New release of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta
May 29, 2008 on 3:40 pm | In 9.0 version |
Today we launched a new update to Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta. This version includes a few new features along with bug fixes, stability and speed improvements, plus some changes to the contact list. Here’s a quick look at what’s new:
Bigger emoticons
They’re not massive, but a little bit bigger so you can express yourself with more oomph.
( 
vs. 
). We also enabled a few more for use in your status message.
Games are back!
We know you missed them in the earlier releases of 9.0, but games are now back! Click the new “Activities” button while you IM to choose a game to play with a friend (or for a plug-in). Checkers, pool, toki toki boom…you know the rest. Note that your friend needs to be on 8.1 or this latest release of 9.0 Beta to play games with you.
Status message improvements
The status message menu has been split into two parts - one where you can indicate your availability (busy, available) and the other for putting in a custom message or a link you want to share. That way even if you’re away from IM, you can still share a funny thought, webpage or video with your friends via your status message.
Yahoo! Updates
Yahoo! Messenger is one of the first products to showcase what your friends are doing on Yahoo!. When a friend buzzes a favorite news story or changes their Avatar, a Yahoo! Update is displayed next to that friend in your contact list (with more detail in their contact card). So even if you’re not actively communicating with them, you can still stay up to date with what they’re doing. To manage what Updates you broadcast, click on your display image in the contact list, then click the “Manage my updates” link. We’ll add more types of updates in the future.
New contact list format button
When we first launched 9.0 Beta, a lot of users weren’t crazy about the extra space in the contact list we created for display images and status messages. So we made two views available for your contact list - detailed or compact. In this latest version, we added a button next to the contact search bar to change it, along with other settings like “Show Offline Contacts”.
Import Contacts - new & improved
Select “Import Contacts” from the Contacts menu and you can add friends from address books you have on other sites like Gmail, Orkut, Yahoo! Address Book, Hotmail, AOL and many more. We’ll pull in your contacts and make it easy for you to start talking with them on Yahoo! Messenger.
Voice in chat rooms for Vista users & faster Captcha process
We know our Windows Vista users have been waiting a really long time for this. We added a fix to this latest version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta that allows Windows Vista users on 9.0 to use voice in chat rooms (and conferences). We also changed the chat room verification process. You can now enter the Captcha code right in the chat room window instead of having to go off to another page.
New IM notification toast
If your IM conversation window falls into the background, this new feature will make sure you don’t miss out on the latest message from your friend. When a new message comes in to the background window, a small notification will pop up from the lower right corner of your screen with the beginning text of the IM your friend just sent. (You can turn this off under Messenger > Preferences > Messages.)
Download Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta
We’ve also welcomed some new countries to Yahoo! Messenger with this latest release. If you’re in Colombia, Chile, Peru or Venezuela, we now have versions of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 in your local language.
User feedback is extremely important to us. We hope that after you’ve lived with this new version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta for awhile, you’ll stop by our feedback page and let us know what you like or don’t like about it. You can also select “Send Feedback” anytime from the Help menu in the contact list window.
To see some of these new features in action, watch the demo video below. We hope you enjoy this latest version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta!
Sarah Bacon
Product manager
hey nice update… but i really don’t like the new emoticons…. bigger is better but why did u change the animations… they look really weird now… slow too…
Comment by mad — May 29, 2008 #
i just noticed the emoticons are now same as the webmessenger…. all the emoticons r slow on the yahoo messenger… for instance the dancing emoticon is so smooth on the webmessenger but really slow on normal messenger…
Comment by mad — May 29, 2008 #
This is very nice; however, when are you planning on fixing more important things? Things such as non-friends knowing that webcams are in use through 3rd parts applications. A lot of people get booted for having a webcam and not accepting someone else.
I think it’s more important to fix some major security flaws in the software before worrying about new features. The new features are totally awesome and this is just my two cents, but I think a lot of people would agree.
Comment by Acuity — May 29, 2008 #
First of all, thanks for including my country on this release. I use YM in english but I know that some of my friends will be upgrading to the beta.
Now on the new features, I think the emoticons are too big, I never liked the ones on the webmessenger. Could this be an extra option in further versions? Like “Use smaller emoticons”
Small bug/glitch: the regular keyboard shortcut for the sigh emoticon isn’t working, you need to type ;-< instead to see it. But that way it will work only with buddies using the latest build.
Comment by Marcel — May 29, 2008 #
Another issue: I don’t have an option to disable the new toast under Alerts & Sounds
Comment by Marcel — May 29, 2008 #
Oh. My. God. I love you Yahoo. Really, I DO!
Comment by Venom — May 29, 2008 #
Alright, the bug reports…
1. The Preferences window is laggy, and it’s difficult to click on each area of the interface.
2. IM window sizes aren’t saved after exiting, nor is the setting to display avatars saved, nor is the adjustment to the input area of IM windows.
3. Messages from users (especially using the new beta) are repeated.
Will be reporting more. This is right off the bat.
Comment by Venom — May 29, 2008 #
Ok, a couple more…
1. Ignore is broken in chat.
2. Buddy list ad overlaps the bottom part of the window.
3. Ignore anyone not on my Messenger List still appears to be broken.
4. Word filter sticking with the global option still seems to be broken.
Overall, this new beta build is extremely buggy, and crash prone.
Comment by Venom — May 29, 2008 #
There is a bug in changing the skin which is very easy to reproduce.
If your IM box icon is set to large and you change the skin, the icon will change to small.
In order to make your icon large again, you must right click on it the icon and select “Small Image.” When you right click on it again, while this time selecting “Large Image,” your icon will become large once more. This happens every time you change your skin.
Comment by Acuity — May 29, 2008 #
In the “has been automtically ignored for sending too many messages.” message, there’s a typo. Automatically not automtically.
Comment by Venom — May 29, 2008 #
well i do got to say the new Build yous just released is much better and looks nicer but in the skin part i see when you change skins yous are forgetting some place is that are still gray when you change a skin the big one is when in a room the part you would see a user talking that big hug line stays gray and it don’t look right if you pick some other skin
the other problem would be with still opening Yahoo Messenger takes a while to open that needs to be fixed and yeah the face is they don’t look that good with them that big how they use to be from 8.1 and down they looked better other then that things are looking better
Comment by Cisco — May 29, 2008 #
Just so you know, there are people who do not like the newer smilies. Customizations for putting the old V6 smilies into V7/8 are among the most popular third-party downloads out there. Give people the option to choose the design and the look&feel they like best, don’t force something that you think is “new and improved” down their throats, or they will start voting with their feet. Don’t fix something that isn’t broken.
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looks like Y!M copyed Google Talks status manager.
Comment by Radu M. — May 30, 2008 #
Still no tab message windows? Such a let down.
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but i want to scrap my frnd in orkut from yahoo messenger and want to chat with gtalk frnd
when this feature will be available?
Comment by debajyoti — May 30, 2008 #
one more pls give tabbed window feature very soon pls i am really waiting for this
Comment by debajyoti — May 30, 2008 #
Any particular reason why the new build sets its version as 0.0.0.0 in the registry now?
Comment by Dermot — May 30, 2008 #
After seeing this blog I’ve tried About/Check for updates in my Yahoo. It told me:
You are currently running the latest Yahoo! Messenger version 9.0.0.907.
