don’t work. I guess the only true fix for all (regarding the compatibillity problem with Vista) is the next (Official) build (Vista Bulid) that yahoo would release this Summer (maybe). Anyway.. we all done without chat up until about 10 years ago. so.. voice in chat is not really a neccessity. So guess the rest of us will just have to wait!

    Comment by Kevin — April 9, 2007 #

  73. With the way chat is going now anyway.. Be lucky if we even have chat 5 years from now. Even IRC style chat, well be lucky to have. When Internet first came out.. it was meant for only a very few things such as surfing the net, and checking email. So I guess we’ll have to make the best of what we got now (as in yahoo chat), as it will not be around in about 5 years from now or so..

    Comment by Kevin — April 9, 2007 #

  74. hi all i see alot of complainers out there yahoo is doing all they can to make thing better for us and you all are complaining about the bots and voice chat and blah blah yahoo is a free sight they r not forcing you all to be here you can go else where if you like I THINK YAHOO IS DOING GREAT and r working over time to get ne mes vista ready to go sop stop complaining and get A LIFE

    Comment by ron — April 10, 2007 #

  75. WOOF!!!! It’s bad enough the chatrooms are so divisive. Now we are using the Yahoo Messenger Blog to tear each other’s spleens out? C’mon, Ron! I used to work in Customer Service. A company doesn’t really know how they are doing unless someone complains. And when a GROUP of people complain, then it is obvious that there is something (or several things) very wrong. In January 2007 (scroll up), Sarah Bacon, Product Manager at Yahoo, happily announced that Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista was being developed and would be available “in a few months.” No other information or updates has been forthcoming. I think people are frustrated and impatient. Personally, I have asked once or twice for updates from Sarah, but have been ignored. Ron, if you think Yahoo is doing a great job communicating to Vista users, then I want a puff of what you’re smoking. Even without addressing the Vista upgrade, there are so many other problems with Yahoo right now. Yes, its a free service (for now), but why shouldn’t we voice our opinions and complaints? How else will Yahoo improve?

    Comment by Robin — April 10, 2007 #

  76. that worked for me and i had a straight vista computer not an upgrade…

    Comment by railcon — April 10, 2007 #

  77. Nope Railcon..I tried it.. still dont work. Hmm what Version of Windows Vista are you running?

    Comment by Kevin — April 11, 2007 #

  78. :-? Hmmm..I wonder how you got voice (in chat rooms) to work on your “full” Vista PC Railcon.

    Comment by Kevin — April 11, 2007 #

  79. Just as a general rule, don’t download any “fixes” or follow any links that are posted by strangers (i.e. people you do not know personally) in blogs, chatrooms, pms, emails, etc. OMG! I’m starting to sound like my mother! But its true. Be careful, everyone. Not everyone is your “helpful friend.”

    Comment by Robin — April 11, 2007 #

  80. Ok…..where do I start….i love Vista so far I just feel inconvienced everytime i try to use yahoo and can’t get voice. I have been chatting in voice chat there for 7 years luckily my laptop is my work computer and I still have my old one with upgraded windows 98 se to xp on it at home. I also had a problem with getting mobile internet to work through Alltell cause they did’t have the software for vosta yet for the wireless cards…It HACKS me off that these vendors were and are still so poorly prepared.

    Comment by Jen — April 11, 2007 #

  81. i just wanna know when the beta is coming out its been sayin coming soon forever now any timeline? maybe few weeks month 2 months yahoo should let us know

    Comment by Jeremy — April 11, 2007 #

  82. I do like the new look off the new vista messenger
    a will lookforward to its realease in the 2nd quarter(no year stated) lol. However i would like to know when their server problems will be fixed

    Comment by Dene — April 14, 2007 #

  83. Hey Kevin, Be my friend!! lol ***Wink Wink***

    I so wanna voice in yahoo chat!!!!!! but will wait… BUT HEY!!! I can voice when someone calls my computer!! Thats fun YIPPEE!! lol..

    Comment by Renee — April 15, 2007 #

  84. hi, i was wondering that when is messenger for vista is comming. it looks so nice that i am so querious to download and use it.

    Comment by Parth — April 17, 2007 #

  85. LOL.. its gonna be a while Parth! That question was already asked months ago.

    Comment by Kevin — April 18, 2007 #

  86. Would be nice if Yahoo would tell us at least a release date.. or go ahead and release it in beta so that we could have alot of our features back!! Im so tired of no voice and YIM crashing every couple of hours.. Its getting on my knervs! So YAHOO.. Can you tell us the release date???

    Comment by TJ — April 23, 2007 #

  87. I got a pc with vista in it and I cant even get in a chat room its says its busy and to try later and the latest messy dont work like it said it would and it is kinda funny that some things get answered here but not the ones that count like this crap dont work!!!!!!!!

    Comment by brian — April 24, 2007 #

  88. ***Humming the tune to final Jeopardy***:) Still waiting like everyone else for the “New Yahoo for Vista” Oh well, Perhaps I still have a good 30 or 40 years of life left.:D

    Comment by Amy — April 26, 2007 #

  89. i just got new computer with windows vista premiun all other programs works good on it but one and that is yahoo i have no sound in the chat rooms i have i loaded paltalk and all the rooms have sound and it is good i have try al the codes and they just do not work with vista pre-installed.. i wil be so glad when this is fixed i sure miss the chat rooms i am sure it will be a good program when it is finshed and everyonecan have sound back… just can’t wait lol

    Comment by zeala — April 29, 2007 #

  90. [...] When is the new Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista coming out? [...]

    Pingback by Yahoo! Messenger Blog » We’re listening — April 30, 2007 #

  91. Will you realise a preview of Yahoo messenger? where it won’t be the final priduct, but will just be a preview? Or is the final verson just about done that no preview will be needed.

    Comment by Chris Gonzales — May 1, 2007 #

  92. i had issues with vista an yahoo to.. got tired of it so i went back to using xp.. blah… vista looks nice but to bad it doesnt work right.

    Comment by becca — May 1, 2007 #

  93. Guyz, how come there is no update on release date when we are close to mid Q2.

    I can’t wait to get my hands on a beta – if you guys are having a private beta – please invite me

    Comment by V — May 1, 2007 #

  94. Come on Yahoo, just give us a time frame for the Vista release? I’ve been chatting for a long time, NOW I HAVE NO VOICE with Vista! All I want to know is what time your thinking of releasing Yahoo for Vista? — COME ON YAHOO TELL US!!!!

    Comment by AIR — May 2, 2007 #

  95. Oh good grief, any day now, April is over with, I bet money that Vista w/ voice for Yahoo Messenger won’t be released anytime soon…..So…until then what shall I do? 1 Remain calm. 2. Paint my nails, 3. Pluck my eyebrows. 4. Get Lipo, and 5..Grow old gracefully because Yahoo is slower than the 7 year itch. :D :D:D:D:D

    Comment by Amy — May 3, 2007 #

  96. LOL Amy ..there’s always the telephone. Now thats a good way to voice chat LOL

    Comment by Kevin — May 3, 2007 #

  97. LOL Kevin, Give me your number;))

    Comment by Amy — May 3, 2007 #

  98. Hey Kevin, I was thinking…… I dont like holding the phone…Hands free, lol thats how come I like voice chatting.:D But I do hope soon Yahoo does release the new messenger for us. Looks rather cute and cool:D

    Comment by Amy — May 3, 2007 #

  99. well i stumbled onto this post hoping to get a clue about the realease &/or beta release of the vista client. The day the video by mr. jackobson (sry if typo’d) posted the video i did indeed do a massive search on yahoo & i admitt i did hold hopes of finding a leaked internal beta on some torrent site (yahoo take note I REALLY REALLY want this thing) alas no avail. some of the web site reviews i found made by people who were at the CES demo suggested sometime late 1Q. we are now a little way into the 2Q. this is annoying to me as tho old stuff to me get’s utterly boring (sole reason i beta tested vista & upgraded when came out was xp is tooo well same old same old) messenger is getting to be the same. however the video looks sleek &i cant wait to try it. for those of you who have voice troubles with the current release of messenger i ask this. have any of your tried fully exiting signing out & all out of messenger & relaunching the program via right click>run as administrator (works for me may work for you) the thing i must say amazes me the most in this whole blog/fourm is at the start of this blog almost any tech problems questions or whatever Sarah Bacon was very quick to answer & i got the warm cozy feeling yahoo cared. then as i went on she nor any other yahoo rep has responded in a LONG time. more over there is a question asked here more then any other & it starts being asked about the same time as Sarah Bacon’s responses are discontinued & that is a question of when. i personaly dont mind if difinitive dates are not said but i would like to hear the ideal perfect world we hope by this date projection or somthing. (for the yahoo reps not on this account but another yahoo acount i use) i was invited to the yahoo mail beta b4 it went public (it was funny really i picked up a magazine in a store describeing it having not logged in long time like i gotta try that wonder how got home looked & a invite was already waiting for me lol) i personaly loved it & havent gone back hell both my yahoo accounts now use it (this account hada wait for it to go public) point in case i would like to beta test this. also well remaining civil i am very much so trying to provoke a response from Sarah Bacon or Mr. jackobson (agine sorry if typo’d) or any1 else yahoo staff side who knows to at least give us the comunity a “idealy we hope to have it out by mm/dd/yyyy” even if its not a promis just somthing to give us a idea.

    Comment by Theo — May 3, 2007 #

  100. I was reading a website that says the main programer for Yahoo messanger quit and that they are looking for someone who can fix the issue and finnish the new vista messanger…… SO YAHOO IF THIS IS TRUE LET US KNOW OR WE’LL BOYCOTT YOU AND YAHOO WILL NO LONGER BE IN BUSINESS. AT LEAST GIVE A NEW ETA ON THE NEW MESSANGER.

    Comment by vlistos_draconis1 — May 6, 2007 #

  101. Oh I am in the mood for a good Boycott, lol never did it, But it could be interesting as an extracurricular activity. Just kidding. Do wish Yahoo would hurry. But as Kevin said, theres always the telephone Gotta love MSN too..:)

    Comment by Amy — May 7, 2007 #

  102. …and pls stay free (^_^)V

    Comment by pixel — May 7, 2007 #

  103. don’t forget that people who can’t afford new computers still use win 98 and it won’t hold win xp or vista computer to old.So we like the older versions of yahoo messenger like 6.0

    Comment by feisty63 — May 7, 2007 #

  104. Can anybody even give us a ‘ballpark’ date when the new Vista-capable Messenger client will be available? Like so many other people who have posted here, I got a brand new computer with Vista and….Poof! no more voice. That was the main reason I kept Yahoo messenger on my machine(I hate to type, do it all day at work!). Unfortunately, it seems that Windows Live Messenger was bit by the same bug because I don’t have any voice there either (and don’t think I haven’t complained to Mr.Gates either!). C’mon folks, just a ballpark date, is that too much to ask?

