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1. Well, as of today, I no longer use yahoo.

   Comment by xiphi — October 24, 2008 #

2. I think it’s time for Yahoo! to get a new development team.

   Comment by Trap — October 24, 2008 #

3. Well Yahoo gained a user and a few of friends strickly because you built a groud up for vista and WPF version of your app. I thought the faith and investment in such a product was amazing and it was somthing to be proud of and that other companies could look at and say look at what they (yahoo) are doing and was looking forward to a product with a very bright future

   . Well you have just lost at least a few very excited users. As I and a few of my friends who tried and were on the overall very happy switch from yahoo.

   THANK YOU FOR TURNING YOUR BACK ON THE USER COMMUNITY.

   Now please excuse as I uninstall and go back to the Windows Live messenger Beta.

   Comment by Tom Stack — October 24, 2008 #

4. Must say I am not all that surprised. Yahoo Messenger for Vista was a quite a seperate product which required re-learning of the program. It looked good but it’s usability was diminished by it’s sluggishness and excessive visual effects. Better do one IM at the time and do that one right.

   Comment by Odyn — October 24, 2008 #

5. Ultimately Windows Vista killed this awesome Instant Messenger. We must admit it is not Yahoo’s fault, but rather the fault of a a very faulty and second rate operating system.

   Vista – Asta la Vista Baby! “Never come back!” I am a Lemon!

   Comment by LonelyWho — October 24, 2008 #

6. @lonleywho

   How did vista kill a yahoo product that was built for the ground up for vista? your comment makes little sense.

   Comment by Tom Stack — October 24, 2008 #

7. So, please bring the chat tabs in the next version of Yahoo Messenger. I’m dying for this feature!

   Comment by Phuong — October 24, 2008 #

8. Think about it Vista sucks and no one really uses Vista. Windows Vista is the worst operating system ever made. Why should Yahoo! keep a product alive for an inferior operating system

   Comment by LonelyWho — October 24, 2008 #

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10. Actually, this move makes sense, as the installer program for Yahoo can be designed to read the windows version, and make whatever specific tweaks that version requires. As long as Windows doesnt radically depart one version to another, that is.

    Comment by Julie West — October 24, 2008 #

11. I’m verry disapointed because of this! I use Vista & espect more of Yahoo for this OS. Now, you may provide a download for the latest beta.

    Comment by Daniel — October 24, 2008 #

12. I have to admit I am disappointed that this version is being discontinued, especially in light of the fact that v9.0 doesn’t support tabbed conversations. I believe this where Yahoo! should spend it development effort for the future, as well has correcting the windows rendering code that prevents window shadow presentation in windows Vista.

    LonelyWho, Listen less to the media and do more research for yourself. I have had less problems with Vista than I did when XP was released. Don’t let the media make do your thinking for you….although Apple likes its sheep.

    Comment by Wyvex — October 24, 2008 #

13. you guys never fail to amaze me, why couldnt you let us know a little in advance so we could download and save the vista messenger? BEFORE YOU DROPPED IT?

    Comment by sam i am — October 24, 2008 #

14. I personally didnt like the vista version and I do not know what everyone is complaining about since the new messanger works on vista quite well. I have Vista basic and pro on 2 different computers……..and I have not had a single problem with either of them. Other than the typical yahoo stuff that I had with xp.

    I really wish and hope that someone at yahoo will read these comments. Cause I am an advid chatter, and I am in the rooms on a regular basis. This Captcha thing they have is useless. It was suppose to block the automated chatters we call bots. Well they are thicker than ever. And sometimes a person can not get into a chat room because the bots are there.

    I thought yahoo was suppose to be getting better for chatters. Or are we seeing a future like MSN. How they shut down the chat rooms over there, and now the groups.

    Comment by cgartist — October 24, 2008 #

15. I am so disappointed of yahoo I hope they will reconsider this move and re support Yahoo vista messenger… I wanted vista just for this reason I wanted to be able to get a whole new looking OS feel with this but you guys go and screw us users over again yah again the same thing happened with your imap support, and to think I was going to pay for my yahoo mail account sure… I learned this time… bye Yahoo Bye Hotmail lol Hello GTalk wooo…

    Comment by Shadow User — October 24, 2008 #

16. It makes me think of the company I am working in. We’ll spend months on something, and then new “genious” manager will come and destroy everything, presenting his new “genious” idea. I guess that’s what happened with messenger for vista. New manager arrived The question is how much money and ressources are now in the bin

    Comment by Royal-Girl — October 24, 2008 #

17. [...] crisis might have eaten up but The  Yahoo Messenger VIsta Version had been discontinued and will no longer will be availble for download. This was my favorite messenger till now because of the looks and feel though it had [...]

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18. [...] said on Friday that it has stopped development of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, a Vista-specific version of its instant-messaging [...]

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19. I never really “connected” with the VISTA yahoo. I am pleased with the new 9. version …not too happy that my aliases can’t have a profile…but I like the new 9. version so far. I will gladly uninstall the VISTA yahoo and stick to things that you all say will work with Vista and others. Thanks for keeping us updated.

    Comment by giddy1966 — October 24, 2008 #

20. Yahoo probably stopped development on its Vista optimized Messenger because it set its eyes on Windows 7 and its promised simplicity. With that said, I hate those that bashed Vista, almost foaming at the mouth. It makes me doubt their honesty. I have a Vista, and the UAC is annoying, and it takes awhile to boot up, but its a work horse. I have noticed that when I switch back to an XP (at work or using someone else’s computer), XP always, ALWAYS, gives you one error message or failure after another. Have you ever seen an XP shut down with that sound of a critical error? Be honest. Seeing errors when I boot down XP is something I’ve gotten so used to, I hardly notice it. My point–anyone buying a Vista will probably live.

    Comment by Tim Beville — October 24, 2008 #

21. FAIL!!!

    Comment by Rick — October 24, 2008 #

22. Have you thought about open sourcing the now defunct yahoo messenger for vista?

    Comment by HT — October 24, 2008 #

23. [...] said on Friday that it has stopped development of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, a Vista-specific version of its instant-messaging [...]

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24. Great! Now you can work more on feature parity between the Win and Mac version.

    Comment by Lucky — October 24, 2008 #

25. Ha Wow After All The Hype Yahoo Did For This Program Maybe because Half Of The Team Don’t Really Know Crap About Computers Maybe Hire People Who Know A Little Something Something Or Maybe They Were Just Stupid To Figure Out Anything On Vista Worthless Crap Im Deleting Yahoo Going Back To Msn LEast They Dont Give Up

    Comment by pr10wrx — October 24, 2008 #

26. I agree Vista is the worst OS that Microsoft ever came out with…what I’m really getting sick to death of is all these messages I keep getting saying that Yahoo is shutting down Messenger on 17 November!

    Each time I get one of these messages, I either remove that person from my Messenger or put them on ignore…how idiotic are these people getting when Yahoo just realeased 9.0…no company in their right mind would release new software if they were planning on shutting down…DUH!!!!!!!

    Comment by Dan — October 24, 2008 #

27. oh gosh. i think, although it suffers from lagging n stuff, is the best IM so far, better looking than MSN and i prefer this version to the other version which im forced to download…grr YAHOOO!!!!!!!!!! i want dis back!!! i fell in love with the design already~

    Comment by abduldidi — October 24, 2008 #

28. Oh.. no… I love this version. although some of the feature is not available. But it has a better look and design then the other IM. I wish you can release this version again, but even better.. Please…

    Comment by Dhanny — October 24, 2008 #

29. Pretty pathetic move on the part of Yahoo. Looking backward instead of forward. “7″ would still have had WPF and the framework of .NET. No wonder your stock is in the tank.

    Comment by Chris — October 24, 2008 #

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    Pingback by Livbit » Yahoo bids good-bye to Messenger for Windows Vista — October 24, 2008 #

31. that is not right taking away yahoo messenger from people that has windows vista. all the new computers has vista now. that isn’t right for people that has the new computers, becuase now they can’t talk to their friends that has yahoo.messenger.

    Comment by amber — October 24, 2008 #

32. Windows Vista runs Messenger 9.0 quite well, its just not a “Vista Specific” release that would not accomodate other versions of windows.

    Comment by Julie West — October 24, 2008 #

33. [...] said on Friday that it has stopped development of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, a Vista-specific version of its instant-messaging [...]

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34. [...] the Yahoo Messenger for Vista (Beta Version). However, as announced in Yahoo Messenger Blog today (Yahoo! Messenger for Vista version is no longer available), Yahoo has discontinued the development of it as they prefer to focus on deliver and optimize an [...]

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35. Too bad. Looked like you guys were really on to something big. I really liked the design & not to mention the sidebar gadget too. This version looked like it was going to stand out from the rest. Well, hopefully you guys can get another version out like that one soon. I could see the possibilities with this one as well.

    Comment by Kevin — October 24, 2008 #

36. Oh, I guess thats why Google talk is doing so much better than Yahooo.

    Comment by Deserttaxguy — October 24, 2008 #

37. This is crazy you need to bring it back ASAP its the only one that works on my computer. All the other ones i cant see what I typed and I cant see what messages my friends have sent me. PLEASE PLEASE Bring it back.

    Comment by Tina — October 24, 2008 #

38. I am very disappointed! I tried downloading Yahoo Messenger 9.0 on one of our computers that has Vista and Messenger doesn’t work. I’ve downloaded and installed it twice. I liked the Messenger for Vista a lot better. I’m glad I already have it on my computer.

    Comment by barb52049 — October 24, 2008 #

39. I am extremely disappointed of this move. It certainly is the worst move Yahoo! has ever made this year. I admit the Vista version of Yahoo! Messenger is a bit sluggish compared to the 9.0 one, but I do love the theme, especially the tabbed conversation. I really like it. Please reconsider this move, or at least, try to make the 9.0 more similar to Vista version.

    And for those who bashed Vista, I don’t think you ever try it yet. Shame on you. Criticizing something that you haven’t personally use yet. It’s by far the most powerful OS I have ever use (not to be compared with Server versions). And btw, I AM a computer power user.

    Comment by joveeno — October 24, 2008 #

40. [...] Yahoo! Messenger for Vista version is no longer available [...]

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41. [...] blogul oficial s-a anunțat faptul că versiunea pentru vista a Yahoo! Messenger nu va mai fi disponibilă pentru [...]

    Pingback by La revedere Y!M for Vista | Y!M Lover — October 25, 2008 #

42. [...] Yahoo messenger for Vista was one of the earliest and only programs, custom made for the Vista environment and offered graphic rich interface for the Yahoo addicts. In Sarah Bacon, Product Manager wrote in the messenger blog: [...]

    Pingback by Windows to forget about Vista optimized Yahoo Messenger | Startup Meme — October 25, 2008 #

43. lol… that’s just pathetic… after they spend 2 years on development they drop it ?! even the 9.0 version looks silly… nothing professional about it (even the graphics resembles amator programing)…

    damn and i’ve waited all this time for nothing… rats…

    Windows Live way better… as Tom Stack said: “Now please excuse as I uninstall and go back to the Windows Live messenger Beta.”

    Comment by Predator7 — October 25, 2008 #

44. What a shame, i was waiting for almost 2 years and now this… Thank u, your developers sucks. i never will come back to yahoo or believe your news.