Had to do manual setup to get to the real current version.
Comment by Odyn — May 30, 2008 #
Is there a reason why Yahoo! has removed the ‘Firewall with no proxies’ option from the connection preferences for this latest version of messenger? Does this mean Yahoo is getting rid of the http based chat servers in the near future? If so thats really not so good news as these http chat servers were unbootable and had protection against any type of attack sent using packets with multiple yahoo ids.
Comment by Rick — May 30, 2008 #
i just turn back to YM 8…
YM 9 seems has not compatible yet to have a voice call from the older version…
Comment by jaya — May 30, 2008 #
Rick> The newer cs101-130 AC4/SP1 servers are patched against server side disconnections, not to mention most of the normal cs1-60 DCN servers are patched against server side disconnections.
Oair> Simple to do. Override the new emoticons with the ones from the last v9.0 beta.
Yahoo> Should do some more testing on Windows Vista. A lot of things are broken or incorrectly work. Buddy list placement, IM window size, and the laggy Preferences just to name a few.
Comment by Venom — May 30, 2008 #
cool to be able to put emoticon on status bar. Also, can I enable smaller emoticon with v.9? I would really like to keep smaller emoticons.
Comment by i.c. — May 30, 2008 #
being a yahoo is cool it helps with homework
Comment by tiffany — May 30, 2008 #
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Ok, this is my final listing of bugs and other issues present in this beta of Yahoo! Messenger v9.0.
1. On Windows Vista, opening the Preferences window results in some lag before it opens. Works fine on XP, as it opens instantly.
2. On Windows Vista, navigating the preferences window is sometimes slow, and it lags when clicking on options.
3. Instant Message window sizes are not remembering once you exit Yahoo! Messenger v9.0.0.1389, nor are they respecting the existing Height and Width registry keys.
4. Avatars and display pictures seem to automatically “hide” themselves at random, depending if the person signs off or on, or in a chat.
5. In the “has been automtically ignored for sending too many messages.” message, there’s a typo. Automatically not automtically.
6. Auto-ignore is too sensitive, resulting if somebody posts over 3 times quickly. I’d extend this to at least 7 in a short time.
7. There is a server issue or a Messenger issue occurring when using Messenger v9.0.0.1389 where messages are received or sent doubled. People on lower versions of Messenger can confirm it occurs, as messages from a user using v9.0.0.1389 are doubled.
8. There is still unskinned areas of the voice chat area of the chat window when voice is active, resulting in a dark grey area.
9. The Messenger list ad, can sometimes overlap the bottom of the window, partially overlapping the Plugins/Add Contact area.
10. Using “Ignore anyone not on my Messenger List” still results in chat text not being seen.
11. There is no way to turn off the tooltips in Messenger, other than a registry key from the v8.1.0.421 build.
12. In all versions of Messenger, the sign out of chat notification after the 3 hour limit is not received anymore. You don’t receive the exit room packet.
13. If you have Messenger set to display Nickname or First and Last Name, and your contact details are blank, it’s supposed to show your ID. While it does this, in the process it shows the main ID for all alias IDs.
Comment by Venom — May 30, 2008 #
Sorry, I forgot one…
14. On Windows Vista, the placement of the Messenger list window against the right edge of the screen and existing, results in Messenger not saving the exact placement. It’s slightly a couple pixels above and to the left of the absolute edge of the screen. Tested with a 1152×864 screen resolution.
Comment by Venom — May 30, 2008 #
The newer version looks great and all, but the stupid larger emoticons are using up extra memory that it really shouldn’t need to use… Plus, while some are nice, bigger isn’t always better as others have said. Please give us the option of switching back to the older smiles.
Comment by Becky — May 30, 2008 #
BUG:
you can’t invite more ppl in a running conference… the ADD button just doesn’t work…
Comment by mad — May 30, 2008 #
Love the new messenger…Just started playing with…Looking foward to tinkering with it all weekend..thanks for bringing back the game and doing the special things for us power users….Way to go Yahoo…Still showing that you guys have the best messenger on the market.
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YES! YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS! NOT HAVING A LIFE NOW IN WEB 2.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Guy Smiley — May 30, 2008 #
The skins are awful. Native UI option PLEASE.
Comment by John Doe — May 30, 2008 #
So far, I’m enjoying the streamlined UI, some extra spiffyness in the options, and the status message thing is sweetness. But still, oh great Yahoo Messenger Gods and Goddesses… Why no tabbed chat option??
Seriously… Trillian has had it for a long time… AdiumX on the Mac has it… Why is it that in the previous beta (didn’t see it in this one) there is an option to have all messages from un-added contacts appear in one window (whether that’s tabbed or not I don’t know, never had the chance to test it), but simple regular tabbed chat windows haven’t made it yet?
Here’s what you do. Set up a tabbed chat option (look at AdiumX’s setup–Trillian’s was lamesauce). Make it possible to switch from one tab to another mouselessly (AdiumX allows you to Alt-Left/Alt-Right to go from one to the other… genius!), and I will never look for a replacement for Yahoo Messenger ever again (in the forseeable future–if a YM-compatible client comes out with the ability to IM real physical objects, well, then you’re stuck haha).
You have my word on that. So please… Tabbed chatting FOR THE WIN!
Comment by Lou — May 30, 2008 #
Can we pleeeeeeeeeeeease get more functionality in the messenger client that’s built into the new yahoo mail? Specifically, the ability to add custom status messages would be fantastic!
Comment by James — May 30, 2008 #
When i click on “send sms” it’s call and vice-versa.
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I’m sorry to disappoint you, but some links I put in the status, like http://www.deviantart.com/ doesn’t work and it is so not cool and unfair! Please correct them …
Comment by Alex — May 31, 2008 #
I adore it,so cool so cute
you’re awsome,I love it more ^_^
Thanks
Comment by Dina — May 31, 2008 #
This is great and everything but when are you going to start working on all of these cool features for Mac? I haven’t owned a PC in about 10 years, and other than my brother-in-law I don’t know a single person that has one! Other than that . . . I love yahoo!
Please get up to date on Mac side of things!
Comment by Jj — May 31, 2008 #
If I may, I would like to ask that you make provisions for a “user sized” message window (the one you type in). The fixed size does not allow for ease of reading a typed reply, nor for editing it. In MHO, if you want to make Yahoo IM a viable service you need to provide the basics that all users are looking for and forget about the eye candy and such. In today’s world, IM is becoming more and more popular in the business environment…and as it stands, I see Yahoo IM lagging far behind in this area….too much attention being payed to the teeny boppers and not enough to genuine functionality for the the adult, and business world.
Personally I don’t care about a crown or other trappings…and I find the large emoticons, and those that leap out at you on Vista to be childish and very distracting.
Please grow up and concentrate on making Yahoo IM functional, bug free, and clean (free from bloat and extraneous trappings).
Comment by James Rancourt — May 31, 2008 #
Actually, the new Messenger completely lacks X and Y window coord registry keys for PM windows and chat room windows.
Looking at the registry keys closely, there’s a new key called SavedDimension, which doesn’t seem to do anything. AND if you do create the X and Y window position keys, Yahoo! Messenger completely disregards them.