    Comment by Mark — May 8, 2007 #

  105. Oh another let down!!!!!!!! (Is Yahoo a man?)

    LOL Just kidding…..Yahoo…Respect the people…Give some answers dag-burn-it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Amy — May 8, 2007 #

  106. Ok…the suspense is killing us…

    When is the NEW version coming out for VISTA?

    I, too, am tired of not being able to use voice chat on VISTA with 8.1.0.249

    Are our legs being pulled? Are we being mushroomed? WHAT GIVES?

    Comment by John — May 8, 2007 #

  107. Please add/change the following:

    1. under preferences, general options, you can choose to open web links in a new window; please add the alternative option to open web links in a new tab.

    2. allow the messenger program to remember more than 1 user. a drop-down box with several users would be most effective

    3. i install my yahoo im on several pc’s, however i have to re-configure settings for each pc; can you consider storing some of the settings on your sever so that it is easier for users to sign in on a pc that is either a spare pc or not their own pc?

    4. add ‘tabbed im’s’ allowing more than 1 im to appear in the same window.

    5. block or minimize malware that is installed on a users pc from being able to send im’s from a user’s yahoo messenger account to other users. i use aim and msn and have never received spam im’s from friends from the latter instant messenger programs.

    6. allow superwebcam mode to work better with firewalls and routers. i find that i cannot use superwebcam mode even with specified ports open.

    Thank you

    Comment by ctskier — May 12, 2007 #

  108. lol, Not asking for much are ya CTSKIER, only problem is, Yahoo isnt responding to anything or anyone!!! So you might be waiting until 2010….Are you okay w/ that? *SMILE*
    *Wink*

    Comment by Amy — May 13, 2007 #

  109. I SUBMITTED MY EMAIL FOR THE UPDATE STILL WAITING I AM 20 YEARS OLD IM A VOICE NUT I CANT TAKE IT IM LOSING IT OK I LOST IT SEE HOW QUICK A 20 YEAR OLD CAN LOSE HIS MIND

    Comment by brian — May 13, 2007 #

  110. My Opinion is what Yahoo really need to focus on are 3 things:
    1: I’ve noticed there having a problem with bots, booters, cluttered up chat rooms (with bots), and clogged up server’s (to where its even impossible to log into a chat room anymore). Yah, I guess that’s pretty important right now.

    2: As time goe’s by, Microsoft is getting less and less populer anymore, especially with the release of Vista. More, and More people are gonna start turning more onto Macs over Windows. 5 Years ago.. Windows dominated about 90% of the PC’s globally. Now (since the release of Vista, more people are turning towards Mac’s, and Linux), Microsoft dominates about 65%-70% of the PC’s now. Sure that’s still a good number, but, a huge drop from 90%. In 5 years from now.. Windows will only account for 30%-40% of the PC’s, and most of the PC’s will be focused on (espcially) Mac’s, and Linux too. The day’s are numbered for Microsoft Window’s, and a neccessity for software, and accesserie’s (such as Yahoo Messenger) for Mac’s will be needed soon.

    3: My main cocern for now is a version of Messenger for Vista. One to such thing as Voice in Chat using Vista. That will be needed real soon, as the current version (reguler version), the voice doe’s NOT work in chat room’s, using Windows Vista. By the end of the year (I read) that Microsoft is gonna stop ALL sales of individual copie’s of Window’s XP, and stop ALL support for Window’s XP too. I still use my old PC with XP on it for voice in chat, but I’de like to use my newer PC (with Vista pre-installed), for that purpose. By the end of the year it WILL be a neccessity for the new “Vista” build of messenger.

    Drop us a hint.. Is the new version (for Vista) of messenger coming out soon?

    Comment by Kevin — May 13, 2007 #

  111. i hope no more ads in the new messenger… launchcast radio ad-in sometimes gives error that irritatesme very much. aside from release new interface, add also new skins

    Comment by prince — May 13, 2007 #

  112. Yahoo didn’t responde, lol Imagine that!!!!! There bot must be on a major long lunch break.

    Comment by Amy — May 14, 2007 #

  113. LMAO.. this long statement I posted (recently) in this blog.. I posted in the “Were Listening” blog page, and it got wiped. Could it be Yahoo is trying to hide something? Or avoiding the fact that there gonna have to keep up with today’s demands? Hmmm..there hiding something. LOL Imagine that

    Comment by Kevin — May 15, 2007 #

  114. :-? Maybe the telephone (for voice chat) is’nt such a bad idea afterall

    Comment by Kevin — May 15, 2007 #

  115. lol Kevin, you can call me and we will discuss other alternatives!! *WINK WINK*

    Comment by Amy — May 15, 2007 #

  116. Dudes.
    Coming Soon is a two-word phrase with one KEY word….SOON.

    Comment by tyrda waitin — May 15, 2007 #

  117. SOOOOOOOOON!!!!! lol Well then there must be a new definition of the word “soon” that only Yahoo knows about. *wink wink*

    Comment by Amy — May 15, 2007 #

  118. I’ve been reading the above posts and i was wondering is there anyone from yahoo willing to give us a definitive date on the release of the new yahoo messenger for vista?! It’s a fairly easy question.
    I don’t wanna hear the word “Soon” mentioned again

    Comment by Paddy — May 17, 2007 #

  119. I’m having problems logging in to YM on my Vista Home Basic OS. I keep getting the error: “There was a problem signing into Yahoo! Messenger. Please try again a little bit later”. The installed version is 8.1.0.244 with client module 8.0.0.1. At first I thought it has something to do with firewall settings but to no avail. What’s goin’ on?

    Comment by Troy Punsal — May 17, 2007 #

  120. Hi Troy,

    Our latest version is 8.1.0.249 so if you continue having problems, you can try updating to the latest version in one of two ways:

    1) In Messenger, go to the Help Menu and choose “Check for Updates”

    2) Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

    Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — May 17, 2007 #

  121. Hey Troy, you should feel honored, Sarah answered your question. Thanks Sarah for answering everyone elses question to.. As far as I am concerned, Yahoo needs different administrators and programmers. but hey, like you care anyways what I or anyone else thinks!

    Comment by Amy — May 17, 2007 #

  122. Hello Sarah,

    As you know, The Yahoo default mail small software not working any longer. Not matter what we try to download YM, Tool bar etc. we get an error message. You need to have a separate link in the default page to download the software & must get it fixed to work on our computers when we try use it. It is not working on XP or Vista so far like used to. Hope to hear fast solutions soon.

    Regards,
    Mike

    Comment by Mike — May 19, 2007 #

  123. Any news for us Yahoo on when we get the update for Yahoo Messenger and Vista?

    Comment by Amy — May 23, 2007 #

  124. Hello Sarah,

    Please don’t ignore my comment and tell me and us all when we’ll see messenger for vista, i use vista and yahoo messenger 24/day 7/week ,and messenger 8 has a old xp feeling,plus “YServer module” crash when i send or receive a file.

    Thenks ,

    vlad.

    Comment by vlad — May 24, 2007 #

  125. hi im othman im from dubai i buy new laptop with widows vista,now i feel sorry to us this widows because i can’t use any program all of it not compatable with this virgin even yahoo massenger pls any one have the solution ??
    thankx
    bye

    Comment by othman — May 24, 2007 #

  126. Hi Othman – You should try the new web version of Yahoo! Messenger. No download or installation is required, just sign in and start using it:

    http://webmessenger.yahoo.com (or http://web.im)

    Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — May 24, 2007 #

  127. Typical Sarah!!!! I don’t think you or anyone else dealing with Vista or Yahoo has the slightest clue whats going on!!!!! TYPICAL!! You haven’t answered anyones question about when, or even given us a hint. But wait, thats typical for YAHOO TOO!!

    Comment by Amy — May 24, 2007 #

  128. oh my god!!!!! i just wanna know when the new Yahoo is comin out..cause I was told it was gonna be in late June, early May…it’s at the end of May, come on now!!

    Comment by Calvin — May 25, 2007 #

  129. Well Calvin, Don’t wait for Sarah to answer you. HELLO YAHOO!!! DO YOU THINK SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES SARAH WOULD HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS TOPIC????

    Comment by Amy — May 25, 2007 #

  130. I, also, would appreciate any information in regards to the release of the public beta of Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista. In early January, we were told 2nd quarter so I would appreciate an update to see if we can still expect this by next month.

    The current version 8.1 no longer functions on my system. It crashes and shuts down immediately after logging on. Previously, it worked but with some minor glitches here and there. I tried to fix it by uninstalling/reinstalling, and even doing a system restore.

    The fact is that the current version just isn’t stable with Windows Vista. Some people have no problems, others can’t get voice chat to work, and some have frequent crashes.

    Comment by Maaz — May 25, 2007 #

  131. When will the Yahoo Messenger for Vista be released? Its taking so much time!! I have been checking the website for over 2 months now and now its gettin annoying!! Please provide a tentative release date! Thanks in advance!

    Comment by Aman Gupta — May 25, 2007 #

  132. Come on yahoo, I beg you to release Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, pretty pretty please? I’m begging you in front of the whole internet! Or at least release a beta version for us to test ?

    Comment by chaostheoryd — May 25, 2007 #

  133. I dont think Yahoo is considering releasing the messenger for Vista anytime soon. I posts some comments and suggestions in another yahoo blog page, and not only did they not resposnd, but, several times my comments get wiped off (deleted from) the page. In the latest Yahoo posting “Yahoo Chat Rooms: State of the Union” blog- they have not even mentioned anything about Vista (not even once). That kind-of tell’s you something. Like Amy has mentioned, Yahoo doesnt even have a clue how to come up with the solution to the Vista problem. That makes Yahoo very unprofessional. They promised (way back in January), that they would come up with the new messenger for Vista. Now, they won’t even respond to any questions on when Vista will come out. They don’t even mention it anymore in any of the newer blogs. Then they (sometimes) delete any comments or suggestions anybody makes regarding Vista. LETS BE STRAIGHT UP YAHOO.. Tell us the truth regarding Vista. Why tease us (posting about a messenger for Vista), and then, never releasing it.