    Comment by unax — October 25, 2008 #

45. YAHOO MESSENGER for VISTA is SUCH a FAILURE! You made us wait for almost a year.. ;|

    Comment by .. — October 25, 2008 #

46. [...] to focus on delivering one Windows experience that is optimized for all Windows users, announced Yahoo! blog. If you’re using Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, you can continue to use it however, Yahoo! will [...]

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47. Cezar, am înțeles. Apropo, comentariile ar trebui făcute în engleză.

    I am also disappointed in Yahoo! for dropping the Vista version. A two year wait for this. The 2006 demo looked impressive, what happened?

    9.0 on Vista just doesn’t feel at home.

    Comment by Dragos Serban — October 25, 2008 #

48. say the truth: 9.0 is a failure as simple as that…

    after all, it’s getting very buggy, mine crushes daily !!!

    Comment by Predator7 — October 25, 2008 #

49. I wish there was a full yahoo messenger version with voice and stuff for linux. I am fed up using Windows. The YM version for linux is so basic, I can’t even use the phone in option.

    Comment by Royal-Girl — October 25, 2008 #

50. Sad to hear that you stop development on a modern program…. You were ahead of microsoft, as they never use their own WPF formatt. now you decide to go back to an ugly cartoon style UI thats still 10 years behind? come on.

    Did someone new come in that doesnt like vista and wanted all development to stop? Please thats just immature. I never had a problem with vista. If people have a problem with vista, then its them for installing older programs and hardware with it..

    people that are bashing vista in the comments, stop. Vista is not bad, you your self make your own copy of vista bad….

    As for those who didnt like it, , well its mostly yahoo’s falut for not really caring much about it and adding features. I was hoping Yahoo messenger for vista to be fully featured, and ahead of everyone else. Now Yahoo messenger is just the same as everyone else and not worth even using…

    Comment by .Chris — October 25, 2008 #

51. Why are we all leaving comments on this blog, Does it make a difference? NO. Change of Profile, End of Version for Vista, 100′s of comments left by the users of yahoo myself included, many many comments cut from Blog, and STILL no reply, WHY? They know they have it wrong and can’t admit it, WHAT is the CEO doing? Reading this blog? NO, too busy spending all his money and wasting money on Sarah and her team, they have no idea what there doing or what we the USERS of yahoo want. For some people yahoo is important to them, Too Sarah and her team? Seems not or things would be DIFFRENT, Plain and simple.

    Comment by No New Profile — October 25, 2008 #

52. [...] is going to focus on a single Windows version. Sarah Bacon, Product Manager of the Yahoo! client explains: This decision will help us increase efficiencies on our team and deliver one consistent, [...]

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53. For all those griping about the Vista Version being dropped, congratulations! yoiu folks were part of the beta testing experience, and able to provide feedback both good and bad prior to RELEASE version, or a permanent public and supported product. They did NOT say that they were totally abandoning what they learned from the project, and some of those aspects may wind up in future “generic windows” versions. The biggest departure for Vista is the fact MICROSOFT discontinued licensing of the TrueSpeech codec, the key to getting voice chat to work on the pre-V.9.0 Messenger. I wont defend the profile situation with regard to social networking, but THIS change makes sense!

    Comment by Julie West — October 25, 2008 #

54. WAY before the vista version yes, BUT this is ABOUT yahoo abandoning the USERS of yahoo again and again, NOT about Microsoft and Microsoft was right discontinue licensing of the TrueSpeech codec, an outdated codec, Yahoo had the Beta of Vista and knew about the lack of the codec for well over 4 years, did they update anything before or after the release of vista, NOT for a year. Again it’s about the treatment of the USERS of yahoo…

    Comment by No New Profile — October 25, 2008 #

55. [...] Y!Messenger for Windows Vista si ce va urma, gasiti pe Stealth Settings si pe siteul oficial Yahoo! Messenger. Tags: Vista apps, Vista IM, Y!Messenger for Windows [...]

    Pingback by Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista « YM Vista - Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, AIM, ICQ & more. — October 25, 2008 #

56. [...] Messenger announced that Yahoo! Messenger for Vista will no longer be available for download from the Yahoo! Messenger website. We have discontinued stand-alone releases of the [...]

    Pingback by Yahoo! Messenger for Vista is no longer available -:- Purple Indigo (PI) — October 25, 2008 #

57. i’ve already install the Yahoo Messenger version 9

    BUT IT DOESN’T WORK IN MY WINDOWS VISTA

    is it because i’m using VISTA HOME BASIC ?

    Comment by udnhz — October 25, 2008 #

58. oops, think my response got filtered, but, there would be much to be gained by upgrading to at least Vista Home Premium I cant say it will fix everything in your particular case, but I passed up many laptop bargains because they were set up with basic instead of premium. Search “Vista Versions” to find a comparison. In your control panel, you should have a “Windows Anytime Upgrade” tool, or you may want to search out your own best deal online for the upgrade.. Also check your computer manufacturer for pricing.

    Comment by Julie West — October 25, 2008 #

59. You could have at least left the download link up. Especially given how you hide the actual download of the installer and only let people download a wrapper file. Since you pulled the download, even people who would want to continue using it will not be able to reinstall it if they ever need to!

    I am very disappointed in you, Yahoo.

    Comment by Wes — October 25, 2008 #

60. Well, I saw this coming. A year after announcement, we had a beta. Six months later, another. Then…. come on, it’s not THAT hard to write a messenger client. Messenger for Vista was the nicest messenger I’d used on any Windows package. I’ll stop using it today because I don’t want potential security holes on my desktop.

    I won’t be installing YiM9 though, I’m going to Digsby.

    Comment by Al — October 25, 2008 #

61. Everyone says that Vista sucks; I don’t think they have used it since it first came out. Vista did suck, when it was first released, but now it is way better than XP, they have updated the crap out of it. My Vista computer is way faster than my XP,and it doesn’t lock up on me like the XP one. Yahoo, pretty much used everyone with the beta testing of messenger for Vista. The only good messenger for Vista users is Windows Live Messenger, too bad for yahoo.

    Comment by steve — October 25, 2008 #

62. I’m very disappointed that we weren’t notified ahead of time. I just got the new version for Vista on my computer. I went to load it for my husband (he liked it as well) but now I can’t.

    I’m new to Vista and have had issues, but this was the one glimmer of hope for using this OS. Thanks for taking that away from us.

    Comment by Sherri — October 25, 2008 #

63. I do not like is much news was very happy with yahoo messenger for vista had many very interesting features that I hope will reconsider their decisions and return to reactivate the project

    Comment by jesus — October 25, 2008 #

64. Well, it seems that this is my last day with Yahoo. I think yahoo will go slowly down and then it will die. YM for Vista was a great concept but it seems that all good thinks ar bad for public releases.

    Good bye yahoo…

    Comment by Dan — October 25, 2008 #

65. Yahoo = LOOSERS FOR THIS MOVE

    I AM GO WITH WINDOWS LIVE FROM NOW

    Comment by Traian — October 25, 2008 #

66. I want the download link, I want to download this to have in my pc. Please Yahoo, give it to us !!!

    Y Mess 9 is a junk, only crashes.
    I go with windows live.

    Comment by Dan — October 25, 2008 #

67. [...] to the official Yahoo Messenger blog post, As of today, Yahoo! Messenger for Vista will no longer be available for download from the Yahoo! [...]

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68. well it still does not work on my vista
    why?

    Comment by peter — October 25, 2008 #

69. Come on all of you, vista is not a stupid OS , it just needs a recheck and added some things that will make it more compatible , that’s all , has for computers, now they are becoming even more powerful , enough to run vista at full and also the best games on the market, has for yahoo, they wanted to experiment on a new application for vista but after rethinking that they already have an IM they’ve closed and abandoned this project. So that’a that , no net to blame vista, and if you want it to be better , then help Microsoft anyway you can to improve vista and don’t let it fade away and not to insult Microsoft and Windows Vista!!

    Comment by CyTech — October 25, 2008 #

70. @ CyTech

    I agree 100%. People who bash vista have no life or are mad at them selvs so they want to blame others to ease the pain…..

    Still, Yahoo shouldnt have stopped this. I think the Sarah’s Bacon got cook a bit to much

    Comment by .Chris — October 25, 2008 #

71. Yahoo Messenger for Vista represented a downgrade in features and performance. Good riddance to this worthless non-innovation. What I want to know is why NO instant messaging program allows me to include photos in contact details.

    Comment by Billy Board — October 25, 2008 #

72. I hade a feeling this would happen since its been over 6 months on a update of yahoo vista messenger may be a good thing cause it was buggy as hell. Well here I got to 9.0 Thanks for the effort anyway.

    Comment by Daniel — October 25, 2008 #

73. [...] said on Friday that it has stopped development of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, a Vista-specific version of its instant-messaging [...]

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74. All I have to say is I wasn’t liking the new Windows Vista Yahoo Messenger Version anyway. The reason I thought it was a dumb idea was because before you know it Windows 7 will be available and then you’d have to come up with something new. So my opinion is do what you can with version 9.0 in enhancing it, then wait for Windows 7 before coming up with anything new.

    Comment by Burton — October 25, 2008 #

75. 1st we have wait 2 year when yahoo messenger launch then after 1 year yahoo vista is no longer available for vista this make made gud sence…….this is a trik 2 leave all yahoo user in other web sites

    Comment by kukar — October 25, 2008 #

76. Microsoft keeps claiming to come out with new stuff and trying new ideas and stuff. Actually they have kept the exact same formula for everything for years. The time it takes to come out with another service pack. Users are complaining about problems with vista but that are in absolutely no hurry compared to previous sp release times. It stays about the same all the time to release a service pack no change whatsoever. The price of windows and office never change when the latest version comes out it costs just as much as the previous version did when it first came out. They don’t hardly give you any break about the older operating systems price either is stays about the same or may even go up some. Microsoft Office is the exact same way. No change in the prices of new versions just maybe more versions of the new Microsoft Office with slightly different features if any so people will spend more money on thier Office Program. Same thing with windows they are coming out with more Windows Vista Operating Systems just to make more money. That and all of the other many many many many thing Microsoft will do for a quick buck. Or a quick million or billion dollar buck. They give to charity to try and make them out not to be greedy like a lot of rich companies and major corporates would do if they wanted people to think they were nice and cared what the customer thinks. They don’t give a rats ass what the customer thinks. They will keep doing things their way forever as long as their product sells well enough. The new windows 7 I heard has a freaking subscription offer they can jack up the price on and make even more money on their Operating System. The Operating systems aren’t bad or anything they are probably the best or one of the best Operating systems out there except for vista for now. But the don’t care about the customer they care about feeding their pockets with more money and that’s it. This isn’t yahoo so no complaints against yahoo.

    Comment by Person — October 25, 2008 #

77. Congrats on alienating all Vista users and to make the 9.0 unusable as well.Thats right it will NOT install in Vista despite what you advertised. Hope you enjoy scrambling around when Microsoft no longer supports XP and Vista, and its versions, are the PC OP standard. MSN still works so there I’ll be.

    Comment by rebelyell422002 — October 26, 2008 #

78. Those who say it WONT install, think BUG REPORT, which Vista? Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Premium? What is the specific error message? OH, and once you run a program installer, you have to let it “run as administrator” in most cases. (instead of double-click to run, right mouse click, then select “run as administrator” from the menu)

    Comment by Julie West — October 26, 2008 #

79. Speaking as a Vista user, the Vista YM sucked, i couldnt care for it. Y!M 9 is fantastic though.

    Comment by Richard — October 26, 2008 #

80. PS. I don’t need any improvements, I like it just the way it is… was … whatever (without photo sharing, webcam and chat rooms if i need these i’ll use v9.0 )

    JUST LET US DOWNLOAD IT! ME ESPECIALLY

    Comment by drt — October 26, 2008 #

81. Actually, the reason it won’t install is because Yahoo pulled the program from the server. The installer is just a downloader that pulls the actual program from the server. Thanks to Yahoo, anybody who wants to reinstall the program simply CAN’T!

