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).
2) Best Mac IM – Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
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.
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).
2) Best Mac IM – Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
4) Best IM Feature – Pingbox | (What’s Pingbox?)
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
February 9, 2009 on 2:11 pm | In Mac version | 122 Comments
Yes, we’re still in Beta but the team has been hard at work fixing bugs and adding a few new features. Here’s a rundown of what’s in this latest release, Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 4 (build 156957):
- Over three dozen bug fixes addressing a variety of features including file transfer, display images, voice, chat rooms, stealth settings and webcam.
- Added clearer messaging when receiving anonymous messages from your Pingbox (screenshot)
- Added a preference to separately enable/disable archiving for chat room conversations. Go to Preferences > Messaging and check the “Enable Yahoo! Chat Room Archiving” box (screenshot)
- When you report an IM as spam, it also adds the sender to your ignore list (screenshot)
- To cancel automatic sign in when you’re launching Yahoo! Messenger for Mac, hold down the SHIFT key
- Various performance and memory bug fixes
- Added a new message style called “Kobi lite”. To try it out, go to Preferences > Messaging, then change the Conversation style.
Download Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 4
We hope you enjoy this latest version. We value your input so please stop by our Mac feedback form after you’ve tried it out and let us know your thoughts.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
