Contact list views in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0
April 4, 2008 on 2:04 pm | In 9.0 version, Features |
When we first released Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, some users were upset about the changes made to the contact list. Compared to its older sibling 8.1, the display images were larger and positioned on the right, and there was a lot more space devoted to each contact in the list. For users with lots of contacts, this can mean a lot of scrolling to find a friend in their list.
In response to the feedback, we included a preference in the Contacts menu for the appearance of the contact list. While this has been available in 9.0 Beta for awhile now, not everyone knows about it so I figured it was worth mentioning again.
There are two modes for your contact list – Detailed and Compact. The detailed list mode shows larger display images for your friends, puts status messages on a separate line, and spaces out your contacts. In contrast, the compact list mode tightens up your list by putting the friend’s name and status on one line, and uses small display images.
To change your contact list mode, just click on the “Contacts” menu at the top of your main Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 window and choose “Compact List” or “Detailed List”. This preference will remain even after you sign out of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
I have a question about the 9.0, where did my address book go? It use to be easily accessible from my messenger at the top, but not anymore. Where is it?
Thanks
Comment by Donna — April 5, 2008 #
GREAT about the contact box mod.
Has the LaunchCast plug-in bug been fixed since the first beta release??
Comment by TamRock — April 5, 2008 #
Hi Donna-
Your address book is now a group in your Yahoo! Messenger contact list. Scroll down in your list - it’s usually the last group. You can also use the contact search bar at the top to look somebody up in your address book. Sounds like a good topic for a blog post…
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — April 5, 2008 #
Hi, After down loading the lastest version of the yahoo messenger on my desk top, I don’t know how I’m going to go about view my chat list. Please advise!
Comment by Yetunde — April 5, 2008 #
ok n b??
Comment by mimay — April 5, 2008 #
chat will be abandoned,, it is all but unusable now without 3rd party programs like Ytunnel Pro
Comment by hmmmm — April 5, 2008 #
I have tryed to logon to the new yahoo im 9.0 and i’m not able to. Down with yahoo 9.0 i’ll go back to the other yahoo till you fix the login problem. I’ve tryed yahoo 9.0 on xp and vista and no luck at all.
Comment by Michael G. Werner — April 6, 2008 #
Every time I try to click on someone’s name in my friend’s list to IM them, I get a windows -esqu box that says Contact Details. I am unable to IM anyone because of this.
Comment by James Bamert — April 9, 2008 #
James - try double clicking on a contact in your list. That will open an IM window.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — April 9, 2008 #
I have tried twice now to download the 9.0 version and i have even restarted my computer and also shut it down completely and restarted it and it still looks the same, am I doing something wrong?
Comment by crystal — April 9, 2008 #
how to view chat list????????????
very confusing.
Comment by ly_malaysia — April 12, 2008 #
I downloaded Yahoo Messenger 9.0 last night. When I went to call setup, It detected my voice, but when I went to sound setup, it showed my sound card but no sound came out. It took me forever to get it to work. Thank god. Now when I log on, the area where all my contacts are supposed to be is blank. nothing is there. the only thing I can see is the top part with the options, and the bottom part with the Adds and the search bar. I have tried restarting messanger but Still no luck. Why is it doing that? Is there a way to fix this on my end or is this an issue on you guys part? I am running Windows Vista Home Premium.
Comment by Silverwolf — April 15, 2008 #
major problem with yahoo messenger v9 beta regarding message archive. i have it set to keep online messages but clear them when i sign out. this does not work and my messages are still there in the archive when i shut down the pc and come back online.
Comment by kev — April 15, 2008 #
\u guys are great keep it up.\
Comment by BENARD — April 15, 2008 #
Just wondering… no new versions of YMs for a few months already… Are there any plans for updates?
Comment by ciprianmp — April 15, 2008 #
vr sa imi fak blog
Comment by costache — April 18, 2008 #
vr sa fiu bloger
Comment by costache — April 18, 2008 #
Shalom,
Sorry, I can’t speak English.
1. Kenapa saya down load Yahoo Messenger kok selalu tidak bisa?
2. Kenapa sudah 4 hari ini saya tidak bisa sign in Yahoo Messenger, padahal saya sign in Yahoo Mail bisa?
Mohon penjelasannya. Terima Kasih.