    Yahoo does this with every version of Messenger, and every program they make. Why? They want to push that Yahoo Toolbar on everyone, so you can’t download a full installer for just messenger, or widgets or whatever.

    If Yahoo was really sincere in letting people continue to run this program, they would offer us a link to the full installer. They don’t have to make a big deal about it. They can scrub mention of YIM for Vista from all sites. Just put the program back on the server, and post a little link in the blog, with a big warning that there’s no support for the program.

    Or better yet, open source it so someone else can make improvements. OK, you probably can’t opensource the whole program, but opensource what you can.

    Comment by Wes — October 26, 2008 #

82. well it’s sad enough that i had to use 8.1 cuz the y! messenger for vista was still buggy, now i HAVE to use the 9.0 since yahoo don’t offer the older version…. and because i needed a new computer…

    i wonder if yahoo deleted the vista version code from their servers. it’s going to suck if yahoo did because if ppl start complaining enough, they are going to wish they didn’t to restart the project.

    personally, if this was a project, they should have just kept it to themselves and not hype up vista users then just let us all down way to go yahoo.

    you guys should have just sold out to MSN. at least they don’t scrap what they hype us about… ie: VISTA! it was their worst OS every, they are still standing behind it.

    thanks yahoo!

    Comment by homer — October 26, 2008 #

83. Yes. As of today, I will no longer use yahoo. I was waiting for the new version.. so i will use Windows Messenger.

    Comment by Doru — October 26, 2008 #

84. Windows LIVE rules

    Comment by person — October 26, 2008 #

85. Please bring this app back. I mean just look at the responce. Ususally you get about a dozen or so comments to your blog posts, this post is already at almost a hundred. Please bring this back or at minium put out one more version with all the bug fixes and changes between the previous version and now.

    You were building a great new app that did not need to rely on backwards compaitibly meaning the sky was the limit, you could make and addition to the code and not worry about messing with ancient code.

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RECONSIDER!

    Comment by Tom Stack — October 26, 2008 #

86. The developper team should have issued an announcement for users who wanted to still use the Vista version of their software. But then again, has anyone tried to get in touch with their support team? …

    Comment by nitroshift — October 26, 2008 #

87. Man this really sucks..the RSS feeds in the mail are gone…Messenger for Vista is gone..it seems like yahoo is going backwards instead of forwards when they have a beta version of mail that has been out for so long and still has “pardon our construction” when you click on certain tabs. Yahoo! step your game up or will lose your user base to Google..

    Comment by Charm — October 26, 2008 #

88. and this really SUX!!!!

    Comment by Carol — October 26, 2008 #

89. Why does Yahoo take something people like away!!! I am very much disappointed…

    Comment by Muffin — October 26, 2008 #

90. What an idiot move… I’m not even a little bit interested in a non-WPF version of Yahoo, I will definitely go back to Windows Live Messenger before I’d *ever* download any other version of Yahoo (and I strongly dislike Live Mess). Really, this WPF version is seriously slick, as well as clean. Is it something we did wrong? Are we being punished? Please re-think this lame-headed move.

    Comment by Bob Graham — October 26, 2008 #

91. Why continue to drive away customers, who make up your profit margins, by pulling away products that define your company, and an individuals user experience?. Go forward not backwards. Think better, not what saves a few bucks.

    Comment by Michael — October 26, 2008 #

92. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! WTF IS YAHOO TRYING TO DO? HOW CAN THEY DISCONTINUE YAHOO MESSENGER FOR VISTA! PFFT YAHOO KEEPS FAILING AND YAHOO MESSENGER 9 FREEZES MY COMP! NOW I CAN’T USE ANYTHING…. I WILL GO BACK TO WLM! BYE BYE YAHOO!

    Comment by Kadir Altunel — October 26, 2008 #

93. I don’t think Sarah is to blame for all this. I think the management or the head of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista decided to scrape this great software. It is a sad and pitiful move.

    I’m sorry Sarah, I was beginning to like Yahoo Messenger, and all the other Yahoo products. But since this step backwards, I don’t know anymore…

    Comment by homer — October 26, 2008 #

94. Well, also now uninstalling Yahoo messenger. Good to see you heading backwards….

    Comment by scrge223 — October 26, 2008 #

95. Well I heard Yahoo was cutting 1,500 employees this past week. Hopefully that will include everyone in the messenger development team. I have never seen such poor product decisions in my life. You spent two years on Vista just to say “oh well”. Vista’s popularity is growing as an OS if people like it or not. In a couple more years XP will be retired. Instead of moving forward, Yahoo moves backwards. No shock their profits are in the tank with the rest of the corporation.

    Comment by nomoreyahoo — October 26, 2008 #

96. @lonelywho

    thats y ur lonely, cuz u cant use an OS, if you cant code then dont talk, Vista is great, u probably cant even program in Visio. Give examples before u talk

    With that said I am very sad to see the Vista version go. It had great features I loved. I dont want to go back to 9.0. Please YAhoo, reconsider ur decision

    Comment by zeroday — October 26, 2008 #

97. I am really TICKED OFF with yahoo’s decision to scrap Yahoo For VISTA, I have been BETA testing this new version ever since they released it to the general public, I feel they wasted my time and efforts helping to support the yahoo development team develop this great instant messenger, MAN WHAT A CROC, its been a very long time that I been waiting to see the final release and to just DITCH IT and not even ask the BETA TESTERS or even the general public about there thoughts on there decision, what a waste of TIME AND MONEY, I think the Yahoo Team should RECONSIDER there decision to scrap it was looking really good so far and has lots of cool features, I really liked it so far, I also would like to say to those people KNOCKING VISTA you DON’T KNOW what you are talking about, VISTA ROCKS, keep up the good work MICROSOFT, I have had my say on this matter…

    Comment by MagicBytes — October 26, 2008 #

98. Well, unless you design Yahoo! Messenger 9 with WPF support, i’ll be switching to WLM 9 Beta.

    Comment by tu vieja — October 26, 2008 #

99. I saw this coming a long time ago when updates weren’t often. At that time I just stopped using it because there just weren’t many features compared to Windows Live Messenger and it was slow.

    Yahoo Messenger 9 isn’t even worth using. Too bloated of a messenger for me. I had stopped using ICQ because of that very same reason years ago.

    Comment by Alisha — October 26, 2008 #

100. 9.0 don’t work in my vista 64bits its a mess it crashes all the time i try to open it thats not right that we can’t have a messenger on vista 64bits i have the messenger vista its was grate but i went back to 9.0 to use the web cam now i don’t have any….

     Comment by Richard — October 26, 2008 #

101. It’s a sad reflection on Yahoo! that they felt they had to do this. YM4V was certainly innovative and could have easily been tweaked to work with Windows 7 when it’s finally released.

     The approach taken by Yahoo!, is understandable if you believe the line that they want one app which will work across all MS platforms. I don’t. Although they were onto a winner, I believe this decision came about because their finances are hurting right now due to their lower than expected revenue earnings. Reports also abound of a round of staff cuts – on top of the one earlier this year.

     C’mon Yahoo! – be honest. Your failure to merge with MS (due to your unreasonable expectations) has hurt you and is likely to continue doing so. Time for some serious changes at board level!

     What really needs to happen is for work to stop on other MS OS’s and to concentrate on Vista, using it as a springboard for W7. YM4V was way ahead of anything else available and it reflects badly on the company to finally admit they’ve pulled the plug (development stopped a long time ago didn’t it?) and will also do absolutely nothing for investor confidence.

     How many more bad moves are you going make?

     Comment by NZSteve66 — October 26, 2008 #

102. i cant believe what im hearing that is not cool why not just get rid of yahoo mesenger 9 and keep yahoo vista i was so said to remove vista out of my pc yahoo just want to say dont act like google and window live show them that yahoo is the best

     Comment by elvin — October 26, 2008 #

103. Oh Msger for Vista…. Please come ba~ck! i dont like boohoos!

     Comment by Please come back — October 26, 2008 #

104. Who uses Yahoo! and yeah I think it’s time for Yahoo! to get a new development team.

     Comment by Rocker — October 26, 2008 #

105. The yahoo team failed, disappointing.

     Comment by dar — October 26, 2008 #

106. Thanks yahoo for dissapointing us. Your version 9.0 YM isn’t so hot either!!

     Comment by Ash — October 26, 2008 #

107. Good day, team!

     I’ve tried downloading the latest of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2018 on a Vista machine and it said publisher can’t be verified and when I ignored, it gives a long error stating can’t proceed.

     Finally, I totally disable all the protection that I am able to disable on this laptop and install using the “download now” button for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2018 and yet, it stayed idle after 100% downloaded. It stayed at that state for nearly 30 mins and finally a pop-up saying “Download of file had been cancelled or interrupted.” &, I’ve a choice to either click on “retry” or “cancel”.

     Knowing what “cancel” button would mean, I’ve clicked on the “retry” button and the same pop-up message saying, “Download of file had been cancelled or interrupted.” &, I’ve a choice to either click on “retry” or “cancel” appears again.

     Has there actually been a solution for this matter?

     Comment by Seow Peng — October 26, 2008 #

108. thats really bad.. i just wonder if YM9 is compatible with vista .ie the voice chat n all

     Comment by swikaar — October 26, 2008 #

109. that’s it? give up?
     well. it’s very dissapointing. most of us here are waiting for the grand release since day 1. and all of a sudden we’re getting this news that it’s been discontinued..

     i’m a loyal yahoo messenger user. and this is very,very dissapointing.

     We stood by you since day 1 and what? you left us hangin’.

     Great. sad day for yahoo community history.

     Comment by cj — October 26, 2008 #

110. OH ..no ! I love this messenger version , It is look soo good.

     Comment by missiletheone — October 27, 2008 #

111. hmm,, big mistake, i think they could have at least added chatrooms to it,

     whats the use of it , now, boring , good bye have a nice try, yahoo is bein like ps3, releasing good concepts but never puting it to its full use, (sixaxis im talkin about you lol)

     yahoo vista is like yahoo messenger 3.1 lol so basic , with good concept, (abilities to have conversation in one window but no way to make friends on it lol no chat rooms)

     Comment by mike — October 27, 2008 #

112. I was looking forward to this version. Will switch to using gmail; with all the resources available you weren’t able to deliver a decent IM client. You have at least 3 clients available, one worst then the other.

     Comment by Catalin — October 27, 2008 #

113. yahoo vista’s style is nice but too slow to use ,not perfect.

     Comment by erka — October 27, 2008 #

114. too good to be true:(…please do something because I don’t like messenger 9…:(:(:(

     Comment by Simo — October 27, 2008 #

115. The only reason why I’m using Yahoo! Messenger for Vista is because Yahoo! Messenger v9.0 has refused to even open in my laptop (I am using Windows Vista.) as of last week. Now, I cannot even get it to open.

     Given the fact that Yahoo! Vista won’t get any better, I suggest you [Yahoo!] should address my problem. I’ve already submitting my crash log files and am still awaiting a response. I am a power user and I probably won’t be using Yahoo anymore if this continues.