Comment by Venom — May 31, 2008 #
Actually, I found out that to turn the Toast thing off, you have to go under Messages instead. ((Messenger > Preferences > Messages)) Not Alerts, like it said in the description. =]
Comment by KT — May 31, 2008 #
I like how the chat verification is in the window and now a separate browser. Still too many bots, though. And I noticed that in chat, yahoo will randomly stop using a person’s nickname when it was using it less than five seconds before. D:
Comment by TC — May 31, 2008 #
Ok, found a new issue, making it number 15.
15. There is no code to disable the automatic voicing upon chat arrival. None of the Enable Voice keys work anymore.
Comment by Venom — May 31, 2008 #
Thank you KT - updated!
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — May 31, 2008 #
Nice! Keep it commin’ guys, it’s a bit laggy though and eats up memory but still worth it >w<
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It is very good.
Comment by andre — June 1, 2008 #
Nice, especialy the skins.
But why were removed all the “be right back/ Not at my desk” statuses?
Comment by vtr — June 1, 2008 #
I still am not able to load the new yahoo messenger 9. When it starts up it just hangs there and it never does anything. I could go away for 20 min. and yahoo wont ever load. This has been an issue ever since the first beta build of Yahoo messenger 9 for me and it’s really sad that i can’t use it at all. I’m using XP SP3. i even reformated my PC recently and I still have this problem so it obviously no an issue with my PC. Please fix this i would at least like to be able to use this.
Comment by josh — June 1, 2008 #
Can you please make other peoples avatar look bigger in the little windows that appears when you put your mouse over the contact?
Comment by veveritza — June 1, 2008 #
There’s a very annoying bug. When I have a contact who have both M$N & YM , if this person is hidden with yahoo and unavaillable with m$n I can’t choose to send an message on yahoo. With previous beta there was a drop down menu to choose.
Comment by superyo — June 1, 2008 #
Ok, new bugs (numbers 16 to 18).
16. My Profiles provides no way to turn profile IDs “inactive”.
17. There is no way to perform : emotes in chat rooms.
18. Changing skins causes the avatar to appear stretched. You have to change the size, then back again to fix it.
Comment by Venom — June 1, 2008 #
Number 19…
19. Webcams seem to lag Messenger when you close them. Tested on Windows Vista Home Premium.
Comment by Venom — June 1, 2008 #
Numbers 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24…
20. Taskbar flashing for new messages received in chats don’t work anymore.
21. MessageFormatting seems to reset at random, and it applies itself to the chat room. It should save, and it shouldn’t apply to the chat window.
22. On Windows Vista, Messenger’s windows seem to “lag” for at least 15 seconds. If you click on it during this time, Messenger will crash.
23. Chat room window appears after you exit chats, if you have Messenger minimized to tray and you bring it back up.
24. Horizontal scrollbar still appears in the chat room user list if you minimize and restore the window.
Comment by Venom — June 1, 2008 #
Number 25…
25. Yahoo! Messenger is slow to startup and sign-in, and it lags when you exit it.
Comment by Venom — June 1, 2008 #
It’s back to 922 for me, there’s no significant improvement for me, I hate the full skinned windows, some are too pink (an option for the 922 version would be welcome), emoticons are too slow. There’s no snap to screen edges, no tabs and the biggest bug I know of: if I send a file to someone, I can’t play said file while it’s transfering, but if I’m already playing the file and then send it, y!m starts using 90+ CPU and hangs.
Better luck next time…
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My only note to really make so far is that whenever I click the New Email icon to open my email I get an error message that pops up. Not sure why it does it, but thought that it should be noted.
Comment by Elena — June 2, 2008 #
You should add a translation program so we can talk to non native speakers in their language but see it in ours
Comment by John — June 2, 2008 #
Hi John,
There are a few plugins that do as you describe. You can find them here:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/plugins/category/language/
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — June 2, 2008 #
Well, found issue number 26 (and it’s a weird one).
26. On Windows Vista, clicking on names and other things in the buddy list, causes the system to beep in error.
Comment by Venom — June 2, 2008 #
On Windows XP, on the messaging…do you think you could put an option on to where say if i say something to a friend and type like “lol” after it, it’ll be like the old version of yahoo where it’ll be like this: Example: hey whats up
Example: Not Much
like the old style of messenger
Instead of…..
Example #1 : Hi whats up?
lol (the whole multiple message until someone says something is REALLY annoying to me there should be an option to where you can change it back to the old style, and I may have over looked it, but if there isn’t one…there def. should be one because it’s annoying, and i’m sure i’m not the only user who thinks that.)
Example #2: Not much, You?
Comment by Erased — June 2, 2008 #
Hi Erased,
Check out this article on changing message format in the IM window in 9.0:
http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2008/03/21/changing-message-format-in-90-beta/
Sounds like you’re talking about Option 0 that is mentioned in that article.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — June 2, 2008 #
FINALLY! A new update; i can’t wait to try it out. I’ve been a yahoo member since 2000, and I still enjoy the benefits than any other service. Even though i have experienced some downfalls on Yahoo Messenger, i am confident that the update has gotten rid of these downfalls.
Thank you:)
Comment by erica — June 2, 2008 #
@James R: if you put the mouse over the bottom border of the conversation area (just above the emoticon, audible, etc. buttons), you’ll get a resize cursor. You can then click and drag to resize the message entry area. Or have I misunderstood the request?
@venom: to enable/disable voice in a chat or conference window, does alt-A-I not work for you?
Comment by JD — June 2, 2008 #
I’d like to second Venom’s bug #26. Very annoying!
other than that I find this beta a lot better than the previous beta. Good work.
Comment by daniel — June 2, 2008 #
@Elena: which OS are you on and which browser is your default?
@Erased: I’m curious what you find so annoying about not repeating the name next to each message. Is it not clear who the message is from?
@Venom: bug 20 didn’t seem to work in 8.1, either. For 22, which version of Vista are you using? What are you doing when you see the lag?
Thanks.
Comment by JD — June 2, 2008 #
At work as well as home my Launchcast was a nightmare through YIM…on the new one, no freezes, no loss of ability to skip. I think I would stop the plug-in 6-7 times a day..so this is good:)
Comment by Ron — June 2, 2008 #
JD> No, there’s no control to disable auto-voicing when you join the chat room. It appears the function (code) itself is gone, even though the registry keys are there.
And yes, bug 20 has existed for a long time (since v7.X at least). I’m just mentioning it hoping it gets fixed.
Oh, and I heard Launchcast can crash Messenger for some users.
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JD> For the Vista lag, I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Opening the Preferences window and navigating through it causes lag. And there’s also noticeable lag during sign in and out.
I have UAC disabled, and using the full administrator account (the hidden one).
Comment by Venom — June 2, 2008 #
I LOVE THE NEW YAHOO MESSENGER AND THE POWER USER FEATURES THANKS YAHOO I DONT HAVE ANY PROB WITH USING MINE
Comment by tina — June 2, 2008 #
I really liked the bigger avatar window. Now I have to squint my eyes to see it. Can there be an option to resize it? Or have two sizes to choose from? Thx
Comment by Victor — June 2, 2008 #
if somebody hears me, I want the old appearance to the new messenger. Can there be an option to chose the appearance??