Comment by Nelson — April 19, 2008 #
Hi Administrator,
I was very excited with the all new beta version and downloaded it. It worked fine for the first time, until my system got rebooted automatically (thats not a yahoo problem) But, once I had login again, I am not able to see any contacts. The area where the contacts list (and groups) for chat is shown remains completly white (blank). I tried several options from the prefrences, though it is nothing to do with it. My friends are online, and on the webmessenger they are visible.
Please let me know if a solution is available immediately or else I will have to switch to the older version
Comment by Aabhas K Vishnoi — April 19, 2008 #
hi to everyone , YM 9.0 is cool but it has some problems like it slows down some times , some times we have 2 login few times to log in to yahoo messenger .. if the bugs r fixed then it is cool nice skins etc , i would like u people to add more emotions this time any ways thank u
Comment by sam — April 19, 2008 #
Here are a few issues and requests I have for Yahoo! IM 9.0
File Transfer
File Transfers with 9.0 has been freezing up and not completing the transfer.
Limit on # of groups
I just installed Yahoo! IM 9.0 and was told that I had reached the limit and had to delete a group. I really need to be able to create more groups as my contact list is constantly growing.
What happened to the games?
Stealth settings
I noticed that if I want to change my stealth settings from appearing permanently offline to a user or group I have to first select appear online before I can select appear offline. We should be able to switch back to appearing offline to the user or group directly instead of selecting appear online before we can go back to appearing offline. This process defeats the reason for having stealth settings.
Comment by nwsuccess — April 21, 2008 #
i just downloaded yahoo messenger ver 9.0 beta unitl now it was working fine but now all my contact list are not visible, please give the solution quick or i will have to switch to older version
Comment by sandy — May 6, 2008 #
Hi,
I am using broad band internet, and whenever I go to yahoo messenger and chat with my friends in private (IM) not in the room, I am getting an error
After that I need to click it 7-8 times to finish it and when i write something it doesn’t go
Comment by Siddharth — May 15, 2008 #
wow…a lot of bad news for a ‘pro blog’. i’m now giving v 9.0 a try so i’m really curios what the problem is gonna be…since there appear to be many. why am i trying this anyway?
Comment by remadin — May 16, 2008 #
the best iseen
Comment by sam ali — May 21, 2008 #
I can only see the contact list. What happened to the people without a messenger account or computer? I use phone out to call people without a computer and now they don’t show up in the contacts list! Can this be fixed or do I have to add bogus messenger ids to everyone?
Comment by d — May 24, 2008 #
Dear Sarah,
Please help me out here. I just download the very update of YM! 9.0 Beta but the contact list is now become blank. I can only pm people using instant message using Actions. Do I miss something upon installation? I already reinstalled twice, no problem with 8.1. If there is some parts missing over my OS, (win xp sp 2), please let me know. I dont want to reinstall again to 8.1 as it taking too long. Waiting for your feedback ASAP. Thanks again! Cheers..
Ozzy
Comment by Ozzy — May 26, 2008 #
Dear Sarah,
Could it be there some files for the skins are missing. I just tried to click the round flag logo at the upper side but then it also shows only blank with title SkinPickerWnd… can I get the missing part files? Thanks.
Ozzy
Comment by Ozzy — May 26, 2008 #
Contact list is blank. Anyone have a fix?
Comment by Marty — June 17, 2008 #
Hi,
Yahoo Launchcast plugin doesn’t show up on the list. I am not able to listen to music because of this. This is really bugging me as I have sent several emails to yahoo but no reply at all. How come the launchcast plugin is not displayed for me to add? Has it been removed from messenger. The only plug-ins I see at the moment is Yahoo Answer & finance. Is this a typical Beta 9.0 messenger problem/bug????????
Comment by Chetan — June 18, 2008 #
My messenger list suddenly vanished from my yahoo messenger 9.0. Kindly suggest how to get it back.
Comment by Akshay Jajoo — June 22, 2008 #
Any on know if their is an option to be logged into yahoo msgr from two source I would like to be logged on on my Palm Centro using mundu (FREE) and on my PC with yahoo messenger 9.
One always log’s the other out.
Comment by James — June 24, 2008 #
cant log on to my yahoo messenger not unless i sign in first to yahoo mail…then beside my inbox need to click ym web messenger and sign in to yahoo messenger…..miss my old ym format…how can i get back to it…thanks
Comment by victoria — July 1, 2008 #
Is there really no way for us to set the display image to show for selected contacts only? Maybe there are any work-around to it???
please help.
Thanks.