     Comment by Nikki — October 27, 2008 #

116. Very bad news, Yahoo Mess for Vista is dead. Messenger 9 has some bugs. The Audio call , and conference is a disaster. Skype is the best product for audio voice conference,, and the best audio quality, i’ve ever seen.Why other can’t do this improvemenet ? It’s going so fine with 12 persons in audio conference.File transfer goes better. So what are your programers going to do ? You disapointed us ! Work harder to make your software better !

     Comment by Moise Gabriel Sebastian — October 27, 2008 #

117. [...] Sarah Bacon  / Yahoo Messenger Blog Share and [...]

     Pingback by Yahoo! Messenger for Vista version is no longer available | Chatalley — October 27, 2008 #

118. I’m really disappointed with this decision.
     Now I’m stuck with a version that won’t be developed further, and on my Windows Vista there’s no way I can use Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
     It doesn’t work, it doesn’t even start, it crashes when I launch it.
     And I only have Vista on my two PCs.
     What should do I do now?
     

     Comment by Sabrina — October 27, 2008 #

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     Pingback by Yahoo ditch WPF messenger client « Castalian — October 27, 2008 #

120. I’m really disappointed with this decision.
     Now I can’t use YM on my Labtop which operates with Windows Vista, there’s no way I can use Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
     It doesn’t work, it doesn’t even start, it crashes when I launch it and there is no online solutions.
     What is the solution?
     

     Comment by Ahmad B. Ramadan — October 27, 2008 #

121. Why yahoo throw away all the things that all the people like and keep the things that poeple dislike. Yahoo messeger for vista with new skin,tabs support and many other feature i haven’t seen in any messenger software, i really sad when i hear it’s longer available.

     Comment by JQ — October 27, 2008 #

122. Well, I understand that sometimes, things do need to discontinue but then again who knows? Maybe something new will arise…

     Comment by Brandon — October 27, 2008 #

123. Yeah, it’s very sad that instead of moving forward and discontinuing the production of Classic Y! Msgr and focusing on the brand new version, you have moved backwards!!!

     Comment by jafarkhan — October 27, 2008 #

124. Yahoo Messenger 9.0 DOES run on VISTA! (generic board with Vista Home Premium 32bit.)
     1. “Publisher cant be verified”, YAHOO, fix the digital signatures to comply with MS standards! (shouldnt take more than 10 minutes, except calling MS to find out how)
     2. “When I ignored” if you started the download, “continue anyway”, cancel or ignore interrupt the process
     3. for best results, log in as administrator on your system to download the software, or at least right click on the downloaded file, and select “run as administrator” from the pop up menu. MOST installers need to run as admin to work.
     Some security software MAY try to block the installer, so be aware of this.

     Yahoo, the diigital signatures of your download package have to be fixed to identify the download as “Yahoo! ” , so rookies wont be scared to download it. If possible, find a way to integrate the UI from the Vista Version into 9.0 as an optional “skin” for Vista Users, that may help. Hats off to you for runnning a thorough BETA test.

     Comment by Julie West — October 27, 2008 #

125. I’m very disappointed. This version WAS so great, special the VERY VERY first you introduced this. Now, FAILURE.

     Anyway, Good luck on YM Version 9. I HOPE it’s nice as VISTA’s UI.

     Comment by :| — October 27, 2008 #

126. Well thats sucks I was getting happy with it. Well open sourcing sounds like a good idea. O well.

     Comment by Samuel Gomez — October 27, 2008 #

127. I’m very dissapointed to here this. I have not been able to run the latest versions of 9.0 on my Vista Ultimate system. Anything newer than the 907 build will not run. I’ve tried without any success to run anything newer than that, so I’m stuck at that release.

     Comment by Scott Dunbar — October 27, 2008 #

128. [...] crisis might have eaten up but The  Yahoo Messenger VIsta Version had been discontinued and will no longer will be availble for download. This was my favorite messenger till now because of the looks and feel though it had [...]

     Pingback by Yahoo Messenger for Vista Discontinued [ Download Here ] | Technology Blog — October 27, 2008 #

129. Why are we all leaving comments on this blog, Does it make a difference? NO. Change of Profile, End of Version for Vista, 100’s of comments left by the users of yahoo myself included, many many comments cut from Blog, and STILL no reply, WHY? They know they have it wrong and can’t admit it, WHAT is the CEO doing? Reading this blog? NO, too busy spending all his money and wasting money on Sarah and her team, they have no idea what there doing or what we the UI am extremely disappointed of this move. It certainly is the worst move Yahoo! SERS of yahoo want. For some people yahoo is important to them, Too Sarah and her team? Seems not or things would be DIFFRENT, Plain and simple.This is crazy you need to bring it back ASAP its the only one that works on my computer.

     Comment by Cezar from ROMANIA — October 27, 2008 #

130. Shame on you yahoo,cause i will no longer use yahoo. And a lot of people were waiting for that release;for once you were doing something greater than WLM…but I guess that if we all want a GOOD WPF IM we have to wait for Windows Live Messenger 9 final version…that’s it. Goodbye yahoo,seriously this is not how things work in my opinion. Ah and for those who bash Vista,come on,that’s ridiculous,it works very fine and Windows 7 (which will be Vista 2.0 and have the same Aero gui improved) is gonna be so much fast. Bye now,that’s the last time i’ll ever check this blog and yahoo’s site

     Comment by Zod — October 27, 2008 #

131. why i cant use ym 9.0 in my laptop? im using windows vista ultimate. i found out that my friends whom are running vista also cant use ym 9. it’s seems that ym 9.0 is not compatible with vista. is it? why? previously i can use ym 9 beta but not this ym 9.0 final….? help me please? now i have to use ym 8.1. i wanted to use the latest version.

     Comment by bob — October 27, 2008 #

132. I Love Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Yahoo! profile IS SUCK

     Comment by Andy — October 27, 2008 #

133. Hmmmmm well I kinda was expecting this as there wasn’t a whole lot of updating on vista beta.

     I think it has more to do with the current financial crisis, as yahoo has share holder problems due to the MS deal going south, and now layoffs, so the personal team doing this stuff may have had to be limited to working on keeping one of these things going as messenger is a BIG part of the yahoo brand.

     I have Vista version still installed and still working, I also just updated my V8 to the latest V9, both are working on my “VISTA” machine. Even though I would have liked to see a complete for Vista version myself.

     As for the vista complaints, get over it, most of these problems are due to people trying to continuously load new software programs on old machines, machines that are built with less power, ram, and video. To run new stuff you will need new hardware, its the way it goes with this stuff. Even this Q6600 with 4 gig PC6400 ram, and a 512 mg video card is starting to age in place. But at this point mt vista machine now runs as smooth as my old XP machine after getting used to it and getting the settings right. Only thing that still bugs me about vista is it won’t let you into certain folders like on XP.

     I will hold on to this “old” vista beta messenger for now as it doesn’t conflict with 9, maybe down the road the features will start to migrate and end up making 9.xx look just like beta for vista

     Comment by HOODY — October 27, 2008 #

134. Hi,

     Please we can’t maximise the messenger window. We can message maximise the conversation window but not the messenger window. This is frustrating. Right now I am being forced to drag horizontally and vertically to maximise the messenger window. And after the window is maximised fully and if I hover the mouse over a contact then the contact details that gets automatically displayed can’t be seen inside the full screen width as they are outside the maximised messenger window. This is frustrating.
     1) We should have the option to maximise the messenger window.
     2) The contact details automatically displayed when we hover over a contact should be seen within the screen size.

     Please reply ASAP that you have noted this and that you are working to fix it.

     Comment by noname — October 27, 2008 #

135. I have two things to say about this. 1. Vista is a great operating system, the only time it has ever messed up on me, is when I have accidently pushed it farther than what my HARDWARE could handle. Or installed something on it that couldn’t run on it yet.
     And 2. Yahoo made a serious mistake when they stopped making messenger for Vista. They lost many customers, and made it harder for anyone to believe what they say in the future.
     I personally cannot switch from yahoo to something else, even though I already use Gmail too, because I have important things coming to my old emails that I cannot switch over. But if I could, I would sooooooo switch ever to Gmail completely. Yahoo, you have completely lost my respect because of this. I waited almost a year for you guys to complete messenger for Vista. And now you have done this. I hate to say this, but I will no longer open up anymore accounts with you. I will continue to use your services until they are no more, simply because I need to. But I will never make another account. And this is coming from someone who started out with you guys, tried some of the others, hated the others, and came running back to you.

     Comment by Chris — October 27, 2008 #

136. Damn, need to go back to Windows Live Messenger, an excellent and exciting product from Yahoo is scrapped, all good things come to an end at Yahoo.

     Good bye.

     Comment by Imran — October 27, 2008 #

137. I am really dissapointed… with all its “missing features” the YM for Vista was a great “start-up”. The YM 9 is nowhere near the clean design of its “cousin” and the “missing features” and speed optimizotions could have been ported from the old versions or developed in two months by any decent small or medium software company focusing on this target- … and I do work in this field and own such a company for more than 10 years
     It is a shame that yahoo has forced most of us (YM for Vista users) to go back to an obsolete version or swith to the competition.

     Comment by Alex — October 27, 2008 #

138. Vista sucks. No sense beating a dead horse. Good move, Maybe you can direct a little more attention to an open source version.

     Comment by Carl — October 27, 2008 #

139. Ohh yeah, I use Pidgin anyway.

     Comment by Carl — October 27, 2008 #

140. Is anyone else having issues getting messanger I download 9.0 for vista it then tells me it cannot start properly I am really starting to hate V|ista…. Can someone please help me with this problem i love yahoo messanger but can only access my chat threw my email and well i do not like that..Thanks for help in advance

     Comment by Mari — October 27, 2008 #

141. I could care less about which OS is better or which version is more compatible. The fact of the matter is I use Vista because that’s what came on the computer that I was given. I didn’t have a choice in the matter, but you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. That being said, Yahoo has not run right for the last year on this machine, regardless of upgrades that were offered. It locks up frequently and interferes with other processes. Further more, I haven’t been able to even log into a chat room in months because I constantly get “communication problem” messages. I’ve not received any answer about this problem and I’ve good call to believe the same thing is happening to other users. The issue here, as I see it, is simply that Yahoo is slacking, and badly, on all fronts. I feel that a unified version is what they should have been concentrating on all along (having different versions for MAC and PC is too many already), and now we’ve lost a year’s worth of development on a halfbaked Vista version that was shelved anyway. If they could have just let it go with the last version a bit longer, we could have had a 9.0 that worked for everyone, and maybe then they could have started work on individual problems with the system (the various errors and the like).
     It’s just frustrating for someone who has used Yahoo for years, as I have, to suddenly have so many problems cropping up and, as I can see it, have no attempt made to fix them.

     Comment by Charles Taylor — October 27, 2008 #

142. microsoft wins

     Comment by microsoft — October 27, 2008 #

143. I downloaded this 9.0 verson now i cant even use it.

     Comment by Patricia Nutter — October 27, 2008 #

144. For almost two years I’ve waited patiently for this promised new messenger “built from the ground up” only for this? Yes, ever since yahoo came out with that “coming soon” publicity stunt! Well at least I know the value of their word. ZILTCH, ZERO, NADA! I’m disgusted, two years of misleading their users, to stick em at the end. Do you have any idea what it means to wait around for two years? What do you have a bunch of no minds at the wheel? It took them two years to decide to drop the project? CONGRADULATIONS, YOU JUST THREW OUT A GREAT PRODUCT and a long with it a good many users! Just keep misleading the public and dumping your loyal users! Who was the brain behind that decision? Please someone get him a medal. You think you can get over losing a few users? Well fear not, I’ll get over it as well!