    I realise Microsoft dropped a bomb on many major software makers by releasing Vista (which is leaving many major software makers in the dust). But, don’t you think that we should be told the truth about Vista? Come on Yahoo..tell us the truth.

    Comment by Kevin — May 25, 2007 #

  134. 100% agrees with Kevin. I posted my Yahoo ID and it got “deleted” lol

    Comment by Amy — May 26, 2007 #

  135. Trillian’s voice chat for Vista works. But the web camera doesn’t the last time I checked….. Oh well…. You Win some and you lose some.

    Comment by The Dude — May 26, 2007 #

  136. IMAGINE THAT!

    Comment by Amy — May 27, 2007 #

  137. Microsoft is not the problom if you look at the demo they did for vista messanger it was dated jan 3 2007 which means programing what you say took aleast a month before that to get a demo. Soooo Did microsoft drop the bomb noooooo they released it to the makers and said vista is not to come out till jan 31 2007 if you break that dead line you pay $$$$$$$$$$$$ amounts if not it get’s realesed eairly noone broke the dead line… so they had the vista program for at least scence oct 2006 and still they did not get compatibale software so Microsoft is not to blame at all for “droping the bomb” or “the ball” but yahoo is to blam for showing a ver. that is not ready and they plan on not releaseing it and even a yahoo page says there main programer up and quit so the don’t know how to program around his coding issues that’s yahoo prob alone.

    Comment by vlistos — May 27, 2007 #

  138. do not understand why yahoo messenger voice is not working Pal talks voice works with vista maybe yahoo needs to get in touch with pal talk

    Comment by Patrice — May 27, 2007 #

  139. i just purchased a new laptop with windows vista and i cant even get yahoo messanger 8.1 to install at all….it keeps aborting the installation check security settings and they are just fine…..and i’m not just having a problem with yahoo but with alot of different programms i have that i bought and are not bootleg copys of

    Comment by jess — May 27, 2007 #

  140. Hi Jess – Sorry to hear you’re having problems. I recommend using the new Yahoo! Messenger for the Web – no download or installation required.

    http://webmessenger.yahoo.com

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — May 28, 2007 #

  141. Where in the hell is Yahoo Messenger for Vista!? It says on this very page that a beta would be out a few months after Vista was released. Well, it’s almost friggin June and guess what? NO ACTION! Is Yahoo all talk?! Seems like they are to me.

    Comment by Jimbo — May 28, 2007 #

  142. I think that the new Y! messenger will be released in june. It’s thaking too much time, so there will be some bugs inside. Just wait ; )

    Comment by Jerda — May 29, 2007 #

  143. well u guys r so lucky cuz yahoo messenger dosent work at all for me, im using vista ultimate nd in each time i try to sign in i get a message saying that the server is busy.
    nd hey i cant wait to get that vista messenger.

    Comment by ???? — May 30, 2007 #

  144. i have vista home premium jus help me with yahoo messeger of vista live messenger it jus doesnt work…plzzzzzzzzzzz…….

    Comment by saurav — May 30, 2007 #

  145. well i guess it’s my turn. i’m over here in iraq and yahoo messenger is the easiest way for me to stay in contace with my family and friends back home. like many of you i bought a brand new lap top and although my messenger does work, the voice server doesn’t on messenger or any of the chat rooms. i tried to download the Y!CABBY, which is supposed to be one of the solutions to get voice to work, but that won’t even run. Then i downloaded “Trillian” and although you can get voice, it sounds all messed up. Everyone in the chat rooms say that it beeps alot like i’m on a submarine when i try to talk. it’s amazing how much yahoo can upgrade it’s messengers over and over again when they really don’t need to, but when it’s really needed, they’re completely dumbfounded. i’m not even going to ask yahoo when the new messenger will be ready, because there’s not going to be an answer. I hope yahoo realizes how much they are screwing over alot of us soldiers over here though.

    Comment by tay — May 31, 2007 #

  146. Maxmum regular user of yahoo messanger are sick of booters, Due to Booters we have are force to use other chat client, Please upgreat yahoo without booters, we all r waiting for Vista yahoo.. Hope it come without booter

    Comment by Manish — June 1, 2007 #

  147. You know sarah bacon & yahoo it’s quite sad that u completly ignore the most asked question on the fourms & even if u dont know working at the company its not a hard inquiry to find out. i want u yahoo folks to think on somthing for a sec too. i have alwase been a big yahoo fan its nice user friendly & alota other things. i have also detested google forever dunno why just do. but as much as i like yahoo & dislike google every1 must admitt the have some seriously cool products. a toolbar with spell check & that can translate pages from any language to english. they have google maps & google earth (satalite imaging program very helpfull).now for yahoo. yahoo has a antiqe messenger & a promise unfufiled of a new 1 that the video looks visually stuning but no1 will so much as give even the tinsyist update on status. yahoo has a tool bar with OH MY a pop up blocker(so dose google msn & just about every damn other toolbar) & links to OH MY other YAHOO services. im a huge fan of launch cast & you got that in your favor but both radio & video could use some work. theres the yahoo jukebox too. google’s aim is obviosly functionality & to its CUSTOMERS. yahoos aim is more so media(cant dis that im big on media) but only TO ITS OWN AGENDA.

    so case in point. if you are not gonna release vista messenger tell us now so we can stop waiting. or if you are really truely honestly gonna release it give us somthing anything as far as a update. idc if its we had a major bug or estimated release maybe ???? but not garonteeing release then or something. this is the most asked question in this fourms sarah & yahoo so answer it!!!!!!!!!! its not asking alot eather. & if whoever dosent know then stand up walk over to the cubicle of the guy who dose & ask (or call). this is far far far beyond asking for answers. your customer base is nolonger asking were demanding answers. take your time get it right but DONOT LEAVE US IN THE DARK. & please reply before i seriously consider somthing along the lines of a boycott. damn shame too i was/still(Barely tho) a huge yahoo fan but over a stupid simple little question my loyalty to this dumb company is dying FAST!!!!!!!

    to the yahoo members who will read this im gonna bet (& damn this is sad) 99% chance this will be ignored. 55% chance it will be deleted.

    i still hate google but thir products are such that like them hate them u must relent for what they provided is to helpfull to ignore yahoo can you say the same (NO YOU CANT EVEN RELEASE A NEW MESSENGER)

    Comment by Theo — June 1, 2007 #

  148. It’s not that sarah doesn’t know when mess for vista will be out,but she’s not alowed to talk about it.Do you think she will loose here job telling us the date and info ? …yahoo is full of secred obsesed people,and yes…yahoo for vista will be released this june

    Comment by vlad — June 1, 2007 #

  149. or maybe they just stopped the project. there will be no vista messenger after all

    Comment by vlad — June 1, 2007 #

  150. I myself personally like yahoo a lot. This new Yahoo messenger for Windows Vista does look very nice, and I can’t wait until it comes out in beta, but I do have to say, that it has been a while now since they started advertising it. Like the rest of you guys my patience does wear thin, but then I ask myself, “What good is an application if they just hurry and throw it out there?” If they did that, then that would be another big issue you guys would be red in the face of, because of bugs and so on. It took god 7 days to build the universe, but for man it took thousands of years to get where we are today. Give it a little time and have some faith in yahoo. Be glad they are actually doing this. I believe the beta will be out this month, between now and within 2 to 3 weeks. I don’t think yahoo will advertise something for that long, and then leave it in the dark. I also have to say that Vlad was probably right on the money about Sarah. She is not allowed to give any dates or info on yahoo’s beta release. Reasons? Well I can think of two. If she gave a release date, and every blog, news page, etc, Posted it up on their website, and on or near the day of the release they find a problem they had to fix that would take days, you would have a lot of people in an uproar, as well as making the yahoo team look bad. Another reason is simply rules. If Sarah was told not to give out any information for whatever reasons necessary, you cannot jump down her throat on something that is not her fault. She is only doing her job. Put yourself in her place, and then reread your comments. You will see exactly what I mean. That’s pretty much enough said on my part. Keep up the good work Yahoo.

    Comment by SilverWolf — June 2, 2007 #

  151. Hmmm..you know, Vlad probably has a point. They probably gave up on the “Vista Messenger” project. You ever notice, they stopped mentioning “Vista” all together in the last month? It don’t sound like there gonna come out with the “Vista” messenger anytime soon.

    And, Theo also has a good point. Why keep advertising about the Beta Messenger for Vista if it’s not going to be released afterall. I mean, on there main blog page: there is an advertisement about the beta messenger for Vista coming out soon (which it’s been on that page since January).
    If there not going to release it, they should “wipe off” that Vista advertisement on there main blog page. It’s just as easy wiping that “vista” messenger ad off ad it was when they “wiped” many of my comment’s I posted. LOL

    Comment by Kevin — June 2, 2007 #

  152. Oh, and Silverwolf: I do see what you mean. Patience is perfection. But, then again.. why advertise it so soon, then not mention anything about it (not at all) for months. I mean they don’t even listen to peoples comments about it, they don’t post anything about it anymore. And, whenever some of us post a comment, question, or a suggestion, they “wipe off” delete it from the blog page.. I mean you gotta admit, thats NOT right, and that is very un-professional of them. Thats why there are so many angry customers posting on this page.

    Comment by Kevin — June 2, 2007 #

  153. Oh yah, and Silverwolf: The Yahoo Team already look’s real bad with there bot issues in the chatrooms, and there server issues. Then they posted a messenger Vista advertisement back in January, and now it’s June, and they don’t even mention anything about it at all. They should NOT have posted that messenger for Vista advertisement until April, or May. That mak’e them look real bad already, and real un-professional!

    Comment by Kevin — June 2, 2007 #

  154. Hey guys, wanna know why your voice chat isnt working? Because all you little retards went out and bought your gay ass intel based pcs, with all kinds of mobo problems. I recently had to install both a sound card, and vid card on an intel system, because anything requiring the onboard chips failed. I have a 2.0ghz AMD Athlon 64 X2(dual core) with an nvidia onboard graphics, and realtek onboard hd audio. It is running windows vista home premium. My pc model is an HP Pavillion a1748x. Because of my chipset, every program I have tried on this computer has worked, every part of yahoo works flawlessly. The moral of this story is, MY 2.0 ghz Amd will out perform any Intel based pc on the market, for the life of the computer. Intel is faster, but way less stable, and i don’t know about you, but id trade stability over speed any day. And by the way, you with the windows 98 computer, go die. Plus, if you havent noticed, Sarah Bacon is a bot. Come on now, noone talks like that, you can tell what words its picking out, because it only responds to certain things, like only half of Othmans question. Good night all, INTEL BLOWS!

