May 12, 2009 on 11:52 am | In Mac version | 33 Comments
I don’t post about Yahoo! Messenger for the Mac very often, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorite features/preferences.
Webcam display image: Use your webcam to take a display image picture. Pose for your shot, hit the “Take Snapshot” button and wait for the counter to get to 1 – then smile! To use this feature, go to the Yahoo! Messenger menu, select “Preferences” and then click the Display Image icon in the toolbar. Click on the “Image” option in the center, then click “Webcam” to take your pic.
Hide display images in your contact list: On some days, it can seem like none of my friends have a display image. There’s only so often I can look at an anonymous grey head.
So if you like to keep things simple, or just don’t like your friend’s display images, you can hide them on your contact list.
Go to the Yahoo! Messenger menu, select “Preferences” and then click the Display Image icon in the toolbar. Then uncheck the “Show display images in my Messenger list” box.
Apple + n keyboard shortcut: This handy trick brings up a contact search box with auto-filtering, making it easy to find a friend in your list and start a new IM.
Let the music play (or not): Under Preferences > Voice & Calls, you’ll find a checkbox that says “Pause iTunes during calls”. This is checked by default so if you’re grooving when a call comes in, your music will automatically pause. But if you like background tunes while you chat, uncheck it.
What’s your favorite tip or trick in Yahoo! Messenger for Mac?
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
March 24, 2009 on 1:23 pm | In 9.0 version, Mac version, News | 25 Comments
We did it! With the help of your votes, we retained our title and won several more categories in the 2009 About.com IM Awards.
After 160,339 votes were cast, we won the following awards:
Best IM Client of the Year
Best Mac IM
Most Improved IM
Best Chat Rooms
Best Designed IM (GUI)
Thanks to everyone who voted for us – we really appreciate it!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
March 11, 2009 on 9:19 am | In 9.0 version, Mac version, News, Pingbox | 301 Comments
Voting for the 2009 About.com IM Awards ends this Sunday at midnight EST. Please take a moment to vote for Yahoo! Messenger using the links below. Even if you’ve already voted, feel free to do it again! 
Click a category below and once on the page, click the Yahoo! Messenger listing to vote (you’ll also see current results after you vote).
1) Best Overall IM Experience
2) Best Mac IM – Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
3) Most Improved IM Client
4) Best IM Feature – Pingbox
5) Best IM (GUI) Design
Thanks!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
March 4, 2009 on 11:23 am | In Mac version, Voice | 6 Comments
If you’re a Mac user that lives and dies by your Address Book, you’ll love this tool. One of our developers wrote a plug-in for the Mac Address Book application that lets you start a call on Yahoo! Messenger right from your friend’s contact card. Once the script is installed, you can right click on any contact’s phone number and you’ll see an option for “Call with Yahoo! Messenger”.
Here’s how to install the script which will work in conjunction with Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 4:
1) Download the zip file and unzip the contents (1 file entitled “Yahoo! Messenger.scpt”)
2) Double click the hard drive icon on your desktop, go to the Library folder, and find the folder entitled “Address Book Plug-ins” (~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/)
3) Drag and drop the Yahoo! Messenger.scpt file you downloaded into the Address Book Plug-ins folder. (You may be asked to authenticate the installation)
4) After restarting the Address Book, you will be able to right-click on anyone’s phone number and call them through Yahoo! Messenger.
For more information on making low-costs calls from your Mac to your friend’s mobile or landline phones, please
visit our website.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
February 17, 2009 on 12:09 pm | In 9.0 version, Mac version, Pingbox | 27 Comments
For the second year in a row, About.com readers nominated Yahoo! Messenger as a finalist in several of the categories for the Best IM Awards of 2009. We hope you’ll take a moment to vote for us and help us hold onto our title from last year.
Click a category below and once on the page, click the Yahoo! Messenger listing to vote for us (you’ll also see current results after you vote).
1) Best Overall IM Experience
2) Best Mac IM – Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
3) Most Improved IM Client
4) Best IM Feature – Pingbox | (What’s Pingbox?)
5) Best IM (GUI) Design
Thanks to the About.com readers for nominating us in these categories and special thanks to those of you that cast a vote. Voting ends Sunday, March 15, 2009 at midnight EST.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
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