     Comment by Daniel — October 27, 2008 #

145. Yahoo messanger 9 is junk! you should have trashed it for the Vista version, at lest it works!

     Comment by Daniel — October 27, 2008 #

146. no wonder Yahoo! Is going down… No more messenger for vista, which was the best of them all, still no iPod / iPhone apps… Bad decisions after bad decisions… WTF? Wake up and look around you, your opponents are getting the point!!! Do the same!!!!

     Comment by skooal2 — October 27, 2008 #

147. This is very disappointing. It’s pretty apparent by the multitude of negative feedback that Yahoo Messenger for Vista should be returned and that Yahoo made the wrong decision. I’d be willing to pay for Yahoo Messenger for Vista! BRING IT BACK YAHOO!

     Comment by Joe — October 27, 2008 #

148. What a crock! I hate the current versions of Yahoo! I guess its off to AIM or MSN Messenger.

     We’ve all been testing this version only to be told its come to an end with no notice or even input on the subject? Gee thanks for all the wasted time Yahoo, I won’t be wasting any more time with your services! Damn I wish Microsoft would have bought your company and burned it to the ground. Keep your Yahoo Messenger 9.0, its by far the worst Messenging program out there.

     Can anyone suggest an alternative to Yahoo Vista Messenger?

     Comment by Ron — October 27, 2008 #

149. It sad that Yahoo Messenger for Vista is discontinued. I really like v9.0 but I was really looking forward to the Vista version. If you are going to do this at least have all the features that Vista Messenger has to the 9.0 version. Make the window chat look like the one from vista and add the chat tabs because I love them. I also loved the 3D emotions that it had. I really liked the look of it. Can you try to make the 9.0 version like that with the features Vista had?

     Comment by Janet — October 27, 2008 #

150. So, if I am correct, we should be receiveing more frequent, stable, bigger, sturdier Yahoo! Messenger 9 updates; yes? Good. (since I already know I am correct) I love Y!M9 and have been using it since its Beta stage, I only wish that Y!M had more appearance / aesthetic / customization options, much like Windows Live has that AWESOME feature where you can choose your own color skin. Hoping to see more Messenger updates… and soon, too!

     Comment by Adam — October 27, 2008 #

151. This sux i liked messenger for vista. WTF?

     Comment by Sgt. Nunez — October 28, 2008 #

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153. [...] Yahoo! Messenger for Vista is No More Share and Enjoy: [...]

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154. that’s ok, i’m sure everyone would understand. ITS NOT YAHOO’S FAULT. VISTA HAS PROVED TO BE A FAULTY AND UNSUCCESSFUL OPERATING SYSTEM. EVENTUALLY MICROSOFT WILL STOP PRODUCING THIS OS. IT’S QUITE APPARENT THAT VISTA WILL GO DOWN ANY TIME SOON WITH THE LATEST RELEASE OF WINDOWS 7.

     SO, WHY DEVELOP A YAHOO MESSENGER FOR VISTA? NO REASON TO IMPROVE!

     I LOVE YAHOO!

     Comment by Leeo — October 28, 2008 #

155. yahooo!!! i love my vista messenger!! haha^^ im glad i didnt uninstall it!!
     hehe^^

     ur da best yahoo!!
     please update me whenever there is a new yahoo vista messenger!! tnx!!

     GBU^^

     Comment by ipod — October 28, 2008 #

156. Leeo, WPF still exists in Windows 7. With Y!M Vista, we had two versions of Y!M: one for old Windows versions and one for future ones. Now we’re back to the ugly and not-feeling-at-home-at-all 9.0 version…

     Comment by Dragos Serban — October 28, 2008 #

157. [...] The official “Yahoo! Messenger for Vista version is no longer available” announcement can be read here. [...]

     Pingback by Ex nihilo nihil fit » Post Topic » No more Y! Messenger for Vista — October 28, 2008 #

158. nooo:((((!!! that’s not faire!!!
     but it’s go on the other side:P
     keep up the good work

     ______________________________________
     by XceNiK Team
     http://softpediamania.piczo.com (official site)

     Comment by XceNiK Team — October 28, 2008 #

159. [...] I’ve just read on the yahoo messenger blog that the team decided to cut the Vista version of Yahoo Messenger from further development in order [...]

     Pingback by No Yahoo Messenger For Vista | Cornel’s Blog — October 28, 2008 #

160. for your information:
     you discontinued the wrong version…

     Comment by Dominik — October 28, 2008 #

161. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but Vistas messenger was much more usable than this little kids messenger, I hate starting my computer and having 17 windows open up all over my screen, give it back…..I had to restore my system on Friday, The day they disconneted it, I want it back!

     Comment by Michael Pahl — October 28, 2008 #

162. the messenger not working keep shuting down down load 9.0 vervion i did have xp upgrade to vista now this makeing mad keep doing this

     Comment by george — October 28, 2008 #

163. The final version of Yahoo Messenger 9 looks horrible in Vista (no glass, no shadow around the windows). Lots of step backwards (like you can longer tell at-a-glance if one of your friends is on Mobile IM). In over 10 years this is the first time I have ever considered dropping Yahoo Messenger as my IM client of choice.

     Comment by C. Moya — October 28, 2008 #

164. You know you guys have really ticked me off w/ this. I kept waiting and waiting for webcam functionality to be integrated into this version and you guys not only don’t do that but you discontinue it as well. Great just great. If I didn’t already have so many contacts setup through yahoo already I’d drop you guys in a heartbeat. Thanks for showing us just how much you care about your users. …I’m so disgusted I don’t know what to say. Hell I might just switch over to google talk. Yeah. Screw you guys. I’m outta here.

     Comment by WTF Yahoo?! — October 28, 2008 #

165. Sarah Bacon, This is crazy you need to bring it back messenger for vista ASAP its the only one that works on my computer.

     Comment by madalina — October 28, 2008 #

166. I heard of a new version of Messenger that was built from scratch just for Vista. Yahoo! What a disapointment! I quit using Messenger about a year ago. No new advancements worth the effort. I only continue to use Messenger to stay in contact with my son-in-law. (Yes, he and I get along very well.) I was excited and looking forward to a new program that would hopfully take advantage of Vista’s capabilities. Messenger has been a disapointment for quite some time, and it looks like it will continue to disapoint the publid.

     BTW, I have Vista Ultimate and have not had a single error. Not even a hang up. If you are having trouble with Vista, or feel it’s the worst OS ever, you must not have been using Microsoft with Windows 95, or Windows Millenium was released. It’s not Microsofts fault that you having hardware that is sub-standard or problematic. Beef-up your computer to the new era. It’s not THAT expensive. (P.S. It starts with a killer motherboard.)

     Comment by A. Quattlebaum — October 28, 2008 #

167. Please bring it back!

     Comment by Simon — October 29, 2008 #

168. hey i tryed to download yahoo messenger 9.0 on my vista computer and whenever i try it says its not responding soo it worked before on my vista computer.

     Comment by Elizabeth — October 29, 2008 #

169. i am so very dissapointed! pretty much much! this is worst than the collapse of the stock market.

     ym vista was great on my vista computer. I was hoping the webcam function will be added soon. duh! you are throwing a great version.

     version 9 looks awful. using it is like stepping back thru time.

     in the long run, i think it is a very stupid decision to discontinue ym-vista.

     oh well, good thing there’s windows live!

     Comment by francis — October 29, 2008 #

170. with all the negative comments and complaints about yahoo dropping messenger for vista I guess you can see it was a bad idea and a lot of people were using and looking forward to a final of this to replace the messenger versions for XP machines. More and more are now using vista, and as windows 7 comes into its own its not much different than vista, all programs that work on vista will work on W7 so a messenger for vista would have been viable for the future.

     So maybe all that should have changed is the actual name of the version, since it may cause some confusion as windows versions change name. It may have been better to just call this one Advanced Yahoo Messenger, and V8 and V9 as XP messengers.

     The concept and GUI of messenger for vista shouldn’t have been just shelved and older versions put in its place cause of limits, the older XP versions should have been left as they are since they work as well as they are going to on these systems now and shouldn’t need any more updating as it is and the vista version is the one that should have been kept and continued on.

     Like I said in my other post, I still have vista messenger installed and still use it, I did however install V9 also just to see what was new , I found nothing new in 9 I didn’t see in 8. BTW I still have the last exe install of vista beta 1.2.1.1046

     Maybe yahoo might reconsider in light of so many complaints on this matter. At least it should make yahoo feel good knowing so many are interested in their brand.

     Comment by HOODY — October 29, 2008 #

171. wtf niether yahoo vista or yahoo messenger work both are no good cause yahoo needs to get developers that actually care i installed both both would say stopped working and shut down went back till they get serious till messenger 8

     Comment by ernest — October 29, 2008 #

172. well so long as dumping the vista version means they have more time to spend working on a xmpp version of messenger, then i’ll be happy!

     Comment by Rich — October 29, 2008 #

173. please bring back yahoo messenger for vista,
     it works, its adequate. I wish you would reconsider, beside we need yahoo messenger to stay contact with each other. I don’t like webmessenger, its good for stable connections. I sure hope you would reconsider that you bring back yahoo messenger.

     Comment by B — October 29, 2008 #

174. 8.0 installs but I can’t enter any of the chatrooms or access any profiles. After I click which room I want to go to, the page comes up to click on which is supposed to take me the page so I can enter the code which proves I’m not a bot. Instead I get nothing. I can download 9.0 but it will not install…a prompt comes up and states Yahoo Messenger has stopped running….very frustrating.

     Comment by RAB — October 29, 2008 #

175. sorry guys, i posted a few links to download the install file (there are a few sites that have it posted if you search hard enough), but it looks like they took them down. i’ll try to find them again and repost.

     Comment by darkgift9669 — October 29, 2008 #

176. This makes lots of sense. We have reverted 5 of our PCs to from Vista to XP. Vista continues to prove to be too clunky, too buggy, and too much of a memory hog. I reverted my Dell laptop to XP just a few weeks ago and am loving it – much faster, much more stable, much better. And I’m running the newest Yahoo Messenger 9.x — it’s great!

     BUT – I really, really, dearly want tabbed conversations and even better yet the matrix view you were working on. I chat regularly with many others and this would be simply AWESOME. Are either of these features coming for Windows, and if so, when?

     Thank you!
     Benjamin

     Comment by Benjamin — October 29, 2008 #

177. Now that YMessenger for Vista is gone, I really hope Yahoo! Messenger for Mac will rise from the beta ashes. I’d really like to see the Mac version get the same features like photosharing and animated emoticons, and allowing bubble conversations much like iChat!

     Please don’t forget the Mac versions!

     Comment by Chet — October 30, 2008 #

178. I was planning to upgrade to Windows Vista by the end of the year and I coundn’t wait to install myself this version of Yahoo! Messenger. I guess I can’t do that anymore now, pitty. Sure hope they will resume this project.

