August 13, 2009 on 1:36 pm | In 9.0 version, Other services | 13 Comments
Did you know that you can easily share your Twitter updates with your Yahoo! Messenger friends, even if they aren’t following you?
The updates feature in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 allows you to share updates from a variety of outside sites and services with your Yahoo! friends.
When you elect to share your latest Twitter tweets with anyone, friends that have you on their Messenger contact list will be able to see them.
To start sharing your Twitter activity with your Messenger friends, first go to the Share More page on your profile and select Twitter from the list. You’ll be asked to enter your Twitter username. (Note that if you don’t see Twitter in the Share More list, you may already be sharing your updates. In that case, move onto the next step below.)
Then go to the Manage My Updates page. Find Twitter in the list and choose one of three options from the drop-down menu:
Anyone – Your latest tweets will be shared with anyone who is connected to you on Yahoo!. That means friends on Yahoo! Messenger or friends that you’ve connected with on your Yahoo! profile.
My Connections – Your tweets are only shared with people you have explicitly connected with via your Yahoo! Profile.
No one – Your tweets will not be shared with any Yahoo! friends.
To share your tweets with all of your Messenger friends, be sure you select “Anyone” from the menu. Your latest tweet will appear under your name in their Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 contact list or on your contact card.
Happy tweeting!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
August 4, 2009 on 3:48 pm | In 9.0 version | 40 Comments
You all liked the addition of support for videos from trilulilu.ro so much that we decided to add more.
Based on your suggestions in the comments of that earlier post, we added support for the following video and photo sites to the inline media player in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0:
5min.com
collegehumor.com
facebook.com (public videos only)
funnyordie.com
hulu.com
en.netlog.com
qik.com
thewb.com
twitpic.com
viddler.com
vimeo.com
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. If you’ve got another video or photo site you’d like to see supported, leave us a comment.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
July 20, 2009 on 2:41 pm | In 9.0 version | 12 Comments
Back in April, we told you all about the Updates feature in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, which allows you to see what your Yahoo! Messenger friends are up to and to share your own online activities with them.
Beginning this week, more types of updates from Yahoo! Groups are being supported. Now when you send a message to your Yahoo! group you can automatically share the update with your Yahoo! Messenger friends. This new type of update will begin rolling out to users this week.
Note that sharing your Yahoo! Groups updates is optional. You’ll find sharing settings on your groups page as well as on the settings page of your profile, where you can determine who, if anyone, sees your Yahoo! Groups updates.
Please visit the Yahoo! Groups Blog for complete information on this new type of update from Yahoo! Groups.
The image below shows the Yahoo! Groups listing on the profile settings page, which includes the type of updates from Yahoo! Groups that can be shared, along with a menu to let you select with whom you share your updates.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
July 15, 2009 on 11:50 am | In 9.0 version | 39 Comments
The inline video player feature in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 now supports links from the popular Romanian video sharing site, http://trilulilu.ro. Now when you send a trilulilu.ro link to a friend using Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, the video window will appear inline in your conversation.
Any other video sites you would like to see supported in the inline media player? Let us know by leaving a comment.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
July 13, 2009 on 5:15 pm | In 9.0 version, Features | 16 Comments
With the closure of Yahoo! 360°, its plug-in for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and 9.0 will be changing as well. Starting tonight, the 360° plug-in will automatically update to the “Your Profile on Yahoo!” plug-in.
In addition to a new name, the revamped plug-in will include different content. You’ll notice buttons that link to the blog feature, as well as buttons to view updates and edit your profile.
If you currently use the Yahoo! 360° plug-in in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 or 9.0, you don’t need to do anything to get this updated plug-in. The 360° plug-in will automatically change to become the “Your Profile on Yahoo!” plug-in over the next couple of days.
If you have not been using the Yahoo! 360° plug-in but would like to use this new updated version, click the “Add Plug-ins” button in your main Yahoo! Messenger window and look for “Your Profile on Yahoo!”. Then click the Start button next to it to add it back to your Messenger.
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
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