    Comment by Jasen — June 2, 2007 #

  155. haha your copies of vista are probly illegal which is why you have issues with messenger, i have intel dual core and i’m fine with ultimate, stop trying to haxor windows and maybe yahoo will work for you too;) btw amd used to be so pathetic i mean the overheating issues that surrounded amd cores were many i had to use a jet engine to even cool that thing down lol amd will always be crap in my eyes after years of having one and intel never burning out and running smooth as. As for vista being crap i think microsoft did a fantastic job xp was the worst episode ever in the entire windows saga. Thanks microsoft and thanks yahoo for bringing out a fancy messenger to go with a shiny new o/s. I am as happy as i was when 98 first came out and it was shiny, please don’t ruin this by making another one 3 years later called vista me and making it really bad i beg you. By the way being with yahoo for almost 10 years i am the only one who has the right to complain about yahoo, you need to lay off yahoo and microsoft look at them for what it offers not what flaws it has. If your going to complain please have a valid reason not something like ” oh no voice doesn’t work” or “oh no vista sucks because i broke a nail” please spare us your moronic comments. If you think microsoft sucks then go buy a mac simple solution instead of wasting energy on complaining about a program that you nor anyone in your family could produce and make billions in your lifetime, perhaps your jelous and this may be the reason behind why you complain cause all you can do is create complaints and not multi billion dollar programs that control the world.
    hahahaha losers

    Comment by joe froe — June 3, 2007 #

  156. Sarah is an autoreply engine
    Do you think that yahoo cares or listens on what we talk here ?
    I just wanna tell you my friends, we just talk on with other,but noone from yahoo will read this.

    Mess for vista vill be out soon ,2-3 weeks….it’s known for some time,just play with google and find info on the subject,i’m shure someware you will find mid june .

    i hope after such a long development time, vista messenger will be more then glass and look .
    Yahoo is realy low on security with messenger right now.

    Comment by vlad — June 3, 2007 #

  157. Haha.. LOL. I see we got a couple of immature 14 Year Olds that just posted on this page (not talking about you, vlad, but the other 2 that just posted).

    OK children..listen up. Some of the recent comments don’t even make sense. “go out and buy a Mac? Gimme a break. It’s easy for you since you have your parents buy you one. Some of us WORK for our money, and pay bill’s. Oh, buy the way.. I had an AMD PC, and it didnt even last a year. There were issues with the CPU chipset.

    The issue is they posted an advertisement about the new messenger way back in January, and now it’s June. Why did they post that so soon? Sure, its OK that they take there time with the new messenger (but let us know about it though).

    Vlad..Hope your right, that will be very cool when it comes out. But, I’de rather they take there time, and get it right, rather then rush it, and it has all kind of issues. But they should let us know something about the status or outcome of it, so we know, they have’nt forgot, or gave up on the project.

    As for the other’s that posted.. Get permission from your parents before you post that junk on a blog page. GROW UP, and GET A JOB!! LOL

    Comment by Kevin — June 3, 2007 #

  158. :) ) LOL.. Screw chat.. This blog page is more fun than chat.

    Comment by Kevin — June 3, 2007 #

  159. Any news?

    Comment by Jerda — June 6, 2007 #

  160. Hi all,

    Actually Yahoo! team is waiting for Vista Shipment.We Hope that will arrive soon and then we will be able to start work on new messenger.

    Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon
    (Auto reply)

    Comment by Administrator — June 9, 2007 #

  161. A new messenger? What new messenger?

    Comment by Jerda — June 9, 2007 #

  162. i’m loosing my patience waiting for this new messenger.. hope you release this soon.

    Comment by frncs — June 10, 2007 #

  163. waiting for 3 months…

    Comment by frncs — June 10, 2007 #

  164. It’s true…

    Jerda

    Comment by Administrator — June 11, 2007 #

  165. :°D

    Comment by Jerda — June 11, 2007 #

  166. waiting for vista to ship wow lol crazy stuff

    Comment by pr10wrx — June 11, 2007 #

  167. anybody have beta yahoo mess for vista?

    Comment by boti — June 12, 2007 #

  168. no : (

    Comment by Jerda — June 14, 2007 #

  169. I ve read sites saying the beat would be released in the 2 quarter well here it is june the last month of the 2nd quarter , i am starting to think its all hype it aint coming soon we will be lucky to see it by next year , if they were going to release it in the second quarter it should of been done by now well i think it should of been , the coming soon is crap dont believe it , if they think 3 4 even 5 months is soon since they been working on this since vista came out come they need to stop lying and do what they say

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 14, 2007 #

  170. ive been checking the sites waiting for it to come out too.. like everyone here lol.. entered my email address and stuff back in january and stuff.. anyway.. i kinda have the feeling its ready to be deployed but maybe they are waiting on microsoft to release an update for yahoo to work with the least problems.. dunno really if it would be viable.. but i cant think bout any other reason.. i mean.. they showed it in january which means it worked and was usable

    Comment by Alex — June 14, 2007 #

  171. it wont be coming out anytime this year yahoo needs to take down the coming soon if they still waiting for vista to be shipped ha weird how they showed it off at CES or whatever it was called but then they cant release it and CES was in Jan so they have had 5 months to fix errors and what not so screw it i’m done waiting

    Comment by pr10wrx — June 14, 2007 #

  172. Hi! I’m also very eager to download and install ym for vista. I used to use my computer to call my family abroad through yahoo messenger when I was still using xp. Now it is not cheap to get in touch with my family since international calls are really a pain in the ass. So I hope Yahoo! would release it very soon. I hope it’s coming out this month or next month would do. Please… I’m begging you.

    Comment by Al-kabir A. Jikiri — June 14, 2007 #

  173. Only a few ppl are having problems with 8.1 and they are getting them fixed without microsoft updates , i for one never had any problems installed it on an upgrade and it worked did a clean install and it worked so they have no excuse at all they showed previews of it in January and like the previous post said and i saw it worked fine and if they cant fix problems in 5 months they need to get new programmers cause thats horriable , heck they have some there posting blogs and web pages how its so cool well it cant be that cool it aint out yet so how cool can it be i mean i can make cool pictures and lie and say i got a messanger coming out that is so cool but i have integraty , they can at least release the beta so we can all see it even if it had mistakes it would be expected its a beta

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 14, 2007 #

  174. The yahoo team in charge of the messenger project already has vista.. its a founy post.. think bout it.. they devolped it by january 8th..they had to had vista to test it on.. also.. its yahoo.. huge company based on technology.. they got vista along with the other companies before the general public did.. also, vista had several betas before the final release.. so that one post is FAKE

    Comment by Alex — June 14, 2007 #

  175. did i read it right ? yahoo messenger (for vista) is not coming?

    well that sucks !

    Comment by Dennis — June 15, 2007 #

  176. omgg.. why is it closed? atleast remove the website.. so ppl wont wait for nothing

    Comment by Trolly — June 15, 2007 #

  177. I figured thats what they would say but yet its still on there meesenger sight all there blogs are still there and you can still sign up with your email address , if it is really closed then why not admit it on the news and not just on this blog there trying to get us to be oh well and sto waiting so they can release it and every one be oh i thought they closed the project and all but all there doing is buying themselves time because they cant build it as good as they thought and they need more time

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 15, 2007 #

  178. Maybe shes just teasing us, I dont think that yahoo is so stpid to waste all the work nd disappoint their costumers.

    Comment by sss — June 15, 2007 #

  179. Well it wouldn’t much matter we have all seen the video of them showing it we know it works ,but they have already disappointed there consumers by making us wait 5 friggen months and no beta yet . so if it works so well where the heck is it yahoo

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 15, 2007 #

  180. Notice that shirley bacon administrater has apparently removed her cancled project post , HMMM why would they do such a thing ?

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 15, 2007 #

  181. i think that !Y messenger 4 vista will not released…. we have to move to WLM 9.0 when it comes out…. if it comes out

    Comment by Jerda — June 15, 2007 #

  182. i am very dissapointed and very upset on yahoo.. atleast if they would admit it in public that it wont come out, i don’t know why they need to post it here in the blog.. shame on you yahoo

    Comment by Trolly — June 15, 2007 #

  183. I ve come to the conclusion yahoo doesnt care if they did they would of told us or given us an update , i mean a soldier even asked for an update on the progress cause ut was the guys best way to communicate with family and friends over there , what do ya know not even a reply post if they dont even care about the soldiers posts you know they dont care about ours . if anybody should of gotten them to reply it was them but of course STILL COMING SOON , soon what is soon to them , soon to me is a month maybe 2 but 5 going on six thats pathetic they had vista before any of us did they showed a video preview of it at ces in january , and they have an auto reply from sara bacon i think posted in i thnk june saying there still waiting for the vista shipment that is a crock they had it before any of us and then i saw the post saying it was cancelled now its been removed , WOW there apparently about hype and not about action .for all we know it could be done already and there just sitting back and laughing at all of us , THANKS YAHOO , i bet this one will be deleated im just sick of all this crap . if it was such a big deal for them not to us when its coming out why did they preview it and have a video and have some different ppl supposedly working on it telling us how cool it is i think the truth is they have no idea the preview was a fake and they have ran out of excuses so they just dont reply , i mean leaving a soldier hanging how pathetic

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 15, 2007 #

  184. I found this on william computer blog 25. Trolly 16 Jun 2007
    Yahoo messenger for vista > project abadoned > http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/01/08/introducing-yahoo-messenger-for-windows-vista/#comment-8591

    im not saying click on the link all it does is take you to the top of this page , but gee again some where else saying abandoned

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 15, 2007 #

  185. I signed up to be notified MONTHS ago. Seems alot of companies on the web employ similar tactics. Throw up a preview, maybe a video and build up as much hype as possible. Then squeeze it for all it’s worth. Honestly I won’t be pissed until 2008.

    We have no choice but to wait. Complaining won’t get anything accomplished. It will be released eventually.