     Comment by Robert Bratu — October 30, 2008 #

179. so you guys stop working on visa. ym 9 does not work on vista for me it sucks. other then this problem visa works lovely for me. the worst operating system was windows me for those that knows windows at all. so shut up if you not tried vista for a few weeks. vista does more so dont be a money hog and spend it on memory you tight wads. windows me did not support alot of games for it, so know what you talk about or shut up. windows 7 will want even more memory then vista. so those that havent tried vista wake up stop being so so so cheap and know what you talk about before inserting foot into mouth!!!

     Comment by dereck — October 30, 2008 #

180. i’m just so sad that this vista version has to go..i mean it better for us vista users..

     Comment by db_666 — October 30, 2008 #

181. Well that figures. There goes the hope that voice chat will ever work for us vista users. Thanks yahoo

     Comment by Damn — October 30, 2008 #

182. I liked the new look to the vista version of yahoo, sad to see it go……personally im tired of whenever I log on to 9.0 and click on one of my friends it makes an annoying sound with the window comes up……like a loud a** hiccup >:-( yahoo needs to fix that

     Comment by Sketch — October 30, 2008 #

183. all we can do is to hope and dream that yahoo for vista would some how be reincarnated

     Comment by B — October 30, 2008 #

184. I think that Yahoo Messenger for Vista was alto better in the aspect that it wasn’t as Bloated as 8.1 and 9.0. I think you should of focused more on the Vista version then the 9.0 that doesn’t even look all that much different then the 8.1 download did.

     Yahoo seems to be making alot of choices that aren’t in their best interest! I still Love yahoo because they have the BEST! Webmail interface i even chose to pay for this service. Which i would of did even with the Vista version of Yahoo Messenger because i Liked not Having the Advertisements and all the features i dont use and thats WHY i think Yahoo made a backwards BAD Decision and im not pleased at ALL!

     Comment by Kevin Pederson — October 31, 2008 #

185. well better whit yahoo messenger 9….

     Comment by cornel — October 31, 2008 #

186. Well it was nice being a yahoo messanger user, but since I have installed, uninstalled, and re-installed this new messanger 15 times and still cannot get it to open up…..only says that yahoo messenger has stopped working. I will be moving on to find another messenger that will work on my vista computer

     Comment by Angel — October 31, 2008 #

187. After I read the annoucement, I uninstalled the vista version and installed 9. I can’t believe how many steps back the software feels like. I’m so tempted to hunt back down the installer for the vista version and just deal with it until someone comes out with an exploit for it or you don’t let it connect to your network. I’m seriously disappointed with your team.

     Comment by Jason Baginski — October 31, 2008 #

188. I know you say it works for Vista but it isn’t 9.0 isn’t working for me. Thanks a lot I love yahoo messenger but at this point and time I guess it will not be available to me.

     Comment by September — October 31, 2008 #

189. For those of u talking about how Yahoo Messenger 9 does not have tabbed message windows. There are programs that enable that option. Just do searches for them, you are bound to find one that works. Maybe YM tweaker perhaps… I myself will say that the team had a good idea from the start, but many here are correct about vista. I personally dont see how its better than XP. I have witnessed the price per gigabyte of both RAM and hard drives come down fast in the last 2 years, more than likely due to vista being the way it is. Why should a pc have to have 2-4gb of RAM to run just an operating system and a few programs? Why should an OS use 10gb or more hd space to install? Is that not a waste of money that a person paid hard earned cash for the hd?
     But then again some inexpirenced users have no idea that vista does that. hmmmm as for windows 7… I am running it right now, and its not too bad. wmp 12 is ok seems like it may use a bit less cpu time and RAM than 11 does. btw 11 is just bad lol. Oh and one last thing about it, UAC can now be turned off very easily, with a slider drag it down and click ok… Off until u restart it… WOW!

     Comment by PhenomAres — November 1, 2008 #

190. Edit to my last comment. I forgot to mention that UAC actually will stay off permanently until u ‘re-enable’ it.

     Comment by PhenomAres — November 1, 2008 #

191. Well maybe its not all a loss… perhaps Yahoo can take what progress they made for Messy Vista’s interface and apply it to regular Messenger instead of just updating the same old messenger like they have been doing for years. You know, actually make a brand new product… wait who am i kidding, I am talking about Yahoo here.

     Comment by Foaming Gerbil — November 1, 2008 #

192. The most galling thing about this announcement is the reason given… that they want to focus on the version that can run on *all* Windows versions. All Windows versions, according to what Yahoo Messenger 9.0 can run on, is Windows XP and Windows Vista.

     However, this WPF version of Messenger could have easily run on Windows XP. The WPF components are compatible with Windows XP. All it requires is that you download the .NET Framework 3.0. Given that the installer for YIM 9.0 forces a download not only of Messenger, but of Macromedia Flash and (unless you fiddle with a custom setup) a Yahoo Toolbar, Yahoo obviously has no objection to piggybacking additional software onto its users. Yahoo could have easily made this program “optimized for All Windows Users” but chose not to.

     They chose to handicap the runner from the start, and when he didn’t finish the race in time, decided to blame the runner.

     Comment by Wes — November 1, 2008 #

193. I have to say I am Very Dissapointed with Yahoo in their attempts to make the Messenger program work. Having been with the program from its birth and now watching it slowly struggle to make advances… I wish they would just put it back to the way it was… in days of old.. when we met freinds and put them on our lists. Now… its a hit and miss for any conversation not to mention that chat is completely void to find. Is there any chance I can uninstall the Vista version and go back to the ‘older’ versions of Yahoo Messenger of say 3 yrs ago even thou I have the Vista operating system??

     Comment by BH — November 1, 2008 #

194. I agree with the majority of folks writing back to you guys with their discontent with the new Yahoo messenger, It has become too complicated for the basic user/chatter.

     Comment by johnpa — November 1, 2008 #

195. Seems that people do not understand that Vista has never been the problem, its the hardware and software people jackholes and not making the correct drivers, etc. I have it since in beta, never one problem, never one bsod, never. Sounds more like PEBKAC to me. As far as the IM, i could care less, it looked good and all but whats the point if not going to have all the features. Did i read right, people using Vista because of yahoo IM vista, wow…For all real vista users here, don’t worry about the vista haters they are all apple users and starbucks drinks and just really deep inside are pissed because they know they paid way to much for a over priced piece of crap and a overpriced cup of coffee.

     Comment by Shane — November 2, 2008 #

196. im very dissapointed about your decision discontinue this yahoo messenger for vista. cmon now looks at yahoo messenger 9 kinda buggy and stuff wit ads on it nobody want that the only reason why im still using yahoo messenger for vista coz more looking cool than the regular i want this back badly. for now im gonna go wit aim. your development team * L O S E R* we need better than that… we dont need ads for messenger

     Comment by priscilla — November 2, 2008 #

197. I wish Yahoo staff would just look at all this 200 comments which most of them say they are dissapointed with this move by yahoo.

     This is only a few people who put their time to let you know that they are disappointed, other come to your site and as soon as they find out that version is stopped, they just leave you[yahoo] for your competitors like MSN or GTalk or any other one.

     I ask you please to consider your users opinion because yahoo is nothing without its users and community.

     Comment by ahmad — November 2, 2008 #

198. LoL, Vista the worst? , have you ever touched vista?, or maybe you just heard it from your friends and stayed away from vista, maybe vista is not a ground breaking OS, but out of all the OS MS has released its an IMPROVEMENT, if you did your homework, even if you are a MS hater fanboy you would not say vista was the worst, Windows ME was, come on you pathetic misinformed stereotypes, wake up

     Comment by Josh — November 2, 2008 #

199. I ran XP for years , and because my tower got old , I had to take on Vista , I hated it at first because you could not drive it like XP,( I feel MS were trying to make a system that could not be pirated ), but despite its failings compared with XP , its much much more robust , and I think Yahoo will triumph and come up with a messenger that suits all applications, hang in there guys !!!!

     Comment by Esxman — November 2, 2008 #

200. I’m disappointed with Yahoo… I extremely appreciated the development of Yahoo Messenger for Vista as a /seperate/ application. The fact that you could run Yahoo 8 or 9 on the computer for one person and YMfV as another app for a second person was great. Plus the tabbed chats, the design, everything about YMfV was amazingly well designed, being built from the ground up.

     After the update to 9, I was a little bit disappointed with some of the changes. The main change being the new IM styles; I don’t like having to press ctrl+shift+3 in order to go back to how Yahoo ALWAYS was. I think you should change it only if you choose to; It shouldn’t have a /new/ default…

     And Yahoo already messed up with the captcha codes to prevent bots; Bots still get in now. Then the Nickname feature was damaged and wouldn’t show up properly, until 9 was released. Then everything seemed like it was getting better. … Then Yahoo removed profiles of aliases, and pretty much turned the whole ‘profile’ system into something NOBODY will use.

     I’m sorry, I’ve been a fan of Yahoo for a really long time. I prefer it over Windows Live because everyone I know is on it… But I would use even AIM over Yahoo if they keep doing “upgrades” like these, which are in all reality, downgrades. :\

     The original Yahoo development team, I believe, was scrapped. Most of them wanted the offer from Microsoft to buy out Yahoo to go through, so the development could go majorly uphill. Some genius decided he didn’t want Yahoo and MS to work together and screwed that plan up, and the development team left because they were unhappy with the changes… What’s being done now is the new “development team” are downgrading Yahoo terribly, and eventually Microsoft WILL buy out Yahoo because of how far downhill it’s going. At least we win in the end, right guys?

     Comment by Tobias Weiß — November 2, 2008 #

201. I am so messed up now I don’t think I can come back. Yahoo Vista would not give me all the features I wanted so I tried to down load 9.0….what happened I have no idea. All I know now is I have nothing and can’t get yahoo. I guess I will just be happy with Aol and MSN.
     Linda

     Comment by Linda — November 2, 2008 #

202. Could you please at least make a simple mail notification app for vista that uses the notifications of the yahoo messenger for vista?

     Comment by Tincho — November 2, 2008 #

203. There might be a small glimmer of hope that yahoo messenger might be resurrected.
     If there’s no yahoo messenger there would be no users. judging from what has been going on, that yahoo development team doesn’t understands or care that Most people don’t have cable internet connection.

     What I like about the standalone yahoo messenger that it can be opened on dial up.
     to them we’re nothing more than ants.
     But dammit yahoo messenger was a damn decent product. I dunno why yahoo is alienating their base. But I still love the standalone yahoo messenger for vista.
     again I wish that they would reconsider the decision and bring back yahoo messnger for vista and future OS

     Comment by B — November 3, 2008 #

204. hay can u plz bring back Yahoo Vista version i like that version bsz i dont likes Yahoo Messenger 9.0 version so bring back Vista Version

     Comment by Waheeduddin — November 3, 2008 #

205. Man I’m mad cause I liekd the new features for Yahoo Messenger Vista, specially the tabbed convo’s in 1 window, 9.0 doesn’t have this feature

     I Need tabbed conversations in 1 window damnnit
     http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/14.gif

     Comment by TJ — November 3, 2008 #

206. [...] reason why Vista users might want to try Windows Live [...]

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207. hey guys for those of you having some issues with the new 9.0 for vista i have a tip that i found works good. when you go to open the messenger right click it and then click run as admisistrator, its kind of a pain but it actually opens good with no crashing or errors. hope it helps some of you!

     Comment by tammy — November 3, 2008 #

208. [...] discontinued. If you don’t know yet, you can read more about that on the Yahoo Messenger Blog here. Well back to the point, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 has been a bit buggy for some Vista users. Though I [...]