Comment by dbz4ever — June 3, 2008 #
Are the interface designers of yahoo messenger little girls?… Its always pink and purple…
Comment by mad — June 3, 2008 #
HALLO
Comment by DIANA — June 3, 2008 #
I love this new beta! I only have suggestions for improvement. Number 1 and the most obvious, add tabbed windows already!! How long are we going to have to wait? AIM has had them for awhile now. Are they not your competitor? Number 2, there’s got to be a way to fix the web cam feature to work like WLM’s!
Number three, they need to separate the file transfer window!! The files popping up in the chat window just isn’t cutting it. Where’s the information about the files being sent? It needs its own window! It doesn’t have to be totally separate. It can be built into the window, just make a transfers button so we can switch to it and check on our files. It can be right next to Photos.
Also, have an option to dock it if the user wants to. That way it could be its own separate window if needed. Add those very useful changes, and I think they’ll be on the right track!
Comment by Geoff — June 3, 2008 #
This is by far the best update for Yahoo! Messenger. I don’t know why you people complain so much, I have not had one bug nor any error of any sort. Yes the animation for the emoticons are a bit slower so what it’s great! The new captcha feature for chat is great as well. Good Job!
Comment by Trap-Inc — June 3, 2008 #
Hi really liked the new beta of Yahoo messenger bout was annoyed with one big Mistake on the contact list the SMS button dial the computer and the Dial the compute button send SMS. its a big spooof………………..
Comment by Sahil — June 3, 2008 #
I downloaded this but it seems as if this is the Windows XP version. It didnt upgrade my YM for Vista.
Comment by Norbert — June 3, 2008 #
Messenger 9 is for XP and Vista. It does not replace or override Messenger For Vista, as that’s a separate program altogether.
Comment by Venom — June 3, 2008 #
couple of issues for me:
- some contacts are appearing as “I’m Mobile” but when i chat them up they claim they’re not. proof is their instant replies. mobile users cant reply right away cause of slow fingers, slower connections. they also upgraded to the latest version.
- when another program runs, those which takes up the whole screen like say games, ym doesnt function right afterwards. the tiny notifications which appear at the bottom right dont appear anymore. skin issues, etc.
- when loading up an imenvironment with a user. then after you’re done with it, closed the chat window, signed out. turned off computer, turned on, open ym, sign in. then when you chat up a different ym user, the last imenvironment gets loaded! its a little embarassing if your boss decides to chat you up early in the morning when you were playing with the emoticats imenvironment with a friend last night. as far as i remember, imenvironments only loads if chatting with same user again.
- the small new mail icon sometimes stays in the tray notification area even when you’ve loaded the newest emails in yahoo mail. the last beta always removed the icon once new mail is loaded. this one doesnt always do that.
- its a really good idea to bring back “Be Right Back” or at the very least, put up a guide how to do it. i realized i first have to select the Busy icon to get the right mini-yellow-me icon, then type in Be Right Back.
Comment by fapri — June 3, 2008 #
have been using this beta for almost 3 months now , its great, I send all my friends to try it , nice
Comment by vdasss — June 3, 2008 #
Yahoo! should really get more supportive of the community it serves, and should Open Source the whole IM’er program.
I also strongly believe Yahoo! should drop their protocol in support of the Open Source Jabber protocol like Google did for Google Talk/Gmail. Not only will Yahoo! then be Open Source but users will be able to chat with people from Yahoo!, Google, and even other Jabber communities for free.
Yahoo! would then be able to help make Jabber become an even better Open protocol and help people get connected in ways like never before. You can help implement your Video/Voice chat on all Open Source applications that can connect to this protocol. More software options, more fun.
Comment by Brad Jensen — June 3, 2008 #
I need a shortcut key to view someone’s profile from the IM window.
Actions -> Contact Options -> View Profile is as counterintuitive as it gets. The entire “Contact Options” submenu belongs under “View”. This requires ZERO code change, only a form change in menu editor, so do it already.
Put View Profile where it belongs:
View -> Profile
Still testing other annoyances (Photoshare was largely broken in previous beta)
Sarah - where is the complete changelog for this build? Give us access to your Bugzilla so we don’t waste time reporting duplicate bugs.
Please implement server-based tracking of ignore. If 20 people ignored one person in less than 5 minutes, chances are that “person” is a porn bot. Ban known bot IPs. Make ignore list unlimited and store it server-side. Give me an option to archive my IMs server-side AND import my old archives. Fix the autoignore feature in chat rooms.
I am one of your power users.
Thanks for improving on CAPTCHA.
Leonid
Comment by Leonid S. Knyshov — June 3, 2008 #
heads up!
whenever ym tries to access my mic/speakers either because of call/webcam… it nukes my sound card drivers. i have to uninstall my drivers then reinstall it again. not pretty.
Comment by fapri — June 3, 2008 #
Agrees with Venom on issue #26. I’m using Vista Home Premium (sp1) and when you click on a name in your buddy list, or if you click a name (bot, naturally) to ignore while in a chat room, it makes the default beep noise. (I do have my default beep set to “none” in my audio prefs in the control panel btw.)
Comment by Nik — June 3, 2008 #
Fix the bot problem, please.
Comment by Bob — June 3, 2008 #
Hey the changes look great!
I have a little suggestions is:
To have a disable/enable fonts sizes & colors.
keep it coming Yahoo!
Comment by Kai — June 3, 2008 #
I’ve only just downloaded the beta so it’s still too early for me to post any comments regarding its functionality/stability.
However, I would like to make a few suggestions and let’s hope that others will agree with me!
1) How about some spelling check? A facility like that would be very helpful for the users that don’t use abbreviations when they’re typing.
2) The ability to select whether one wants to see big or regular sized emoticons. The new ones are a bit odd…
3) What about being able to see the avatars/photos of MSN messenger users and vice versa?
4) Tabbed interface for multiple conversations. Come on people, this is a must!! Even PDF readers out there have a tabbed interface nowadays!
5) I think that’s it for now…
Oh, and I found a bug: when you make the messenger window very narrow and the menu items have to wrap to a second line, the skin looks really bad, it’s like CSS gone bad in a web page.
I get to see a lot of complaints on this page and as Brad Jensen said in a previous post, it would be beneficial for all of us to be able to log these bugs and feature requests to a separate place and not here.
However, when you see complaints it usually means that there are people out there who love your product and want to see it work properly and be better than any other similar product out there (hint - hint).
Thank you very much for all your hard work so far and here’s hoping that by its final release, Yahoo messenger will be the best IM software out there!
Comment by Shiro — June 4, 2008 #
This release intermittantly hangs up in the system tray on exit. Photo sharing still not working. Webcam still freezes. Ignore chat invites still broken.
Love the new captcha, though I wonder why it is still in use since the bot makers have found a way around it.
Comment by Gary — June 4, 2008 #
1.Hard to describe but when opening a new IM window I hear what appears to be a quick wav file (sound of a man). It makes me sound crazy but when I disabled the sounds for Yahoo IM it went away.
It drove me to the point where I had to go back to trusty 8.x.
I will try and see if it’s repeatable on my home machine.
2. The UI seems a bit disportionate. In the small icon mode for the friend list it still doesn’t come close to the 8.x yahoo size. The large icons for the friend list is frankly too large and takes up too much screen real estate.