    Comment by Lance Thibodeau — June 16, 2007 #

  186. Well in business you tell your consumers that you will have a product out in the 2nd quarter og the year well as far as i ive learned and done you stick to your projected date and i know microsoft had troubles releasing vista at first but what ya know they also told everybody a release the first time and then they also the new one and asweredconsumers questions yahoo dont answer questions they told magazines there projected release and what ya know there not even listening to the most important post from the soldier yeah they may not have it until 2008 but they need to let ppl know instead of saying the projects cancelled and that there waiting on shipments of vista that one really burned my hide they had it before we did

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 16, 2007 #

  187. yahoo, pls. don’t abandon your project (messenger for vista).. it’s so cool

    Comment by fitz — June 16, 2007 #

  188. i find it funny that they Released a Yahoo Msgr For You’re Brower Yet They Cant Release A Beta For Vista its lame i have yet to see the cancelled or anything so untill i see it i wont believe it

    Comment by pr10wrx — June 16, 2007 #

  189. yeah they even gave you an alert when the full web yahoo came out i was pissed cause i didnt read it at first and i thought it was vista messanger but i should of know better it is yahoo

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 16, 2007 #

  190. hey, sarah bacon! answer our comments and questions!

    Comment by fitz — June 17, 2007 #

  191. THEY DONT CARE PPL THEY AINT GOING TO ANSWER THERE FULL OF CRAP

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 17, 2007 #

  192. yahoo web is actually very useful when u are on the go and need to use unrestricted yahoo without downloading and installing the whole program.. or when u happen to be in a company where the IT people blocked yahoo.. and yahoo vista has not being cancelled its all BS.. trillian is nice and handy.. ive tried it but it annoys me lol.. so i stick to separate messengers

    Comment by Alex — June 18, 2007 #

  193. Wow Sounds real professional there sarah bacon im suprised you are even the admin on this page with an attitude like that it aint our fault you guys there at yahoo cant hit your own projected date , and i happen to pay for 2 of your services right now , and i am seriously considering doing what you suggested and giving msn my buisness since you are the apparent rep for yahoo on this page and you are so inconsiderate to others , at least msn comes out with cool features and address the bugs quickly

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 19, 2007 #

  194. http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/08/HNyahoopreviewmessenger_1.html , Here is the link that says that yahoo would have the vista messanger beta out in the 2nd quarter of this year released in january

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 19, 2007 #

  195. Did some background checking, this Sarah person is a fake. I talked to someone who works at Yahoo and they are going to look into this person, to make it simple there is no blog for this messenger only the website where you can watch the demo. So do not believe a word this Sarah Bacon says as she or in fact he is a fake and is being worked on to be removed from Yahoo!

    Comment by John — June 20, 2007 #

  196. ^^ Really this is the 4th damn time my cmt has been deleted from whoever

    Comment by pr10wrx — June 20, 2007 #

  197. WHERE IS THE SOUND FOR YAHOO MESSANGER FOR VISTA????…I CAN GO IN CAHT ROOMS BUT THERE IS NO SOUND.WHATS UP WITH THAT?????WHY DOESNT YAHOO FIX THIS?????

    Comment by ron — June 21, 2007 #

  198. The end of the second quater is in sight, Yahoo must now at least give a update on the new vistas progress or is Sarah Bacon just puting her head in the sand and ignoring the simple question. When is the new prodicted release date ?????

    Comment by Dene — June 23, 2007 #

  199. When is the new prodicted release date ?????

    Comment by frncs05 — June 23, 2007 #

  200. Hey, Sarah.. when is Y! Messenger for Vista coming out? It’s June 24th now in Central American Time and we’re all
    waiting.

    Comment by Dude — June 23, 2007 #

  201. hey yahoo! june is almost over. why are you not releasing the Y! Messenger for vista? you’re so unfair, you’re not even answering our comments. please reply. i am loosing my patience wating for this messenger. i’m waiting for almost 4-5 months. don’t break what you’ve said. second quarter of 2007 is second quarter for 2007. don’t break promises. WHEN WILL BE THAT RELEASE DATE? YAHOO! PLS REPLY! THANK YOU

    -mingzz

    Comment by mingz — June 23, 2007 #

  202. They won give a projected date this aint even a real blog regarding it if it was dont yo think they would attepmt to answering the comments

    Comment by Gerik4 — June 24, 2007 #

  203. hey ron, u saying that u got yaho messenger for vista???!!!!

    Comment by sss — June 24, 2007 #

  204. I think Ron is mistaking the current messenger (version 8.1) with Vista. The current messenger is NOT for Vista. The messenger for Vista is supposed to have an entirely differant interface to it, and it does’nt look anything like the reguler Yahoo messenger. They say they were suppose to have it out by the 2nd quarter of this year. Well 2nd quarter is OVER, and there is’nt even any word about the new vista messenger.

    I am beginning to think, they can’t figure out a way for a voice protocal for chat rooms for the Vista platform. That, or they just simply abandoned the project as it was costing Yahoo more money, time, and effort than they figure it was worth. If so, at least they should post a statement regarding that, so we know if there is ever gonna be a Messenger for Vista. That’s all I’m asking is an update to if (and when) it would come out, or the status of there “so called” project, or even if they still have that project going, or if they abandoned it.

    Comment by Kevin — June 25, 2007 #

  205. I also think Yahoo owe’s it to there customers to inform us about the Vista messenger. I see that it won’t cost the company a cent to type a few words on the status of the new messenger, or if they have abandoned the project. At least let us know.

    And if they have abandoned the project, they should take off that “Messenger for Vista” advertisement on the Messenger page. That would be fulse advertisement of something that never came out (if they did abandoned the project).

    Comment by Kevin — June 25, 2007 #

  206. They are going to do what they want when they want, they created it, now they can toy with it. This needs some other chat servers. Yahoo needs to take a vacation….So does Microsoft

    Comment by bob — June 25, 2007 #

  207. Here is a link that says yahoo vista messenger has a possiable release date of july 2 2007

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger

    you have to scroll to almost of the bottom of he page

    Comment by gerik4 — June 25, 2007 #

  208. a promise is a promise. 2nd quarter of 2007!

    Comment by mingz — June 26, 2007 #

  209. i might be wrong.. but i dont recall Yahoo! ever giving any kind of release date for any of their projects.. they would just deploy them out of the blue.. and i think yahoo vista will be the same.. itll just be out one day without prior notice.. i have read it was to be released on the second quarter, but i dont know where they got that info from. might be bogus..

    Comment by alex — June 26, 2007 #

  210. That info as you call it was released on cnet and info world in an article about vista messenger

    Comment by gerik4 — June 26, 2007 #

  211. I see Yahoo finally mentioned about that new messenger for Vista (on there main blog page).
    That’s good, they have’nt abandoned there project, and it will be released soon. It may be a little late, but thats O.K. At least they let us know. I hope the new messenger for Vista solves that voice problem in chat rooms too, that would be real cool.

    Thank you Yahoo for not abandoning the project, and again, Thank you for keeping us informed on the new Messenger for Vista.

    Comment by Kevin — June 26, 2007 #

  212. incredibly stupid and lame that yahoo can’t get messenger conferencing with voice working 6 months later. Hello Google talk. Another reason why yahoo is so 1996.

    Comment by yahooblowsdonkey — June 27, 2007 #

  213. Damn ive been waiting since Jan. for this to come out and i just now bothered to read all these posts. Hopefully it comes out around July 2nd or at all, It doesnt bother me to wait, because I have no reason that I have to have it right now, but like you guys are saying, it does bother me that they havent updated us about anything, and its pretty obvious that Sarah is a bot, either from yahoo or from some prick who is trying to get us excited and aggrivated at the same time. Alot of us know that those dumbasses complaining about this messenger and bitching about past versions will still download and use this, and probably like it. Hell I havent even used it and I love it. Its been a while since something was created just for an operating system. I havent used my msn live messenger in a while but if they come out with something that looks as nice and as sleek as Vista messenger then ill hop all over it like a fat kid on pancakes.

    -Nevinz

    Comment by Christopher Nevins — June 28, 2007 #

  214. It will come out when it comes out. You people quit whining; you are not ‘entitled’ to anything. I’m merely glad that Yahoo makes this available for free to we users and we have no right at all to snivel or hold them to ‘promises’. Sheez!

    Comment by Scott Binder — June 30, 2007 #

  215. very well put Scott!

    Comment by Christopher Nevins — July 2, 2007 #

  216. i wish the team in charged of yahoo vista would do something like this.. take a poll and see if theres enough people willing to try yahoo vista already or wait for the bugs to be fixed… if they are doing it for mac they can do it for windows too rite?

    http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/07/02/poll-for-mac-users/

    Comment by alex — July 3, 2007 #

  217. i belief that when a ompany is showing off its product at ces in january and tells the places like cnet infoworld amongst others that they wil have the beta out in the second quarter of 2007 , well that company should do what it says instead they have a website with a demo and a coming soon that has been up about six months well when it says coming soon it should come soon but according to there other blog they wont have a beta for another few months if it had so many bugs they should not have shown it and told the press second quarter i do belief when people like myself pay for multiple yahoo services and when the new messenger could affect that servie i do belief i do have the right to know

    Comment by gerik4 — July 4, 2007 #

  218. Does nobody even try to spell check anymore? Or do some of us just need to lurn howe too spel?

    Comment by scribsac — July 4, 2007 #

  219. when will vista be ready? Anyone have an answer? I just bought a new windows vista computer only to find out there is no voice and most everything is messed up pertaining to yahoo chat messanger? Can U help me please?

    Comment by john — July 5, 2007 #

  220. Sarah Bacon seems fake to me too which means the project might of been abandon months ago without any knowledge.

    Comment by Chris — July 6, 2007 #

  221. Yahoo chat fans we’ve been had again and bad enough this company screwed up in 05 if you know what,I mean…

    Comment by Chris — July 6, 2007 #

  222. yahoo is crap stuff it and use msn messenger

    Comment by dsf — July 10, 2007 #

  223. lol yahoo isnt that bad.. the only problem is that their projects dont leak like microsoft’s.. and the deadlines are not always met as we can se hahaha.. i tried to use msn / live messenger but in my region no one really cares for it i was forced into yahoo where locals and close friends are

    Comment by alex — July 11, 2007 #

  224. Live messenger isn’t that bad, I have started to use it and it’s great on vista so far..plus i get to use all my contacts from yahoo there aswell………umm Yahoo! I think it has been about a year since you say that ‘’we are getting a new beta for vista’’ we are all here waiting. Since yahoo started talking about Yahoo Vista messenger, MSN came out with Windows live messenger 8.0 and now they have a 8.5 available to download as Beta, how come they are faster than you all? Gosh we even have the iphone on sale. I think that Yahoo is full of crap and because of this they are loosing alot of credibility. Give us atleast a date so that we could all relax, really your normal messenger don’t work well on Vista, it freezes.