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209. After reading miles of comments about Yahoo disbanding Vista messenger and recomending me to download Messenger 9. Well ….I have already downloaded version 9 for Yahoo messenger and it says my voice format is not compatable with yahoo. Gggrrrrrrr !!
     I am getting to HATE Vista more and more!

     Comment by Bri — November 3, 2008 #

210. I have Windows Vista Ultimate on both my computers, at work and home. I like it, I haven’t had any problems with it ever. However, I never liked Vista messenger.
     I have downloaded 9.0 version ages ago, when it was still beta version, and it always worked perfectly. I prefer 9.0 version, cause it has lots of other features Vista messenger never had, like messenger archive, very expanded font preferences, super webcam.
     You should try it…the only good thing Vista messenger had was PM’s in a single tab, you will get used with the 9.0 version

     Comment by andra_bb — November 4, 2008 #

211. well honestly people who say vista is crap are does who have very little knowledge on windows system ………when you dont understand something that is complex you tend to hate it………and yahoo messenger 9.0 apparently has many problems with it but nothing that cannot be fix thou ……..so honestly people dont blame windows for your lack of knowledge or place your opinion over others …….besides which idiot say people hadly use vista is one………….cannot say the only thing XP have that is trying to compete with vista is service pk 3 which is an imitations vista i know because i have all windows and i currently test and assist in development of softwares which seems to complex for complainers who are really dumb…thank you bye

     Comment by death — November 4, 2008 #

212. Well, I have to say at the least that I’m disappointed in this decision. I was extremely pleased with the release of Messenger for Vista as it is MUCH more stable on the Vista platform. I have to say that when running Messenger 9.0 on my Vista machine, that I have had instances of it crashing multiple times a week, something that I have not had to deal with on the Messenger for Vista version. I only hope that Yahoo will reverse this decision and continue the further development of the Messenger for Vista version, and I can not see how trying to build on the 9.0 version for Vista could even possibly make for a stable Messenger platform given the number of issues there is already with the interface between Messenger and Vista. I only hope that I don’t have to switch to a different Messenger program because in part to this decision by Yahoo.

     R

     Comment by Noslen — November 4, 2008 #

213. I really liked the Look and all of Yahoo Vista And I loved the whole Tabbing of your conversations Left things less cluttered. Ohh well they come up with something people like and then scrap it. So is life..

     Comment by Shelle — November 5, 2008 #

214. Hey i really liked the yahoo messenger for vista… It was the best messenger ever…. But some dumb heads at yahoo might have discontinued this project might be as a way for cost-cutting….. Not even giving a thought that this step by them would take away more users from them leading to less ad clicks again leading to less revenue…… Well one just one thing i wanna say about chicken heads at yahoo…. U people need a brain to think over there….. no wonder nowadays gtalk is way ahead of u….

     Comment by Mayur — November 5, 2008 #

215. They killed it but they dont include the smoothness of vista version in their 9.0 version. thanks a lot yahoo and vista for making me dreaming about a native vista version of yahoo messenger.

     Comment by ferns — November 5, 2008 #

216. i thought that finaly i will use a messenger which is really new not just an update for its earlier ver. which was the yahoo messenger for vista instead of using msn messenger who keep releasing too many ver. with nothing new and now yahoo done the same as msn just releasing a new ver. with nothing new more than fixing some bugs …… yahoo for vista was best interface and i was sure it would of been sooooooooo great but im sure that yahoo will lose many users by now after discontinue a project like this … and one of these users will be me
     bye bye yahoo untill u think of a project as yahoo messenger for vista

     Comment by ahmed atef — November 6, 2008 #

217. i want this back! please provide for download. thanks so much.

     Comment by smittentodeath — November 6, 2008 #

218. Tried 5 times to download messenger 9.0 and each time it failed. I guess you can’t get it to work on Vista. No more yahoo search or yahoo toolbar. take it easy Yahoo,,, gone to Google where things work right.

     Comment by Robert — November 6, 2008 #

219. good riddance bug filled and a major POS
     it was like a reskinned version of Y!M 5

     Comment by Mike — November 6, 2008 #

220. Hi….. Chicken heads at yahoo inc…. so how much money you saved after discontinuing the yahoo messenger for vista project??? I think not more than what you people would be loosing after discontinuing this project and facing less ad clicks… hun??? Man, U people are seriously in need of getting management lessons….. Do you even understand the concept of cross link between customer satisfaction and revenues??? I doubt tht u do…. Its time you run yahoo like professionals…. get some advertisers to advertise on yahoo messenger vista and you will get your money out easily…. Think chicken heads…. Think…. I have been a fan of yahoo since ages…. well, it was the first website i logged on to when i sat for the first time on a PC…. dont play with customers buddies… else the customers will start dumping you…. get practical and do something to raise the customer satisfaction of yahoo…. form a strategy to tackle the degrade in customer satisfaction of yahoo customers…. if you dont even know how to do that then its better that you go and take a long leave…. coz if u dont know how to tackle problems then you cant get outta this…. neways, best of luck for your future…. u need it….. especially wen google is on the roll and is eating up ur market share….

     Comment by Mayur — November 6, 2008 #

221. im going to use Windows Messenger from now, that Yahoo Messenger for Vista BETA was runing on vista 64, so they removed it, now i have nothing

     Comment by vista 64 user — November 7, 2008 #

222. this really was the best yahoo msger uptill now…
     if you want you customers back… improve and relaunch this msger…

     yahoo msger 9 is just crap… waste of time… !

     Comment by Yatindra — November 7, 2008 #

223. Now.. I never will reinstall my Vista just to keep my good-looking Vista Messenger and.. hope it will not uninstall himself :O

     Comment by mtz — November 7, 2008 #

224. Wow! What a bunch of whinners!!! You’d think the world had come to an end. I can’t tell you how many projects I’ve been involved in as a developer that get axed due to budget cuts, cost overruns, and the like.

     Yes its too bad that they killed the project, but I’d rather see a project killed than to see a bunch of Code Monkeys lose there jobs and then have to go home and tell their families WHY they lost their jobs.

     We’ve been running this economy of the what if’s and possible demands of a client to may or may not spend the money, and seeing as how the messenger is FREE to all of us I don’t think ANYONE has a right to bitch and complain about a cancelled project. Do us all a big favor if you are so gung-ho about it and ask Yahoo for the source and finish it yourself … otherwise STFU and go do something constructive.

     Comment by EightBall — November 7, 2008 #

225. Yahoo has lost its accountability and faith of its users. How could Yahoo discontinue a product that finally got people excited! Yahoo has dropped an axe on its own feet. Too bad Yahoo! Good luck as more of your users leave. Long live Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live.

     Comment by Sam — November 7, 2008 #

226. Stop crying and be patient my users!
     We will give a new versions to you all…. “Yahoo! Messenger for Windows 7″… beta… then ….

     SHAME ON YOU – YAHOO! DEVELOPERS

     Comment by Kenkot — November 8, 2008 #

227. I’ve been a yahoo messanger user for years and have installed the service on the computers of friends and family, but I’m leaving yahoo for good! Like many users other users here are saying YM9 is a step backward and I won’t have it on my computer. It’s bulky, slow and full of bugs! Why you would ever decide to force a messanger like that on us is beyond me. I’ve filled out your survey’s and sent feed back, what for? Why do you even bother with such things if your not going to listen? I thank yahoo for the service they have provided in the past but they are on a decline and unless they are ready to humble themselves and try and understand why people like me are angry, there is little chance of a comeback. Yahoo has not just lost users, they have made enemies with they have treated many of their loyal users. I don’t care what others say, they can stay and stick it out with an archaic messanger like YM9, waiting around for the patches to its numerous problems, but after a painful search I have found a messanger service that meets my needs and I believe is moving into the future.

     Comment by Daniel — November 8, 2008 #

228. Look….Yahoo has to make some budget cuts… So its time to re-organize a few things.

     (Work on one application) x .(one support group + ( one support group – salaries saved) + (one set of developers x time save colaberating) + (????) = $$$PROFIT$$$

     plus it doesn’t help that vista is doing as well as the stocks right now……at least in the tabloids.

     Comment by computerzulu — November 8, 2008 #

229. I think U got the idea Mayur, now lets see how the “development” of V9 goes,

     maybe, just maybe, in time it will actually resemble the one for vista. I hope so, cause XP is going the way of 98, as all OS changes do.

     However Windows 7 isn’t all that different from vista, and since it is coming so soon its actually more what should have been another massive SP3 update to vista, so ALL software that runs on vista will run on windows 7 unlike the stuff from XP to vista.

     So even V9 will end up having to be redone anyway.

     Comment by HOODY — November 9, 2008 #

230. I think you got it about right Mayur

     I also think that maybe in time this V9 will start to look like the vista messenger, as XP is going the way of 98 and all the other OS that follow. Windows 7 will be so close to vista that it should have been a SP3 update to vista, esp coming out so soon after vista release.

     So it would make more sense to build on the vista messenger concept as even the XP users now will end up with a windows 7 OS if they been holding off on vista.

     Also ALL software that runs on vista will run on Windows 7, unlike the bs going from XP to vista, so it makes even more sense for yahoo to redo 9 into a vista type messenger.

     Comment by HOODY — November 9, 2008 #

231. Hey HOODY,
     Thnx. Man…… Nice to know that atleast there is someone here with a brain and knows how to use it like me…. i appreciate that u have understood my thoughts very well…… Well, i think yahoo admin. shld also read what i n u have written n give a second thought to whether they shld discontinue this project or not???….. N again thnx. HOODY….. Buddy u think the way as exactly i do…..

     Comment by Mayur — November 9, 2008 #

232. This is totally lame. Vista is a really robust operating system and the Vista messenger was the perfect fit for it with all the extra visual impact. Everybody in the software industry is getting more visual and yahoo has demonstrated that they’d prefer to stick themselves in the stone ages rather than adapting to the times. Very quickly after Vista was released, I adapted to it and pretty quickly rid myself of that POS Windows XP. On equal hardware for me, Windows Vista was much much better. Yahoo had better hope Windows XP support gets discontinued much more quickly than advertised and they go back to actually supporting Vista because I completely HATE version 9 and I avoid it at all costs. Just when I was really enjoying it, you had to abandon a good thing.

     Comment by Carl — November 9, 2008 #

233. Sorry bout that double post, I had no conformation it went through the first time, the mod can remove one
     =====================================

     Vista runs just fine with the right hardware folks, some are just too unfamiliar with hardware like memory and video to realize some basic facts. It takes much more of both to run all the latest software, esp with graphic intensive stuff like games and video editing.

     It took me a few weeks of re orientating myself on this OS after my XP Pro machine, which I still have here next to my Vista machine, because as stated some items will not work with the Vista OS, in my case my scanner has no vista drivers, so I now keep my XP machine as a stand alone scanner/copier and fax.

     The fax because Vista home/premium now doesn’t come with Fax-N-Scan like the business and ultimate versions do, something I hope Microsoft changes in the win7 OS versions.

     I have 4gig PC6400 ram @800mhz, and a 750 gig HD with a Nvidia 8600GT 512mg video card on a quad 4 6600 cpu running this vista, and it humms along, My XP Pro machine runs just fine with 2 gig ram, and a 256mg video card, but would be bogged with the vista OS.