Comment by lucy — July 15, 2008 #
A solution if the contact list dissapear: install Ym 8.1 - it may work.
Comment by Minnie — July 16, 2008 #
Yahoo 9 has a few serious bugs…
First, my pc specs….
512 mb 800 mhz ram, 1.7 ghz p4 processor, maxtor 160 gb 7,200 rpm harddisk, xp pro clean install, ati all in wonder graphics.
- Yahoo 9 takes far longer than 8.1 to sign in or out
- Tabbed messaging should be standard in 9
- Voice really should work in Vista
- Ads on bottom should never overflow into & hide the add a contact/plugin screen
- Yahoo should have an option to not install, nor have anything listed about plugins in it at all… I personally do NOT care for any extra plugins, nor use them, nor want them slowing me down for any reason
- There should still be a minimal, or classic skin to make yahoo run faster
- For some reason, Yahoo 5, 6, 7, 8 all load & exit MUCH faster than yahoo 9…. sometimes it feels like 9 is going to lock up the pc, or even crash just by opening or closing it! Once loaded, performace is moderate, but not fast
- A lot of webcams, such as Creative series, do NOT work under XP SP2 with yahoo, even though they work fine in XP without SP2, & work fine in other messengers like msn
Comment by Dave — July 19, 2008 #
hi as i sign into my yahoo messenger and as it logs in and is about to show my messenger friend list it signs out please help
Comment by ashish — July 31, 2008 #
I’ve found tons and tons of flaws! The plug-ins gallery won’t load (it’s just a blank, white box), the chat list won’t load (categories will, rooms will not), if any plug-ins had been closed, they CAN NOT be brought back (Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast Radio), you CAN NOT download and install Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 plug-ins (the installations constantly fail). Are there ANY plans at all of fixing this? I’ve been complaining for months now and absolutely nothing has been done!
Comment by Steven — August 2, 2008 #
I just downloaded Beta version and I cant add my contacts. I cant even drag them across
Comment by linrick14 — September 26, 2008 #
I tried finding a solution on another Yahoo blog but had no results so will try here. I’m using 9.0 and have a couple of concerns. It does, in fact, load very slowly compared to the 8.0 versions. When my contacts are shown as “offline” some profile pics are gone with only the grey smiley face and some profile pics are there, but shaded. All these contacts are supposedly offline. Why are some pics shaded and some offline with just a grey smiley box? I’m very curious to know why this is. Thanks!!
Comment by T.Lockwood — October 1, 2008 #
Hey people i have a problem with it i have windows vista and when i try to open it it wont open up i tried it a few times and it does not work
Comment by Nicardo — October 14, 2008 #
Everytime I try and shut my pc down when messenger 9 is running windows tells me a program is running and I have to click end to close messenger so windows can finish shutting down. I am using windows xp 32bit with service pack 3.
Comment by Liam — October 17, 2008 #
Hello
How can I sort out my yahoo contact list into groups?
Thanks
Paquita
Comment by Paquita — October 23, 2008 #
Hi Paquita,
To create groups in your Messenger list, go to the Contacts menu at the top and select “Manage Groups”. In that menu, select “Create New Group…”. Enter the name of the group and click OK. The group name will then appear in your Messenger list. Once your groups are created, you can drag and drop friends right in your list into the new group.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — October 23, 2008 #
I have double checked to make certain that I am on the current version of 9, but the issue of Yahoo preventing the machine from shutting down still remains. Several times, I have found it necessary to kill the process. Is there a fix for this?
Comment by DBear — October 28, 2008 #
hi,
can i see, what time my friends on yahoo messenger are sign out????
how???
Comment by eldy — October 29, 2008 #
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Pingback by Fayaballz » Yahoo Messenger 9.0 — November 8, 2008 #
Hello,
Three years passed since I used Yahoo Messenger last and how different it is from what I expected it to be!
1/ There’s no search engine so how is one supposed to find new people to talk to?
2/ There’s the chat room service but I’m sorry to say that it sucks. No matter which chat room I get into, at least half of the users are bots offering me to watch them stripping on cam (not interested). Who’s running it anyway? Who’s supposed to keep chat rooms in order? Apparently these people, if there are any, are neglecting their duties.
3/ Yahoo Messenger used to be such a colorful, interesting place but now it’s dull and there’s absolutely nothing to do there. It’s like a kindergarten without toys. Total boredom.
Please, bring back the old, good Yahoo Messenger!
Comment by Donna — November 13, 2008 #