    Comment by Manny — July 11, 2007 #

  225. hey all
    i have windows vista home premium, and went looking for a voice chat client.. trillian does work for windows vista, trillian has voice chat, and i also found another cute voice client for vista.. its called KazooBeta.. ive tried it with the traditional messenger under vista and yazak.., right now i use Trillian basic under vista with voice

    Kazoo beta / Trillian

    http://www.freecreed.com/vistavoice.html

    Comment by ish — July 12, 2007 #

  226. Dear Sarah Bacon,

    I’m just curious to know why the BETA version of this new Yahoo isn’t out. Windows Live Messenger has the BETA free to the public, 8.5 Why not Yahoo?

    I’m beginning to think that there’s more bugs with this new Yahoo than expected, either that or Yahoo has been procrastination on the messenger coding and building.

    Is that what all this hype is about? A jinxed program? How are we even going to know if it’s any good with out the BETA? We also have to test run it since it’s the users that really test it and feedback on the product. Come on Yahoo, do your job.

    One of your loving, long awaiting for a program, caring, and respected user’s,
    -Homer

    Comment by Homer — July 12, 2007 #

  227. [...] saw a demo of Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista at CES. Around that time, the Yahoo Messenger Blog said: “Windows Vista will be available starting January 30, 2007 and we expect to have Yahoo! [...]

    Pingback by Endless development | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | — July 14, 2007 #

  228. how about those ym users using windows xp can we chat to them if we’are using vista….and wat about the chat rum because i didnt see it in the preview will it still be available for this newer version of ym?? thanks,,,,,

    Comment by rey — July 14, 2007 #

  229. digital camera digital camera

    Comment by Tufqiero — July 19, 2007 #

  230. I have a release date for yahoo msger for vista…. And i qoute “COMMING SOON IN 2ND QUARTER” WAIT…. THAT’S COME AND GONE TOOO…… I GESS IT’S STILL “COMMING SOON”….. ROFL….
    What’s up yahoo? Yahoo droped the ball and people are going to stop using you you better hurry and decide what’s up and let us know the truth of the issue….

    Comment by vlistos — July 24, 2007 #

  231. is it at all possible, that no one and i mean NO ONE rrom yahoo is reading any of this?……..How can a company as world wide as Yahoo let something go on like this for so long……(voice problem in Vista)

    Comment by pucknut — July 30, 2007 #

  232. I got a prob, just about all of my buttons on yahoo messenger are gone and beats me where they went. Also I am having a devil of a time signing in and my messenger is acting up. Is there an OLDER version of yahoo messenger that WILL work on vista? Sarah Bacon please send me a reply for I fear it will be years down the road before the vista version of messenger is out.

    Comment by Elizabeth — July 30, 2007 #

  233. Hi Elizabeth,

    The latest version (8.1) does work on Vista (not perfectly however). Have you tried going into the “View” menus on your windows to expose some of the toolbars?

    If you continue to have trouble, head over to http://webmessenger.yahoo.com and sign in there. You can access your friends list and send/receive IMs from our new web version. Thanks,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — July 31, 2007 #

  234. Is this thing ever going to be released??…it’s been going on for allmost 7 months now, and still, there’s no news on it…Sarah Bacon, since you’re an admin here, do u have any info on the release date??or anything on the progress?? why don’t they release a beta at least??why aren’t they giving any info at all?? We’re all awaiting for that new messenger, as the 8.1 is antique…please, if you’ve got any info at all, please respond…

    Comment by R2D2 — August 1, 2007 #

  235. I think yahoo has demolished there project for windows vista. Because I think they are not capable of making such software properly. In future, i think, there will be some kind of “software update” for vista but you wont see the WPF version of yahoo messenger. I am already very fristated about yahoo and their services. Though I have been a customer with yahoo…may be not really a big customer ..or big advertiser….but….yeah…got bad response from yahoo. and …i dont use yahoo anymore now….i moved to msn already…and I think a big number of users will be doing the same thing in near future….guys..lets quite yahooo……lets leave it…..lets find another thing…..lets do it

    Comment by Nahid — August 4, 2007 #

  236. whan do the new yahoo messenger come out for windows vista bc i can not get voice on the 8.1 with my windows vista

    Comment by Dalica mott — August 6, 2007 #

  237. Thats right. I stopped caring weeks ago. Its never comming out, so why bother waiting. Live Messenger will have 9.0 out before Yahoo get’s their product launched. Live Messenger 8.5 works nice. I was waiting for yahoo but….ya right.

    Comment by Dan — August 6, 2007 #

  238. Maybe theyre still working on it, you know how this guys do, they just upload the version on their site, out of the blue, with no previous knowledge…however, it would be apropriate for them to post at least a possible release date, or the progress on it…

    Comment by R2D2 — August 8, 2007 #

  239. They did have a possibe release date, and that’s already past. They havent said anything else about it.

    Comment by Dan — August 8, 2007 #

  240. Well I am tired of waiting for the vista yahoo messenger to come out and that is a shame… cause Yahoo Rocks! So I took and checked out a link on here and found a great messenger with no commericals. It is that trillion one and I am going to keep it until yahoo comes out with something that will work correctly on my vista os. So Sarah Bacon, please inform yahoo that until they send me a notification of the new release that I am using trillion. I don’t want to use a web version of nothing. Smile.

    Comment by Elizabeth — August 8, 2007 #

  241. I’ve been waiting for months for this thing to come out. It seems that it will never work, hopefully when they release the first version of it that it will have absolutely no BUGS in this programming because they’ve been working on this thing for like what 8 months now? So if you have that much time to work on a program then you should be able to work out all the kinks in it.

    A release date would be nice, I still Yahoo Messenger, but I’m really wanting to get Yahoo Messenger for Vista so I can ditch 8.1.

    Comment by Brandon — August 11, 2007 #

  242. hi, i have bought my laptop with vista home premium,i am not able to log in the yahoo messenger.it keeps saying signin problems.
    pls suggest how to download yahoo messenger for vista

    Comment by nadeem — August 14, 2007 #

  243. the latest 8.1 version of ymess works with vista…are u shure u’re firewall is properly configured??try running it in compatibility mode

    Comment by R2D2 — August 15, 2007 #

  244. ^^^Uhh… Yeah …. We Know….. Its the voice chat server that doesn’t work Vista while you’re in a public chat room…..

    Comment by The Dude — August 15, 2007 #

  245. looks like Yahoo have buried their head in the sands on the new ground up version of messenger perhaps they carnt get it to work just like their current program which is falling apart. would be nice if they just fix their current 8.1 version

    Comment by dene — August 16, 2007 #

  246. cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll

    Comment by moon — August 17, 2007 #

  247. I would say that I am suprised that Yahoo didn’t make their own release timeframe but I’m not. I also find it comical that the company refuses to update their timeline to the public or at least give a ballpark timeframe. *sigh*

    Comment by Jeff — August 17, 2007 #

  248. Just got my new vista-equipped PC and installed the latest version of Yahoo Messenger. This is coooool! Thanks Yahooooooo!

    Comment by Dog — August 20, 2007 #

  249. freebsd/linux yahoo versions hardly work properly now..most of the features are crippled..i don’t use mac osx but i’ve heard complaints…yahoo doesn’t care to make good working versions for neither macs or opensource oses and now a version specifically for ms’ latest bloatest os to date..

    can’t you people see what’s happening?

    sarah bacon is sleeping with bill gates..

    Comment by fucmsbsdrks — August 22, 2007 #

  250. You know, this is interesting.

    The first thing I’ve noticed, and am loving, are the selective responses. We see responses to all questions NOT pertaining to Yahoo Messenger for Vista, even though that’s the entire basis of this post. Sarah, it would be really easy for you to even say “I cannot divulge any information”, or perhaps “I’ll forward that along” to throw the Devs a bone. However, this whole silent treatment is flat-out pathetic. If this is how you view PR, perhaps this shouldn’t be your line of work.

    Deleting comments from your blog? Selective answers? This is how you respond to your customers? Whether they’re 14 or 40, this does nothing but prove that Yahoo really has no respect for it’s users. Microsoft has the horrible reputation of being all about the money and not giving a damn about the consumer….yet…the majority of their recent software releases have been not only publicly beta-tested, but provided to consumers on an evaluation level as well.

    Taking the “ignore it and it will go away” route will only result in more than the problem going away…your users are soon going to follow. You’re putting yourself in the ranks of the company that produced the phantom gaming machine we heard about for years and never saw.

    Pathetic, Yahoo. Simply pathetic. I’ll take great pride in watching Google take more and more of your market share away.

    I expect no response. Hell, I’ll be suprised if this post isn’t deleted. I really wish you’d value people more than you apparently do.

    …and as for you, Sarah, you need to take some classes in PR. Ignoring your customers is a cardinal sin.

    Comment by Russell — August 24, 2007 #

  251. So it’s been almost 9 months since vista came out any idea on when the Yahoo Messenger for Vista is coming out even a beta version. Please be soon. Yahoo is taking way toooooooooooo long.

    Comment by dude — August 24, 2007 #

  252. i dont think it will be out any soon
    alomst 8 months since that add has been posted on yahoo…
    they said it would be out in the second qauter…n the 3rd qauter is abt to end…lol
    jus forget about yahoo and switch to msn for voice …its cool and problem free..
    no use posting here…
    most of the yahoo users will still be using xp or other windows versions…very few would have switched to vista till now
    so yahoo is taking all the time in the world to come out with the new versn…
    switch to msn..enjoy!!

    Comment by rdevil — August 26, 2007 #

  253. great video about YIM for wwindows vista but no substance. If w4e can’t use it for conferencing and voice chat THEN IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS VISTA PERIOD.

    nOEL

    Comment by PSOpokerchef — August 28, 2007 #

  254. I also don’t see why there should be that much of a problem as all my other IM and chat servers work on Vista ie MSN, Skype, Pal Talk etc.

    Yahoo seems to be stalling for some reason.

    Comment by PSOpokerchef — August 28, 2007 #

  255. you know what i don’t get?why did yahoo anounced the launch of yahoo messenger for vista on january and now in agust still no sound of it on the market/site.we all put our e-mails adress on your site and still nothing.Yeah!i know you’re still working on it.But you could have launched a beta version untill you define your final poduct.you are hipocrits!for leting your main target(us)waiting for SOOOO LONG!

    Comment by viv — August 29, 2007 #

  256. guys try using ytunnel basic along with yahoo messrnger 8.1
    it game me voice in confrence and chat rooms
    i have vista business baic
    tried many other things but didnt wourk out
    but tunnel worked for me
    try it guys
    ytunnelpro is a paid software
    but u can download ytunnel basic just use ur search engines
    i don remener the site name
    enjoy!!!
    don wait for the vista messenger.
    i guess it is nt coming before 2008…mayb yahoo is plaiing to give all its users a new year gift by stalling its release!