3. The pop-up of the window when you hover over a friend (whether to call, im, talk etc) needs to be user adjustable. Again on a large and busy desktop a window hover should be user determined.
4. You need to have a bug database online as users have stated.
Comment by Scooter — June 4, 2008 #
نفسى أتعرف على فتاه جميله جدا
Comment by Teefa — June 4, 2008 #
Yeah, please, make a option to chose the Emoticons
I really miss the old ones
Comment by James Nguyen — June 5, 2008 #
Just install Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.922(Beta) and go to C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Media\Smileys drag that folder to your Desktop. Then install Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.1389(Beta) once the installation is complete open C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Media\ delete the folder named “Smileys” and replace it with the one you put on your desktop from Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.922(Beta)
Comment by SGFC — June 5, 2008 #
@Leonid
Yahoo! can’t ban IP’s of known bots. Reason why, because that may end up banning a user who isn’t a spam bot.
Comment by SGFC — June 5, 2008 #
Yahoo! should get a better script, the script they have now it’s easy to bypass it seems because bots are there..
Comment by Kai — June 5, 2008 #
In the friend list when going over a friend with the mouse
the “Send an SMS (text) message to…”
and
“Start a PC-to-PC voice conversation with…”
tooltips do not correspond to the icons (the phone and the SMS icon).
Comment by Odyn — June 5, 2008 #
still it doesn’t TAB option.
Comment by Ali Parsa — June 6, 2008 #
new emoticons are not so good… i like skype’s emoticons.
Comment by debajyoti — June 6, 2008 #
I want yahoo! messenger 8.9 version because i don’t like this versien
(9.0)
Comment by wp*22+ — June 6, 2008 #
I don’t like the square kiss of the new kissing smiley.
The round one was better.
Comment by daniel — June 6, 2008 #
The webcam feature in chat doesnt work, it says everyone’s webcam is unavailable.
Comment by jon — June 6, 2008 #
The photo sharing in YM 9.0 is not working. When I add a pic or drag and drop a pic in the window or when someone tries to send me a pic, the picture never comes in clearly. The pixels are too far apart. The pictures look blurry
Comment by Mel — June 6, 2008 #
Hi Sarah,
May I know that did yahoo messenger stopped the video chatting if yes then when it is expected to resume.Please let me know.
Regds,
S.Roy
Comment by Roy — June 6, 2008 #
Bring back the canned Busy messages (Stepped Out, Be Right Back, On the Phone)
Comment by GW — June 6, 2008 #
i tried to install yahoo 9.0 but is didn’t work.have something made it “cannot open and close”. i’m using window vista home premium
Comment by Trang Nguyen — June 7, 2008 #
I’ve been using your IM client for as long as I can remember, which is actually saddening because I saw it just dropping in quality one version after another, until I’ve gotten to the point I’m looking at 3rd party IM clients with connectivity to your servers as yours is not a usable client for me anymore:
Emoticons are fun, but sometimes you could do without them (for example when sharing and discussing source code with someone you always get something interpreted as an emoticon) , but there’s no option to disable them, au contraire they just got bigger and you get them in your status as well, breaking links where there’s a match (example: ftp://test_user:Discrete@server.com)
The message archive is useless. Sure I can keep all my conversations with all my contacts indefinitely if I choose to do so, but what’s the use if a basic function such as Find has never been provided.
When transferring files I heard rumors that the client would try to establish a direct connection to the one you were talking to for a faster transfer. I say “rumor” because it never seemed to work for me until the previous version 9 beta, with which I indeed obtained speeds comparable to getting the file from my ftp server directly. But with this new beta version, it seems to be broken again.
Skins! I don’t want them, never did. Why is there no longer a “classic skin” option?
Also… Tabs?
And regarding the status - I use links in them and the new separate edit boxes seem to me the worst possible idea in its current implementation, as there’s no warning when length(status)+length(link)>max_status_length.
The buddy list - why are you automatically taken to the search contact bar when typing something? To me this seems a step back because: a) I have no means to quickly search a group in the buddy list (to start a conference, for example) because only contacts are filtered. If I enter the name/id of a contact, I can either hit enter to open a chat window or escape to cancel search, in which case the selection is lost. So no matter what you want to do, you have to do a lot of scrolling if you want to find a group or need to select multiple contacts.
And speaking of the chat window, although sounds are disabled, I hear a weird sound each time I open a new window.
In the end, just a small rant: Does anybody from Yahoo! actually listen to its users needs and demands when it comes to the Messenger client? Because right now it just seems things are getting changed just for the sake of change, and with no actual testing being done before public release (ok, I do understand that this is a beta, but things like the call/sms swap and the contact still being called for voice chat even though you hit “end call” before he/she answers are brain-dead bugs).
But if I’m wrong (and I certainly hope this is the case, otherwise everybody will eventually just start using Pidgin and Trillian to connect to yahoo, and in the end just move to a different IM network/protocol), here are a couple of advanced features I’d pay to have implemented:
a) sub-groups in the buddy list - it would really give a new dimension to organizing your contacts
b) encrypted chats using public/private key pair (generated from a password, certificate, smart card etc) which also allows validating the identity of the person you are chatting with).
Comment by nth — June 7, 2008 #
nth, there is an option to disable emoticons.
I agree that there should be an archive search function.
And the archive should also be stored online, so we could access the same archive from any computer. How about adding the conversations from the stand alone client to the webmessenger archive? That would be great!
Comment by daniel — June 7, 2008 #
I just noticed the webmessenger archive has a great search function. So making all our stand alone conversations appear in that archive is probably the best idea I’ve had in days! :p
Comment by daniel — June 7, 2008 #
Ok, I might be the only person out there to report this glitch, but every time I install the new beta, Messenger crashes before it can even start up. I am wondering if it has to do with my vista install, or if it is actually a legitimate bug. Has anyone else had that problem?
Comment by Morph — June 7, 2008 #
when are you guys spend less time working on new versions of messenger and and spend more time getting rid of the botz services you have let run wild over you chat services, we who use you chat service feel we have been ignord. less and less people are useing messagenger and i its related chat services and switching to aim and its releated chat services. if you want to save whe you got and expand your customer base treat us, your users, with respect and get rid of the botz and their related services and reopen you user chat rooms
Comment by jeffcitybear — June 7, 2008 #
Anybody else having a problem today with Yahoo? I log on and it connects me for like a nanosecond. Then later it says connecting but that’s it. Kinda curious…does everyone HAVE to upgrade to 9 beta? Thanks
Comment by RL — June 7, 2008 #
Y!M 9 doesnt work on my computer, if u log off, then it wont let u get back on, so i switched back to my old one
Comment by jolyssa129 — June 7, 2008 #
And one more thing: Memory usage - when I start the client it uses about 4MB memory, then when I log in it jumps to min 80MB. Handle count (min 700) and number of threads (min 25) is also incredible.
@daniel:
Messenger/Preferences/Messages/Enable emoticons is hardly a simple way to do it, since this setting is global and affects messages only from that moment on, causing enough “wait, smilies were on, please send it again” (or the alternative, close the chat windows, disable emoticons, reopen it and hit f3) to make you notice. It should be per chat, saved between sessions option just like the imvironments and all that other stuff that gets teenagers excited are.
