February 10, 2009 on 11:40 am | In 9.0 version, Features, Voice | 21 Comments
Well, either our voice users are very organized or they have super secret calls they’re afraid will be discovered.
To that end, we added back in the option to delete items from your call history list in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
Click a call to highlight it, then click the delete button above. To select multiple calls for deletion, use ctrl + click. To delete all your call history, click to select one in the list, then press ctrl + a on your keyboard to select them all. Note that we only show the one hundred most recent calls in the window. So if you delete them all, the next time you open that window the next hundred will be there.
And we know some users were experiencing a bug where the call history window was popping up every time you signed in (even if you didn’t have missed calls). We’ve fixed this problem so just sign out of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, quit the application, then start it again and sign in. You’ll see the call history window one more time but on future sign-ins, you’ll only see it when you have missed calls or a voicemail.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
November 24, 2008 on 11:43 am | In 9.0 version, Features, Fun Stuff | 5 Comments
In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve got a couple of treats to share with you.
New Flickr IMVironment
Dubbed “the IMV for all seasons”, this new IMV displays Flickr photos in the background of your IM conversation. When you load the IMV, it goes to the current month we’re in. Then it will rotate photos that we’ve found on Flickr that fit with that month or season. Snowy landscapes in the winter months, sunny beaches in the summer – you get the idea.
When you switch to a different month, it switches for your friend too (but you’ll likely see different photos within each month because they rotate randomly), It’s a great IMV to add some color to your IM conversation. Plus when it’s cold and snowy outside, you can just switch to a warmer month to take your mind off things. Tip: You can move and resize the conversation space within the IMV. Try it now with a friend or just preview it yourself (Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 or 9.0 only).
Thanksgiving Audibles
Send some thanksgiving wishes to your IM friends with this trio of audibles. We’ve got a thankful pilgrim and a bloated diner who really know how to show their gratitude for a good meal. And of course we have a talking turkey – how could we not? 
To access them, go to the Audibles menu in your IM window, select “More Audibles”, then “See All Audibles” and click on “Thanksgiving” (U.S. only; Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 or 9.0).
This will be our only post this week and comments will be turned off for a few days until we’re back in the office to keep an eye on things.
We hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
November 7, 2008 on 11:45 am | In 9.0 version, Features | 8 Comments
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ll find this plug-in really useful as it syncs the status messages you create in Messenger with the updates you make in Twitter.
Created by the New Zealand-based development team at WackyB, the Twitter Sync
plug-in allows you to change your status in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 and also have it update on your Twitter account. The same is true when you use Twitter to make an update; the plug-in will take what you wrote in Twitter and make it your Yahoo! Messenger status.
The plug-in also keeps you informed about what your Twitter friends are up to. You’ll receive notifications in Messenger every time a Twitter friend changes their status. So instead of having to visit Twitter or run a separate application to get updates, you can do it all right in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
The control panel in the plug-in offers many handy features. You can set how often you want Messenger to check for updates from your Twitter friends, and you can control what kinds of Messenger status messages get pushed to your Twitter friends. You can also decide how you get alerted to new tweets – with sounds, popups or nothing at all. And if your friends are getting too tweety, the plug-in lets you pause updates from the main window. You can then use the Update Now link to manually pull in updates.
Click here to install the WackyB Twitter Sync plug-in (Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 only)
If you’re using Twitter and want to get updates about Yahoo! Messenger, go to our Twitter page to begin following our tweets and sending us yours.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
October 29, 2008 on 11:20 am | In 9.0 version, Avatars, Features | 20 Comments
If you’ve checked out the Audibles menu lately in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, you may have come across some new residents. We’ve brought back the election audibles along with the ghoulish Halloween characters. And by popular demand, we’ve expanded the role of Emoticats by giving them their very own audibles.
Boo!
Send spooky greetings to your Messenger friends with the Halloween audibles. You can egg their IM window, send a black cat across their path, or scare them with a werewolf, ghost or ghastly scream.
Get out and vote
Early voting has already started in some states and our election audibles are ready to help you make sure your friends make it to the polls by November 4th. All the biggies are there – Abraham Lincoln, Uncle Sam, and the Statue of Liberty. And although you can’t wear election gear to the polls, you can outfit your Avatar with apparel to support your party or candidate.
Meooowwww
We know you love the Emoticats IMV so we turned your furry friends into audibles. There’s a happy cat, a “vacationing” cat, and even an emoticat with a ‘tude.
To try them out, click the audibles icon ( 
) above the text box in your IM window (Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 only). Click the More Audibles button on the right, then “See All Audibles”. Then select “Halloween”, “Election” or “Emoticats” from the list.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
October 17, 2008 on 6:53 pm | In Features, News | 199 Comments
Yesterday Yahoo! launched a new beta profile service that will serve as a control panel for your identity, interests and connections across Yahoo!. This new profile experience has lots of great features that can help you stay connected with your friends and family. When you create a new profile page, you’ll be able to add photos, information about yourself and invite your friends to connect with you.
We realize that many Yahoo! Messenger users, especially those that use our chat rooms, were frequent users of the old profiles site. We hope that you’ll take the time to create a new profile to share with your Messenger friends. Just click the link below to start creating your new Yahoo! profile:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/intro/
(Unlike the previous profiles site, going to http://profiles.yahoo.com/youryahooid will no longer take you to your original profile.)
One thing to note is that if you currently use multiple aliases in Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms, you will only have one main profile. You can, however, choose to merge your aliases with your main ID, which will allow users to search for you and view your full profile details. Please note that if you do not do this, users will not be able to see your profile details when they search for your alias. You must link your alias with your Yahoo! ID to enable users to see your profile.
The new profile features a lot of changes that help make your profile on Yahoo! easier to use and manage. Please visit the Yahoo! Profile News blog to learn how to merge your aliases with your main Yahoo! ID, and to learn more about what you can do with your new profile.
Trying to get to someone’s profile from Yahoo! Messenger 9.0? To view a friend’s profile, click on them in your list and then click the “View Profile” link on their contact card. Or just right click on them and choose “View Profile” from the menu. To access your own profile, click on your display image the top of your main Yahoo! Messenger window. Then click the “My Profile” link on your contact card. If you’re not seeing these links in your Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, be sure you’re on the
latest version (9.0.0.1912). If you are, try signing out of Messenger, quitting the application completely, then starting it again and signing in.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
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