    Comment by rdevil — August 31, 2007 #

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    Comment by AbommaSnoniat — September 1, 2007 #

  258. Guy’s I have the solution for the voice confrence problem just download the Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.416. This will solve all your problems.

    the link is here:

    http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe

    no problem dudes

    Comment by dude — September 2, 2007 #

  259. Why would i get a eero like this required audio compression format Im trying to talk on yahoo throuh a conferernce room but it says the computer dose not support voice…Please help

    Comment by jim — September 2, 2007 #

  260. yo jim the link above is where you can download the newest yahoo messenger and it will solve your problems

    Comment by dude — September 3, 2007 #

  261. hey thanks i think it work i click on the box marked HAND FREE and the green box TALK so i hope i can talk and hear. but I only need to talk on Conference rooms

    Comment by jim — September 3, 2007 #

  262. when will be the yahoo vista be out to download?

    Comment by Kris — September 4, 2007 #

  263. Hey no problem Jim if you need anything just let me know

    Comment by dude — September 5, 2007 #

  264. OK
    install the codec first from this link…
    http://www.bytescribe.com/downloads/tsp_codec_install.exe

    then return to http://messenger.yahoo.com
    and re-install the latest version for the fix to work.

    Comment by correction — September 5, 2007 #

  265. when will yahoo messengers for windows vista come out?

    Comment by e.p — September 6, 2007 #

  266. im so happy that my voice chat works now.. yeppeee.. freakin waiting for like a yr for this crap..i love my vista.

    Comment by mehh — September 11, 2007 #

  267. you know…..im starting to think this yahoo messenger for windows vista is not actually going to happen. There’s alot of unhappy people out there since Yahoo doesnt tell us anything about progress or dates. Your users will only remain loyal for so long Yahoo. I’ll bet Windows Live Messenger 9.0 will actually be out before the new Yahoo.

    Comment by dan — September 11, 2007 #

  268. is this latest version works to at conference and chatroom voice and not only for call…if this latest one wont work is crap!!!!got vista and it only works for call but cant work at chatroom voice…will see….il wait for the latest one!!!

    Comment by yahee — September 12, 2007 #

  269. I really don’t care if Yahoo Updates to Vista now or not, My voice is working now in Yahoo chat, took them long enough for that to work. BLAH!

    Comment by Amy — September 15, 2007 #

  270. yahoo just lost 4 permanent users just because of me.
    we have switched over to Google talk.

    (users since 2k)

    Comment by wisesabre — September 18, 2007 #

  271. No wonder Google is eating Yahoo’s lunch.

    Comment by PhukStick — September 19, 2007 #

  272. GOOGLE TALK ROCKS YAHOO IM OUTTY C YA…….

    Comment by DRUMMAZ — September 19, 2007 #

  273. hurry up and get done.we need it to talk to children out of state

    Comment by paul — September 21, 2007 #

  274. forgot to also say we aye over 70 year of age and used our old yahoo to talk to aa the kids.now we cant thank’s to visia

    Comment by paul — September 21, 2007 #

  275. Man almost 4 month….no prograss report….come on Yahoo when it going to be release???? Can’t wait no more!!!

    Comment by Zack — September 21, 2007 #

  276. I wonder if Yahoo is through playing with us…Will the ever release messenger for vista or is this just a con game

    Comment by Tom — September 22, 2007 #

  277. isnt it awesome how yahoo keeps on releasing yahoo messenger betas for mac and for the web and the only thing they release for vista is a lame none credible update on how the project is coming… gotta love the group on charge of yahoo for vista..

    Comment by Alex — September 24, 2007 #

  278. Dear To Whom This May Concern,

    Im a big time yahoo messenger user,but right now I can’t use it due to Vista bing on my computer I just received.Yahoo Messenger just doesn’t work well at all on my new computer,does any know or can tell me when the new Yahoo Messenger for Vista will be rady or available.Can’t wait to see it launched an be able to use it and talk to my yahoo friends again

    Comment by Robert — September 24, 2007 #

  279. i love to kno when is the new windows vista is will be out,cuz my new pc,is does not use regular messeger,only windows vista an i dont kno how to use it

    Comment by ANTHONY — September 25, 2007 #

  280. theoretically you shoud be able to run yahoo8.1 on vista…try running it in compatibility mode…if it still doesn’t work, then try using yahoo for the web, or pidgin: http://www.pidgin.im/ , or add your yahoo friends in your windows live account…

    Comment by R2D2 — September 25, 2007 #

  281. I need help with yahoo messenger. Do to a lighting I lost my computer in July. Needless to say the new one came with vista. I didn’t have any problems before using the messenger, but it seams, now my messenger keeps logging in & out, which is disturbing to say the least not just for me, but also my friends have to endure me popping in & out every few min.I log in most of the time now as invisible, to minimize disturbing them. I have reinstalled it, but that didn’t help. Any idea?

    Comment by Gisela — September 25, 2007 #

  282. Wow! It was pretty over whelming to read all the comments. Wish I would’ve known all this about Vista before I bought my computer.It’s been years since I’ve been on the web and am plodding along trying to re-learn everything. I just down-loaded yahoo mess. and couldn’t figure out why the help button … or any buttom for that matter … won’t work. I haven’t tried a chat room and after reading the above I probably won’t. How frustrating to have something with such potential for fun and ease become confusing and irritating. Well at least I don’t feel the need to ask questions! LOL You all have answered them with such passion! I’m glad I found this forum! Hopefully I’ll be able to find it again to see how things are going. Oh…I do have one question…How do I find the “compatibility mode” that R2D2 mentioned? I’m a newbe and am stumbling around. Thanks for all the info!

    Comment by Cheryl — October 1, 2007 #

  283. The New Vista looks Great. I can’t wait for it to come out. I also have been having Problems with Yahoo. I Updated it to the Newest Version. It keeps Freezing & Closing. Sometimes it won’t show what me, nor other people are typing. It’s gotten annoying. I really want Yahoo Messenger for Vista. I’ve been praying for it to come out soon, but that was months ago. Well I love Yahoo. It’s the Best Messenger.

    Comment by Charles — October 5, 2007 #

  284. I have to admit, the video demo of Yahoo Messenger for Vista is impressive…

    But it’s been close to nine months since Yahoo made this blog article, and it’s been over eight months since Windows Vista was released. To me, that raises a lot of unpleasant questions about whether or not this software really exists.

    For any software in development, nine months is nothing short of an eternity. In three-quarters of a year since the press release, we’ve yet to see even so much as a public beta, let alone a release candidate. The only thing we’ve seen about YIM for Vista has been the demo video and the same “Coming Soon” message on the messenger page. It hasn’t even been updated since it was posted.

    As a software developer myself, I look at this and see three potential explainations for this lack of information, all of them unpleasant.

    The least likely possibility in my estimation is that Yahoo Messenger for Vista is vaporware. Nothing more than a pretty demo trotted out for the press to try and get some attention.

    In my opinion, it’s highly likely that Yahoo’s messenger team found themselves in over their heads redesigning YIM from the ground up for a brand new OS. The real question now is whether they’re just behind schedule, or whether some executive decided it just couldn’t be done quickly or cheaply enough, and quietly killed the project to save face.

    Comment by Macross Mike — October 6, 2007 #

  285. i think we all should send emails every other day directly to the ppl in charge of this project askign when itll be ready untill they at least release some credible info…. the only problem is.. whats their email address? lol

    Comment by Alex — October 10, 2007 #

  286. I wonder if there going to release it next year when Vista SP1 comes out….. Who knows.

    Comment by Daniel — October 10, 2007 #

  287. Come on please, release the beta, all the charm is coming out of it and we are tired of waiting. Release the beta, we want play with it , tell you the bugs, what we hate, what we like, and maybe something extra you might consider to add on.

    Oh well, its your timetable, we’re your customers. Peace

    Comment by Damien — October 11, 2007 #

  288. Well, one of my customers, a YIM Voice fan, recently got a new Vista computer and cannot get her one-on-one voice chat to work on Vista either. I’m assuming that from the recent posts, that Yahoo has been way too lazy at fixing this problem. So now, I have one very irate customer on my hands, who could Yahoo voicechat on XP but cannot on Vista. I wonder how many more customers will become upset, and how many more complaints I’ll receive, before Yahoo programmers get off their lazy floppy drives and fix this issue!

    Comment by adwords — October 12, 2007 #

  289. Did some research, just found a couple of things that may help with Yahoo Voice Chat…
    http://bbs.dellea.biz/viewtopic.php?p=227#227

    Comment by adwords — October 12, 2007 #

  290. ok this is just crazy you have been at this for almost a year and yeah we all know that you have bugs to work out but damn why not let a beta out i dont think even saint nick him self could get this to us by xmas so yahoo what will you do when the little girl goes to santa and ask for the new yahoo im because just like the rest of us santa will be bring us coal instead of the new im i have to say that you guys are really letting every one down and in the end it only hurts you not us we can move on and find better but if you want to keep what you got i think its time you get a beta out or you may doom your self

    Comment by jeremy — October 13, 2007 #

  291. I’m getting sick and tired of waiting for the supposedly “new” YIM. I’m switching back to Windows Live cause at least they get things done in a timely manner. And let their customers know whats going on and why exactly their product may be released later.

    Comment by Jonathan — October 14, 2007 #

  292. This is just messed up I agree with Jonathan, I’ve had WL Messenger since there BETA and have been with them, I agree they get things done on a timely matter at Microsoft (Windows Live). Please if you get this done please someone let me know. In the mean time add em on Windows Live Messenger:

    Comment by Ray — October 15, 2007 #

  293. unbelievable… can`t you guys tell us a date or somethin`? please let us know what’s going on..
    will there ever be a yahoo messenger for vista?

    Comment by Andy Andrei — October 16, 2007 #

  294. Yahoo, I am beginning to think that every one of these bloggers is right. You have literally lied to your customers. Boasting about the release of a product that has not happened in the time frame you said it would. What a shame, and what is worse, is that you completely ignore these bloggers comments on the main purpose that this blog was created for in the first place. That makes no since what so ever. Today is Tuesday, October 16, 2007. You told the public that they would be able to download a beta in the second quarter of this year, but that has long past us now. Wouldn’t you call that a lie yourself? Even if your intentions were not that, you should never make that kind of slander to the public. I am not going to write a book here because the point is quiet obvious and explains itself, and what I have just said pertains to, or covers almost every other bloggers comments here. I know that in my mind, anything I post up will not change your actions, and so my comment would seem pointless, but what I do not know, is if you take the time to at least read anything on here, or ignore them too. With that being said, my point of this post should be very clear to you, and all of your other upset bloggers.