As for the archive, I’m already paranoid enough about the messages being plaintext to willingly accept my chat logs being stored on a remote server just to have a feature the main client is missing (am I right assuming the stand-alone version is still the main?)
Comment by nth — June 7, 2008 #
Here’s a curiosity… MSN shows what you’re playing on WMP, why not add that to Yahoo since you can add msn.. I’m sorry it’s windows live now, but since you can add windows live contacts.
Comment by Skye — June 8, 2008 #
1) I fully support archive search idea. I’ve sent it to development team long time ago. I have to use 3rd party programs to get that simple feature that should be like self-obvious.
2) New smilies are very low-res/cheap looking while the previous ones were high quality.
3) What’s the whole idea about the new status? If I go ‘out for a walk’ now I have to do like 4 clicks: 2 to set the dot to red and 2 to select my status. When I’m ‘out for a walk’ I’m ALWAYS unavaliable. Why would I have to select it every single time.
And remembering the status after clean computer restart sux too. I’d be ok when computer reboots by itself (power failure or something). But when I turn on my computer I’m usualy there. And even when I’m not, Idle status takes care of notifying the others I’m not.
Comment by Odyn — June 8, 2008 #
I’m trying to get an answer: So is this V9 going to “replace” the version for Vista or not? I can’t see much sense in using 3 yahoo messenger’s,
a final 8.1, a beta 9 for xp or vista, and a beta only for vista
I have Vista OS, and just want to know which of the “beta” versions is going to be your “final” for vista, V9 or the Vista only version, so I can go with that one.
Comment by HOODY — June 8, 2008 #
argh! disable the cursed emotions, they are horrible, turn them off, off! they are ruining my mind!
Comment by Vortex_Rikers — June 8, 2008 #
OMG!! my Address Book got messed up on my IM..
Crap!! I should not jump on any new version immediately from Yahoo..
I can see my address book correctly on the yahoo address book web site but in my IM, many accounts got deleted(not all) except the contact yahoo ID. This is annoying.. Yahoo, please dont shoot the crap on your beloved users, please test a long time bfore dumping the crap, Did you guys really do the REGRESSION TESTING?
Comment by Sree — June 8, 2008 #
Hello Yahoo,
unfortunatley I do not have sufficient time to develop this feature like addition for the messenger but please consider adding RSS to the status message.
As I saw people add their last articles on their Yahoo Messenger status.
http://www.messmyblog.net/about.php
Regards,
Marius Dima
Comment by md — June 8, 2008 #
Cool Stuff.
Comment by Jaunty Mellifluous — June 8, 2008 #
i odnt know what is happnenig but now my friends cannot see my image with the new 9.0 Beta. can u fix that?
Comment by miguel g — June 8, 2008 #
Why doesnt the yahoo beta 9.0 messenger work ?
i have vista on my computer…i had messeger 9.0 installed till 2 days ago and it worked perfectly…when i wanted to install the new update…that’s when the problems started…it won’t work..messenger 8 works fine…messenger for vista works fine…only 9.0 has problems…i tried instaling again the version that i had till 2 days ago…and that too doesn’t work…pls help..does it have errors?or is my computer for blame???
Comment by sebastian — June 8, 2008 #
Congratz for the new version..
But I am having problem in sharing music with someone.. as the music sharing completes yahoo hangs evrerytime..
Comment by Jignesh — June 8, 2008 #
Why does the mac version not have photo sharing and voice & cam chat. There are more and more max osx users out there who would like to use yahoo as they do on windows.
Comment by Torsten — June 8, 2008 #
Yahoo PUT the VERSION numbers and date of release by the downloads for these programs, its hard to determine if you have the latest beta’s by just looking at the download site.
Yes I know where to look on the installed program for the version, I need to be able to determine if I need to download at all.
Also , I still need an answer, is the beta 9 going to replace the vista beta, or has it already with that last update? I don’t need 2 beta’s to test if only one will be the final for vista.
Comment by HOODY — June 9, 2008 #
Thank God!! I am back to version 8.1, I liked the tabbed Address book in it. When I click on an address item in 8.1, I can see the phone numbers directly where in the later versions, I need to click one more time to see the address details, I hate it.
Thanks 8.1
Comment by Sree — June 9, 2008 #
Hoody,
9.0 runs on both Vista as well as on XP. We’re independently developing a Vista client to take advantage of some of the features Vista has to offer, so you can pick whichever client you prefer.
Hope this helps!
-Melissa
Yahoo! Messenger Community Manager
Comment by mdaniels — June 9, 2008 #
@Melissa
Yahoo! Messenger Community Manager
I understand that part, I use the VISTA beta right now, but have read somewhere that beta 9 is going to replace the vista beta. Is this true or not,
if NOT, I may as well keep the vista beta and keep looking for its updates.
I also had to have 8.1 installed to get voice in chat, with some voice codex installed, I read that the beta 9 now has this feature back. What about the Vista beta?
and just what is the version number for the last beta for Vista?
BTW: can you get word to the webmaster to add the version numbers to the download page for these messenger types?
Comment by HOODY — June 9, 2008 #
When I log out of the PC and into the Blackberry, my status does not change to “I’m mobile”, it shows “available” which makes people think I am still at my desk.
According to Blackberry, I can save the status message, but I can’t seem to figure out how.
Anyone have an idea?
Comment by Danni — June 9, 2008 #
hello. I already downloaded the version 9 of YM. my friend told me that when you send a link thru IM, she will instantly see the picture in the message box even without clicking it and directing you to a new tab in your browser. here’s what I am saying:
I want to know how to achieve this. what’s wrong??? please email me. thanks
Comment by cheapee — June 10, 2008 #
IS build # 1.2.0.1029 the latest build for Vista beta ????
Comment by HOODY — June 10, 2008 #
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Hoody,
We’re simultaneously developing a Vista client as well as the classic client (9.0) so you can select which you choose to use.
As for the Vista version number, the latest version is (1.2.0.1029).
-Melissa
Y! Community Manager
Comment by mdaniels — June 10, 2008 #
“As for the Vista version number, the latest version is (9.0.0.1389).” -Melissa”
======================================
Hmm well I just tried to download and it gave me a pop up that I already have the latest version installed???
So where did you find that build #??
I rechecked mine and yup its 1.2.0.1029 VISTA beta
Comment by HOODY — June 10, 2008 #
Hoody, you’re right.
The 9.0 number is for the 9.0 beta– I apologize. All that matters is, yes, you’re running the latest version, and if you’re happy with the Vista client, stick with that.
Sorry for my mistype!
-Melissa
Comment by mdaniels — June 10, 2008 #
Many of us have alias profiles and I deleted mine after discovering it was no longer inactive and the “My Profiles” option is gone from the Messenger menu, so you can’t make them inactive anymore.
Is it just a problem with my installation or is it like that for everyone running the latest 9.0 Beta build?