     So for a lot of people who just buy a PC off shelf, and let the grand kids load it up or even you load it up with new software that an older unit can’t deal with is why vista doesn’t run well on the older machine you “upgraded” from XP to Vista. Best thing is to get a new machine with vista installed in the first place, and don’t skimp out on RAM. If you have motherboard video, remember that the ram you have installed is less because it will be shared by the cpu, so a dedicated video card with at least 512mg is best for vista to make things run smooth.

     Only complaint I have with this OS Vista is it has locked the user out of certain folders, which is a security feature but doesn’t make sense to lock out the admin/user of the machine. Oh well

     Comment by HOODY — November 9, 2008 #

234. I just downloaded V9 on my laptop with Vista and I caanot sign in to Messenger. Is there a fix to this?

     Comment by fl — November 10, 2008 #

235. I was intrigued by the link that was missing from the download page, and i though is just a mistake

     I`m using Yahoo Vista at home, and the only reason for not using at work is the proxy/firewall problem

     pretty dissapointed of this move, I`ll keep the kit and try to install it as long as I can on Vista systems

     hope you change your mind

     Comment by Caesar — November 11, 2008 #

236. http://downloads.yahoo.com/ < still present in this list, however … the link is redirected to normal downloads

     Comment by Caesar — November 11, 2008 #

237. To be honest, the Vista version of Yahoo! was just terrible – I couldn’t download it on my laptop (which is using Vista Home Premium). It would give me a whole bunch of errors – which turned out had nothing to do with MY facilities. Basically, the Vista version was crap and no doubt Yahoo! will fail us once more with the 9. version -.-

     EPIC FAIL!

     Comment by Emma — November 12, 2008 #

238. dono what your problem is/was with either version, I have BOTH installed on my system, also vista Home Premium, and BOTH work.

     Whom ever is left at this yahoo messenger team should still start to redo 9 and morph it into a more vista like version. Although things may be a bit dicey in the next months with all the layoffs.

     Its the only solution I see to get this thing back on track.

     Comment by HOODY — November 12, 2008 #

239. Too bad, I liked the Yahoo Vista Messinger product very much… sleek and relatively unobtrusive. Now regarding Vista general comments, I will say that now that I have Vista running smoothly on 2 Intel duo machines.. its looking very nice indeed !

     Comment by Jim — November 13, 2008 #

240. I just simply do not understand the thinking. You do not launch a product that does not work. Lots of Vista users cannot use the Yahoo 9.0 version.
     Absolutely no effort to fix this problem.
     Have sent multiple e-mails. Nobody seems to want to lift a finger.

     People need to lose their jobs over this.

     Comment by Michael Barnabee — November 14, 2008 #

241. so i just have a clarification? ym 9 is different from ym for vista???

     Comment by kai — November 14, 2008 #

242. Windows Vista sucks first of all. Whoever thought of this idea and got rich off of it is brilliant! Its almost as if they went back in time and made things worse! Yahoo … I can’t believe since I’ve had this computer – that I had so many problems with Messenger. I would’ve gone to another messaging system had I not had so many friends that were on here. But! I am happy to say that Version 9 does work – and works well with MY Windows Vista. Why on the Beta Version for Vista would you have a web cam installed / already came on the computer and not have it be able to function? That blew me away. I will use Yahoo Messenger – but only because it works with Vista – hopefully it won’t change again – and I lose everything I had on my other version. Its amazing there are people at your company that get paid to do this and have it fail so miserably! I was actually so upset it didn’t work – that I was ready to call friends and tell them to trash Yahoo Messenger also…and theirs worked ok. I say just leave well enough alone.

     Comment by Joy — November 15, 2008 #

243. Stop complaining about Vista already!
     This version was NOT built for Vista, but for WPF instead(yeah, you can also run it form XP). So if they had done it right, it would run beautiful on the upcoming Windows7. My take is just they didn’t had good WPF developers, and let’s be real, we are not talking about a small company
     Shame on you Yahoo!

     Comment by Corne — November 15, 2008 #

244. Good greif, I liked the look of the interface in the vista version. Now I have to put up with messenger 9, which is ugly as hell. All the skins look ugly and there is not an option to use the default system theme as a skin, as there was with other versions of messenger.

     Yahoo, I dont know what you are playing at, but really you just suck anf just shot yourself in the foot big time.

     Now I have a crappy and annoying looking messenger.

     Comment by operationoverlord — November 16, 2008 #

245. if you want to keep using the vista beta you can just reinstall it along with the 9, they both will run as each is installed in its own folder and doesn’t mix.

     I already said I have BOTH running on my “VISTA” system and they both work. one at a time of course, smirks.

     and all this cryin bout vista, man, if your using XP and someone cry’s to you about win95 not working with stuff what you think?, smirks

     Comment by HOODY — November 16, 2008 #

246. lol, a lot of these post makes me laugh. I really liked the Vista version of yahoo messenger. I was dissappointed in the program being taken away where you can no longer download it. I really hope they bring it back.
     As for the ones that don’t like vista. They don’t like it either because they don’t know much about computers (OS), or they are the people that don’t like change. I like vista even over XP. But for the ones that don’t like vista, they may as well get use to it, because soon you won’t be able to find a computer with XP on it, or the XP program.

     Comment by Blackberry — November 17, 2008 #

247. Yahoo 9 sucks as bad as Yahoo 8. It sucks so bad, I actually moved my yahoo contacts to Live Messenger and just installed all yahoo IM versions I had altogether.

     YIM Vista had bugs and I was hoping for a fix for that ridiculous CPU usage, and yeah, it wasn’t THAT usable, but it was good looking, with good enough innovations for a yahoo messenger, and it seemed to actually HAVE a future, unlike crappy version 9. Oh well, guess yahoo is really going down. Yahoo SHOULD have discontinued a messenger version already, but that’s ver. 9, not the Vista version.

     And btw, Vista is a good OS, obviously not perfect but still an improvement over XP. That some morons think all new OSes must run fast on their ancient hardware is retarded. Go back to your 286 and leave the contemporary hardware and OSes to the rest of us. Oh yeah, I bet you were fretting about DOS being bloated, too… And for anyone who thinks UAC sucks, go enter your password EVERY F TIME you need to make a system-wide change in a linux distro, or be the usual retard and have linux remember your password and leave it more open than your usual Windows installation.

     Comment by anonislegion — November 17, 2008 #

248. WHY?!?!? You make me waiting to get Yahoo for Vista for almost two years. What a waste! ~_~

     I won’t download Yahoo messenger 9
     I will keep my baby yahoo for vista.

     You stink!

     Thanks alot

     Comment by Bravetiger — November 19, 2008 #

249. wasn’t i the first one who wrote that this was discontinued (about 6 months before this blog post) nobody believed poor izlude… next time you WILL I am to be trusted at all times, so beware of my posts for they contained leaked company info

     Comment by Izlude — November 20, 2008 #

250. The way its goin there may not be a yahoo at all in the future. whatever version.

     They messed up and lost lots of $$$ for the share holders due to the MS deal not bein taken, they just got rid of yang, this economic slowdown and smaller advertisement $$ commin in, and layoffs that shrink the Co work force.

     They may not be able to continue to pay for the severs and up time for this chat stuff either.

     I’d like a more vista looking V9 too, but it may not happen for a while if ever.

     Comment by HOODY — November 22, 2008 #

251. Will Yahoo put tabbed conversations in the next update or release? That’s really the only thing they are lacking right now.

     Comment by Daimao — December 2, 2008 #

252. What the hell was that!!!

     Did you guys went blank or someone put a rocket launcher on your head to stop (ʎןןɐɔıɟıɔǝds ʇɟosoɹɔıɯ ʇuǝɯ ʇ,upıp ı)!!!!

     Isnt there anybody how can continue this project…. Cz i found this vista vertion was really promising.

     Comment by ArKZ — December 6, 2008 #

253. I’m sorry but I liked the Vista style and there’s no way i’m going back to the “compatible with all versions of o/s”. I’ll stick with my standalone version till it stops working then i’ll use my Windows Messenger to talk to my contacts that are still stuck on Yapooh.

     Comment by Nighthawk — December 7, 2008 #

254. Yahoo Messenger 9.0 gives me error when you transfer files, try to invite a friend to a game and sometimes during a call. I reinstalled the application several times, but the problem is the same. Use the operating system Windows Vista Ultimate. What to do?

     Comment by cristi constantin — December 7, 2008 #

255. I have been using Vista Enterprise 64 bit for nearly two years now.. I love it and have very few issues with it. All the people bitching about it have no first hand experience or have incompatible equipment for it to run properly anyways.
     I was one of the first to sign up for the yahoo messenger for vista and have loved the appearance. Then we all waited and waited and waited and waited for a downloadable beta.. a entire year later we finally got the email to say it was ready for download and a year after that im reading that its been discontinued???
     How stupid. Hello, everyone else is going to have to switch to vista at some point so why stop the development?? Bring it back bitches.. this is what we want, make it so …. bitches

     Comment by wingtip59 — December 7, 2008 #

256. Please bring back italian chatroom categories…

     Yahoo messenger for vista was quite unuseful, with no audio and webcam support… how you all could love it????

     Comment by Winstar — December 8, 2008 #

257. damn…. well I’m happy I have only 1 yahoo contact… no need to use it anymore

     Comment by Jonas — December 10, 2008 #

258. DON’T WASTE THE CODE! OPENSOURCE YM VISTA AND IT WILL STAY ALIVE!

     Comment by Jong — December 11, 2008 #

259. I am a professional Video producer. I will probably be able to avoid using vista for another 2 years, as the likelyhood is high that attempting to “Upgrade” to vista pro would trash my high end dual xeon workstation & would call for thousands of dollars in new “vista compatible” software upgrades. Most of my software providers are continuing to make their upgrades Both Vista & “XP” compatible for a reason. (i.e. Professionals like myself.) I am sure that there are many non-professional & dilettante users of vista who have had perfectly satisfactory experiences with Vista. I am also happy with my Yahoo services, although I DO wish that the ‘ Classic-windows-Boring’ interface would be made available again – As I use YMessenger in a professional environment and the “Crayolla Crayon” interface is embarrasing to use when clients are around. ( Although it’s fine for folks who mistake ‘wretched excess’ for ‘quality’ in visual presentations…)

     Comment by mbd — December 14, 2008 #

260. Sad day for Yahoo.

     You stop supporting Vista Messenger, but continue to support the monstrosity that you call YIM 9.

     Windows Live Messenger here I come.

     Comment by Jalil Purtow — December 15, 2008 #

261. I’m just hopping that yahoo will add all the features of vista msgr into ver.10 (2011) (including look & feel). Also yahoo will launch same version of msgr’s (no BETA) for Mac & Linux (2013).

     It’s more imp about the interiors not the exteriors. You can change the looks in secs. but cannot add an feature in mins.

     Its a sensible move to serve us better. Thumb UP for YaHoO but I also want to do clapping for what I hope for.

     Comment by PiYU — December 19, 2008 #

262. yahoo messanger 9 is not working in windows vist. i tryed so many times and failed. any suggetions, please let me know.

     Comment by arun — December 19, 2008 #

263. Very dissapoonted to hear this, waiting from a long time for final version
     I won’t be using other versions, may be web version rarely.

     Bye Bye Yahoo!

     Comment by phani — December 21, 2008 #

264. it sucks!. i can’t use my voice chat in vista!.

     what the hell are you planning guys!. time to switch to other chat programs!.

     Comment by Riean — December 22, 2008 #

265. This is really a disappointing news. At least let us download it. And if you think u are not gonna develop it further, just give away the source code !

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