    Comment by Silverwolf — October 16, 2007 #

  295. ALL I CAN SAY IS YAHOO SUCKS AS OF RIGHT THIS SECOND… I just got Vista and I downloaded yahoo messenger and I thought they fixed this problem…What’s takin so long? Get it together people I miss doing voice chat…..

    Comment by peanutt — October 16, 2007 #

  296. Hey guys… it’s time to face it. 95% of Yahoo Messenger users probably haven’t even heard the word “Vista”. I honestly think nobody cares about 50 angry bloggers commenting their asses out. Yahoo doesn’t care about you, or me, or any of us. This little Vista thing doesn’t affect the overall success of the company. And of course, it will probably never happen.

    Comment by Andy Andrei — October 17, 2007 #

  297. You could try downloading the TSP codecs if you have voice issues with Vista. Worked for me and most other people I know.

    Comment by Dunkelheit — October 18, 2007 #

  298. With the rapid increase of computers sold in America, and windows vista being the standard operating system for them, a lot more people are aware of windows vista then you may think. I assure you there are more people who have heard, or own the operating system, than you say. Take in mind not only the thousands if not millions of new customers, who have bought new computers, but beta testers, small businesses, and major corporations as well, who have already invested in the product. If you simply do the math, that by far exceeds the number in which you state. Because of this, yahoo will eventually have no choice but to react to this problem, if they are not already in the process of doing so at the moment in which they claim to be. Yahoo is a multi-million dollar company, and it wouldn’t be very wise for them to ignore a major operating system release, that not only has been advertized to the public in a number of ways, but also built from the ground up unlike few previous operating systems, as well as better programming/software than any other Operating system that Microsoft has created. With that being said, it would be sensible for a company such as yahoo to take advantage of the technologies, (Such as the new WPF, .net framework 3.0) that Microsoft has to offer them.

    Comment by Silverwolf — October 19, 2007 #

  299. Silverwolf is right, however, there are also many yahoo users who may have heard of vista, but either they can’t afford it, or either their computers are not suited for running vista…That shouldn’t stop yahoo from developing yahoo for vista though…They can very easily write it for xp too…The one thing that comes to my mind now, is that they can’t release the messenger yet, because not all of their servers are running vista…that’s just a guess but…Anyway, their current 8.1 version sucks big time…it’s slow, it eats a lot of resources and the skin also sucks…some bloggers here, say that people are going to msn…if yahoo is going to keep it like this for long, that is going to happen, however it will take a long time for yahoo users to do that…most of the people i know, use yahoo messenger, and not msn…for comunities like these to change to msn is going to take a while…or at least until msn and yahoo get fully compatible…they still have work to do on that….

    Comment by R2D2 — October 19, 2007 #

  300. Its coming soon people! The new yahoo BS messenger. That was said in Q1. It’s Q4 now. Not even a ****ing beta. Do us all a favour and take that BS off your site that you’re releasing it soon. I swear. you guys got your business skills out of a cereal box. Funny thing is that judging by the way you lot have
    messed around and updated your pages less than the passing of Haley’s comet, your new IM will probably be a let down considering all the time it’s taken with you “hard at work!”
    Another enthusiastic comment!
    P.S.: and stop pretending and smiling in your occasional updates that you have everything in development under control. You make your case worse and even more pathetic. Read and quote in your next blog, and we’ll see what you have to say.
    Fools.

    Comment by dale — October 22, 2007 #

  301. Finally get to try this with my new vista-equipped computer. kinda slow though.

    Comment by Halloween Dog Costume — October 24, 2007 #

  302. Finally…Thanks yahoo. This first Beta is awesome. I like the message window and overall the whole thing.

    Comment by Manny — October 26, 2007 #

  303. first beta?what are u talking about, Manny?

    Comment by R2D2 — October 29, 2007 #

  304. again this beta is not the same as the yahoo messenger for vista, it is a completely different one

    Comment by Morpheus — October 30, 2007 #

  305. well 4 all u whiners maybe since its allready the end of october and allready in november maybe yahoo will relaese the vista beta during the new year wich means either december of next month or after december wich is january 1st of 2008 thats soon like 1 more month and a half so ya

    Comment by anthony — November 2, 2007 #

  306. I believe the project has been stopped.its benn over a year and not a single word.It was all done for commercial purposes.yahoo messenger (even the newest) is just the ugliest messenger out there and with terrible funcionality.

    Comment by Onyx — November 5, 2007 #

  307. please arrange flexible for webcam, which is now stright in Laptaps.

    Comment by chandi prasad — November 5, 2007 #

  308. please release the latest yahoo messenger which is suitable for vista

    Comment by chandi prasad — November 5, 2007 #

  309. Oh, for the record, MS have released their new version of windows live messenger, and the beta of windows live messenger 9.0 will be released in early December. They say that 9.0 will have a sidebar gadget as well, and a new UI, along with some other useful features. Sounds good, and MS do update us quite regularly. Yahoo, looks like you’re going to lose. …again…

    Comment by dale — November 6, 2007 #

  310. You know i have been waiting for Yahoo to get the new messenger for Vista up and running, But it has now been just over a year and it still is not finished. I use to go on Yahoo every day, but now that i have Vista i have know ears or mic in the rooms, so now i dont go on yahoo messenger anymore. What is the point? I think Yahoo is taking way to long on getting the new Messenger done for vista. And even if they get it done in the next year…I do not think i will be useing it i have waited long enough for The new messy to come out. Yahoo should get their heads out of their @55 and get Messenger for Vista done before they lose all of their Chatters To IMVU or something.

    Comment by Spider — November 10, 2007 #

  311. what the hell!!
    yahoo messenger 9.0 does not work on my laptop.
    when i go to log in it says that my id or password is incorrect but therez a thing! THEY ARE BOTH CORRECT!!
    please solve this problem

    Comment by Josie — November 11, 2007 #

  312. just wondering ! are there any smart people left at yahoo ? i have the new vista and no version seems to work with it ! but all the people working for yahoo still keep saying they all work ! yea right !!! and yes i have done the firewall setting and allowed through the firewall and still nothing works !!! good thing yahoo is free cause i sure would not pay for it !!! it sucks ! all these child precautions and yet u guys still dump every bot and sex ad itno the chat rooms !! now there is a contridiction in terms !!! smart move yahoo your execs are way over paid !!

    Comment by blackdiamond230 — November 12, 2007 #

  313. well the messenger does work with windows Vista, IF you only want to type…but the voice will not work. but everything else seems to be ok….so when people complain about it not working….it does….but just not the voice…..

    Comment by Mike — November 14, 2007 #

  314. OMG!!!
    This is probably the most delayed thing in the history of computers since internet was discovered.

    Cmon guys speed it up a little.WLM 9 will be out and we will still be hearing that vista yahoo messenger is coming any minute now!!!

    Comment by papoulinos — November 20, 2007 #

  315. I doubt soon. 9.0 is supposed to be Vista compatible but… Obviously still many major issues. I’m using Home Premium and really just experienced only one cam viewer at once or not seeing the invite to the to the second. was a pain so went back to older version. Never had a voice call to pc issue. Well, hope this works out for vista version cause app in video looks cool. But I imagine a release will have tons of adds and such it will actually not look as cool as the demo video. I know 9.0 is beta so really hopefull for the future. Although everything in version 8 seems to be workin ok, Vista version is only one Im intrested in anymore. Good luck Yahoo! I’ve had lots of fun with messenger. Hope to have much more.

    Comment by ae — November 22, 2007 #

  316. Come on guys, certainly you can get voice to work with Vista. I want to talk to friends. when can I download the Vista version?

    Comment by Dana — November 25, 2007 #

  317. Sarah or Joshua,
    When can those of us who signed up for the Beta be getting an e-mail to download the NEW Beta for Vista?

    Comment by Jonathan — November 27, 2007 #

  318. Hi.
    Good design, who make it?

    Comment by naisioxerloro — November 28, 2007 #

  319. Yeah, this is a very very cool blog. ;-)
    I just added you to my favorites.

    Thanx,
    Mikey

    Comment by Mikey — November 28, 2007 #

  320. I’ve been waiting for this version of messenger for ages. Please release it.

    Comment by paul — November 28, 2007 #

  321. Does anyone know if there is a date set for relasing yahoo messenger for visat, if so please let me know

    Comment by chater — November 29, 2007 #

  322. All of us that signed up for the e-mail notifiation of the Y! Vista msnger have been ****ed straight out of our time that we waisted clicking that button. I mean COME ON YAHOO!!! YouZ guyZ could at least give us something…. ‘We are sorry. The application is taking longer then we expected. We expect to have it out for the public to try in ______’ how about that Y! give is something other then a few cookies to chew on.

    Spoon Man

    Comment by Spoon_mason — November 30, 2007 #

  323. Well wlm 9 is all over the web about how its in early beta , what about yahoo vista messenger of course nothing well im betting wlm 9 will be out before yahoo, (and yahoo has been working on it since last year ) because they had vista before any of us normal folk did, dont quote me but i think they had vista this time last year , and the messed up thing i think is they didnt start from scratch they said they had brought it down to base code so what the hell is taking so long,so what im saying is they have know about all the issues that we all have they just didnt care enough to resolve them , oh i almost forgot they have yahoo 9 beta , which of course is not vista messenger which was previewed in january , guys just give up on yahoo they are just throughing crap out there cause they have no idea when vista messenger will be ready to be released, stop wating on vista messenger wlm 9 will be out first anyway

    Comment by jeff97 — December 1, 2007 #

  324. WLM 9 is already in private beta. I’m running it now. So Microsoft has brought out 8, 8.1, 8.5, and 9 before yahoo can come out with Yahoo messenger For vista. You have been making people very unhappy and disappointed with you Yahoo. Many have been waiting for this for a long time. After repeated updates, telling us that its on its way, then giving us nothing to show for it? This doesn’t sound like a good Business practice. Coming soon means nothing to us anymore.

    Comment by NIck — December 4, 2007 #

  325. hey the new yahoo messenger is out well just the preview and i was the very 1st 1 to get it YAY!!!

    Comment by Nathan_m_06 — December 5, 2007 #

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