Comment by addicted_to_yahoo_sms — June 10, 2008 #
wew
Comment by fd — June 10, 2008 #
hi…
I am an Vista OS user… i have just downloaded the new update 4 the yahoo messenger 9 beta and it’s awesome, I like it very much and i like all the new features but there seems some problems with Vista although the older version 9 beta was working well in Vista…
First… the messenger doesn’t work when double clicking the icon… it stops working on Vista and doesn’t work until i run it as an administrator
Second…the instant messengering lags and most of the messages are lost and sometimes i can’t receive the messages from the other person whom i am talking with
thanks for the hard work and i really need to know the problem with Vista… these problems don’t appear in XP
Comment by Eng_Soly — June 11, 2008 #
I don`t like the new emoticons
Comment by Nora Pentru Mama — June 11, 2008 #
I recently downloaded Messenger 9.0 Beta for XP. The only problem I’ve noticed so far is that the symbols that appear in the Friends list appear to be reversed.- the mobile phone and telephone handle. The writing that appears is correct, and it works … but the symbols are swiched. I don’t really mind, but thought I would report it anyway. I’m sure someone has already noticed this.
Thanks.
Comment by Terry Dickinson — June 11, 2008 #
Where have the pre written status messages like ‘Be Right Back’, ‘Not On My Desk’, gone in YM 9 Beta for XP?!?! I don’t want to type them, when I am leaving in a hurry!
There was no need to match the messenger’s window interface area colour with the chosen skin either! It was OK as it previously was
This version has an issue with ESET NOD32 Antivirus version 3.0.650.Exiting YM gives the following error message: http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/539/warningaq8.jpg
Thanks for the wonderful product though
Cheers!
Comment by Abhi — June 12, 2008 #
Hallo all..
Anyone else have a file and photo sharing issue? I had a sudden disappearance of the ability to share photos and files. Files half send and crash.. receive same issue. Photos will partially show up in thumbnails but are pixelated in the share window.
SO frustrating! I desperately need this feature for working with clients. I have uninstalled, rebooted, cleaned, cleared, yada…and installed the 9.0 BETA and still no go.
Any hoots anyone? HELP.
email me at reddkatt at comcast dot net.
Thanks in advance! Katt
Comment by Katt — June 12, 2008 #
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the links does not work and all refer to the main page which just web messenger is shown. can anybody give me the direct link so I can download new version of messenger 9 beta?
Thanks a lot
Comment by Saeed — June 13, 2008 #
I like how it look but where is the chat room list ill stick with 8.0 until you fix beta better mail me when you do.
Comment by no comment — June 13, 2008 #
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This is great.. I love the update and I love Yahoo so much!!!!
Comment by Janet — June 14, 2008 #
Hello how it’s going
Comment by ronnyjcuuks — June 14, 2008 #
the new update SUCKS…i like the previous version 9.0.0.922 better…why did you change it?it’s more fun with the avatars in the right…and they are smaller than the previous version,that sucks…i just don’t imagine how you made 9 beta more fun,much better than 8.1 and now with the update you made it suck like 8.1….it’s the 8.1 but with new skins…and some features from vista and webmess…pla change it back…make 9 unique…
Comment by sebastian — June 15, 2008 #
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i hate it how the size of the IM window changes back to the default one every time i log out. grrr.. can you please fix that. and the smilies, i thought bigger means better. it is better at a superficial level but the smilies don’t move as fast. i don’t like it! make it bigger but the same speed please!!!! grrrr!
Comment by joan — June 16, 2008 #
oh yeah, how can i go back to the old version of YM 9.0 beta? i like that one way better. i’m so disappointed!
Comment by joan — June 16, 2008 #
i need ur help and fix our computer also yahoo messenger open also aim too and ojo and vediophone screen bad and need focus clear thank u very much
Comment by ANNA — June 16, 2008 #
i need ur help and we try fix open yahoo messenger and aim both now i will be boring also speed test.net for ojo and vediophone screen bad and change to see better pls
Comment by ANNA — June 16, 2008 #
the personal picture in opening of yahoo,
(8 , or the beta for vista) does not show now?
I tried to select my picture again, its on the list of selections, but will not show up.
Is this a server problem? Is it being looked into? or was it just removed?
Also is a newer beta for vista out yet? (not the 9 beta) I still use 1.2.0.1029
Comment by HOODY — June 17, 2008 #
I don’t like the new Beta Version 9.0. I can’t see the skins menu to change skins, It only gives me 2 choices which it doesn’t even show. I can’t set a custom status messeage. There’s no box or arrow by my name. It keeps crashing and I have to keep reinstalling it. I have filed 4 reports to Yahoo witno responses. It apparantly isn’t compatible to Vista Home
Basic 32 bit system. I have tried to go back to the older version and it keeps installing the New Beta version. I want my old version back. How do I get it. This one sucks. When I try to click on a contact to IM them, their name just turns black.
Comment by Julie Nace — June 17, 2008 #
no logro tener chat de vos en las salas
Comment by eliecer almaguer — June 17, 2008 #
How about a really simple thing…no fancy new fangled widgets. Just have an option to turn off Conference Invites. There is nothing more annoying than being in chat and having spammers send you conference invites!!!!!
I mean come on how difficult is it? Make it so only people on your friends list can send you an invite
Comment by Uncle Bob — June 19, 2008 #
Hi,
I have problems sending large files. For eg. any file thats over 25 MB almost never goes throuugh.
I goes through almost to the end and then the file transfer stops. YUCKS.
And then on top of this it crashes my computer if the file transfer has got stopped a couple of times.
Its not my computer issue because it never crashes otherwise. But when doing large file transfers it alsmost always does.
Amit
Comment by Amit Jain — June 20, 2008 #
hi
tanks
Comment by mkd — June 20, 2008 #
the beta for “VISTA” V1.2.0.1029 (not V9) still will not let a selected a picture on the opening screen to appear or upload. the avatar will also not show if selected,
you can go through the steps to get the picture and find it in the folder you have it, but all the thing does is show the little circle moving like its uploading the pic, but it does this all day if you let it.
Comment by HOODY — June 20, 2008 #
i agree
Comment by qam — June 20, 2008 #
yes
Comment by shashi — June 21, 2008 #
Can we please have the old angel smiley back instead of the new one? the new one has too much makeup on its face that it makes it look slutty!
Comment by AMTV — June 21, 2008 #
why can’t my 9 beta messenger even launch??? i’ve tried over than 100 times … have i done sth wrong??
Comment by marina — June 22, 2008 #
my problem is that when i sign in to yahoo messenger, the animation does not appear! help!
Comment by johndanvic — June 22, 2008 #
i tried it once, but it was too heavy. so i’m back using ym 8.
my friend who’s using it told me that people who uses ym 9 can see anyone who appears invisible.
So, wouldn’t it defeat the whole purpose giving the option to appear invisible?
Comment by juls — June 24, 2008 #
This is a cool new Im except for the fact that when I try to play games It keeps giving me runtime errors and closes yahoo IM 9. I have all the updated program, Java, Shockwave player and Flash player that is needed. I am running Vista Home Premium 32bit.
Comment by Josh — June 25, 2008 #
Doesn’t take the old history with it.
Repeats what i say occasionally.
Cam freezes more often.
Voice in Conference does not work.
Cam one person, sometimes invites everyone I’m in an IM convo with (NOT CONFERENCE…I am in separate IM’s)
Need I go on? This is the second time I’ve installed it and nothing is getting better…
Comment by Chistina — July 2, 2008 #
So I’m wondering,
Your betaing 2 versions that will run on Vista, which one is going to be your “final” version ?
You are working on a V9 beta, which works on XP and Vista, and a Vista only version in beta.
Is yahoo planning to have 2 separate versions of messenger from now on?, or until XP is gone? or are you going to merge them and have one final?
Comment by HOODY — July 3, 2008 #
Hi Hoody,
We’ll continue supporting and developing both versions 9.0 and Vista. At the moment, there is not feature parity between the two. But once Messenger for Vista supports all of our core features (webcam, chat rooms) etc., I would imagine most Vista users would make the switch since that version is specifically built and optimized for the Vista OS. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — July 3, 2008 #
OK thanks for that info Sarah, I guess than I’ll keep using this vista beta than and eventually with the vista final.
BTW: is the messenger code team looking out to Windows 7?
Comment by HOODY — July 3, 2008 #
Just downloaded last night and am still getting familiar with it. Look is different but it seems to be easier to navigate with .
Comment by GolfSD4Fun — July 11, 2008 #
Oh wow. See THIS is my I use ONLY Yahoo and nothing else! Messenger is extremely good now! Thanks!
Comment by Saad — July 12, 2008 #
I love the Yahoo Beta 9 - I just wish that everyone on yahoo, not just power users, could see our power user icons.
Comment by Debbie — July 17, 2008 #
I would like to know how to add my custom emotes to the emote dat file, if u are able to do that if not can u work on that portion of it.
i like to make my own custom emotes and it wont let me even save them when i write them in the file itself
Comment by Vickie Warner — July 20, 2008 #
The beeping noise is annoying me. How come everytime I click on a contact it beeps REALLY loud. Its bloody irritating. how do i fix this??
Comment by Ricey M — August 2, 2008 #
Has anyone else had a problem with their status going back to available from idle, even though they weren’t at the PC? My fiance swears that he hasn’t been at the PC when his status was showing as available… and today, he’s at work and yet his PC shows he’s online… I’m confused ans I end up wanting to accuse him of ignoring me, when he swears he’s not. Please help!
Comment by kllrjess — August 3, 2008 #
I tried this, and i got a problem:
- I cant make PC - to -phone call from Yahoo 9.0 beta.
- the option only appears when I use 8.1
If some one can use 9.0 and call to a phone number, please help me.
regard
Comment by Celo — August 3, 2008 #
i can~t call pc 2 pc when in chat useing 9.0 beta.could some one please help
Comment by scubaron22 — August 5, 2008 #
hi I have windows Vista Primium, I install yahoo messenger 9.0 beta , and it tell’s me that it’s been installed successfully, the problem when I start I got a message
Yahoo! Messenger has stopped working
A problem caused the progran to stop working correctly.
windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
and close program
please if someone can help me to solve this
Comment by Laith Bairam — August 10, 2008 #
I don’t like YM 9 automatic change Visuall Effects :”Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing” in Windows XP.
Comment by N.V.T — August 11, 2008 #
On, build 9.0.0.1389… The emoticons look horrendous and disturbing. In this case, bigger is certainly not better. The previous ones had a small, almost cute aura about them. The shortcuts for the emoticons are quite annoying as well, like :b for nerd and :s for confused. I know MSN Messenger uses those shortcuts, but you’re not them and shouldn’t be. And the sound alert when clicking on a contact’s name… why? It’s not like I’m suddenly making an error. I want to start a conversation, not an error report. And please fix the integration of the older history archives. I for one have important information in there that I need to reference every now and then, but it’s all jumbled with hex codes and missing words.
Comment by Neal — August 17, 2008 #
I really love this cute Yahoo Messenger 9.0. I can change the skins, plug-ins, bigger emoticons and lots more. But I think this version of 9.0 is very very very greatly slow at Windows start up (automatic log-in) and sometimes it becomes not responding. That depressing me..
Comment by Nuzron — August 17, 2008 #
i really have not been on messenger . but it should be interesting. thanks
Comment by michelle — August 19, 2008 #
1. I think the skins in this version are very cool.
2. I don’t the like the size of the emoticons (too big and actually kind of ugly).
3. I don’t like the windows returning to their default sizes whenever you close out of Messenger.
Comment by krimasen — August 19, 2008 #
Emoticons have lost the simple emotion in them..overall its a disapointment..design and all
Comment by ADi — August 20, 2008 #
1. I think the skins in this version are decent.
2. I love the size of the emoticons.(Xciting)
Comment by BreakRulez — August 30, 2008 #
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Can’t get bata 9 for vista working . Vista Home . What do i need to do to get it to work wight .
Comment by computerman — August 31, 2008 #
I can’t view profiles. When I click on them, it says “application not found”. Also, if someone sends me a link through messenger, it says “application not found”. I can copy and paste that link and place in url and it works. What happened?
Comment by Jim — September 1, 2008 #
MY PHOTO SHARING DOESNT WORK AT ALL NOW AND I CAN NOT TRANSFER FILES OF ANY KIND NOW IN THE NEW VERSION OF YOUR BETA RELEASE
Comment by Bob — September 4, 2008 #
I don’t know how many agree with me on this here, but personally I don’t like the new emoticons, I prefer the old one.
I hope you put this into account and at least give the option to have the old ones.
Comment by TheBlueSky — September 7, 2008 #
i like yahoo mesenger newr version
Comment by SAROJKUMARMOHAPATRA — September 13, 2008 #
Worse:
- large icons are really ugly, old ones were really cute and fun
- minimize / maximize animation takes control of all XP windows and cannot be disabled
- no option to have the old behavior of writing the name on each line
Better:
-preview of links, images and videos in the message window
Comment by mav — September 14, 2008 #
I’m using windows xp, and v. 9.0.0.1389beta. I have a problem while chatting with a friend. She and I will be talking and then all of a sudden nothing. She can not receive my messages nor I hers. Sometimes I can see her typing but no message appears. The most frustrating thing is sometimes she types something I can see it and reply but she doesn’t see my reply. A few minutes later it will be working fine but eventually drops out again.
She says this doesn’t happen with anyone else she talks to. I don’t know what version she’s using but I believe she’s on a vista machine. I don’t really talk with anyone else via IM so I have nothing to compare this to.
I’ve been scouring the net looking for an answer. I’ve tried multiple suggestions and nothing works. I’ve tried updating all my drivers and software and nothing works. The only thing I can see is that many people are complaining about similar problems since v.8.0. So I can only conclude that it’s because of the new version.
Is anything being done to fix this?
Comment by jdsandara — September 17, 2008 #
hey guys, I want to re-install my windows, but I have a problem with my yahoo message-archives. Could U hey help me about where they are?
Also, I have to say I`ve customized my yahoo to save all my archives and I use Win Vista.
Comment by mani — September 18, 2008 #
I’ve reverted to v.7.5.0.647 and it seems to be working much better. So there are definitely some issues with the newer versions.
Also in a possible related issue, with the versions 8.0 and above I wasn’t able to receive photos from the same friend, they would be pixilated, no matter how long I waited for them to clear up (yes I waited for an hour or so once with photosharing open to the one picture), it wouldn’t work.
So where is the offical link to submit bug reports?
Comment by jdsandara — September 18, 2008 #
Hi readers,
Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 is now out of Beta and available in its final version. Download it here:
http://messenger.yahoo.com/win
Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 23, 2008 #
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