Update for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta

November 7, 2007 on 9:06 pm | In 9.0 version | 294 Comments

Thanks to everyone who has tried Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta. We really appreciate the feedback you’ve been providing. Tonight we’ve pushed out an update to the Beta (version 9.0.0.907) that you can download by visiting http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com.

Much of the feedback we’ve received has focused on a handful of areas:

- Viewing your contacts by their Yahoo! ID vs. their full name or nickname. We’ve added this preference back in to the product. Download this latest version, then go to Messenger > Preferences > Appearance.

- New expanded contact list. If you’re finding that this new look is too spacious for you, go to the Contacts menu and select “Compact List”. This will reduce the size of the Avatars and condense the height of your list overall.

- Message formatting in the IM window (the line break after the name rather that starting text on that first line). We’ve developed a set of handy keyboard shortcuts to give you some other options for your IM window. The shortcuts are a temporary fix; we’ll build something more permanent into a future release of 9.0.

- Installation problems for Windows Vista users. In this latest refresh, we’ve made changes to the Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta installer that should fix most of the Vista errors. If you’re on Vista, please give it another try and use our feedback page to let us know if you still encounter issues.

- Games are missing from the IM window. There were some changes to the Yahoo! Games platform that required us to remove them from this version for awhile. We are trying to get them back into a future release of 9.0; we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, if you love your Pool or Checkers, we recommend returning to Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.

- The LAUNCHcast plug-in, along with all the other plug-ins like Yahoo! 360, still work in 9.0! Just click the Plug-ins button near the bottom of your Messenger window to find them.

There are also a few things about Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta that you may not know about. One is that 9.0 is the first version of Messenger that is unicode compliant. This means that it supports IMs and status messages in many more languages than before.

A few other interesting tips… 9.0 will remember your status between sessions. So if your status on a Saturday night says “Partying like it’s 1999!”, be sure to change it when you get to work on Monday. Also, if you have both a Yahoo! and a Windows Live ID for a friend, your friend will appear in your contact list only once. To IM your friend on the Windows Live network, click the drop down arrow next to the IM button below their name when you hover on them.

And lastly, if you usually show both online and offline contacts in your list, you can set a preference to bold your online contacts to help distinguish them. You’ll find that preference under Messenger > Preferences > Appearance (Show online contacts in bold text).

Thanks again for taking Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta for a test drive and providing feedback. We’ll keep you posted here on the blog about further developments.

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

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Hi Sarah,
The changes are welcome. However, hindi version of messenger is great but, we still can’t write in hindi. I like http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com that actually lets us write in Hindi. Can you guys fix that please? It doesn’t really make sense to not being able to write in Hindi eventhough the whole messenger is in Hindi.

Comment by Nirav — November 7, 2007 #
I still cant sign in into the new Beta 9.0!

Comment by Longinus — November 7, 2007 #
Please remove some clutter from the interface. I don’t wish to se the plugins and “Add contact” buttons all the time. I never use the plugins and don’t add contacts all the time to need a button right there. Please add an option to disable this, like in 8.1

The same thing with Pricing or whatever is that under my status. I never use services from Y! that I have to pay for. And even if, the services are not available in my country. This was also a problem in 8.1.

Please don’t bring some of the clutter from 8.1 to this version and remove the newly introduced clutter.

Thanks.

Comment by Lucky — November 7, 2007 #
—————————FEEDBACK——————————————————-

1) Emotion List is not showing up.

2) Show/Hide the Status, Contact Search Bar, Tool Bar, Yahoo Voice Bar, Plug-In and Yahoo! Search Bar.

3) Filters dont work.

4) When ignoring someone who is not in your list is enable and when you joined the room you dont see text at all.

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Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 8, 2007 #
Signing in to Yahoo Messenger via Windows XP SP2 is still virtually impossible. Even with a brand new accout, I still can’t use the new beta. I have never encountered so much trouble with beta testing for the last 8 years!

Comment by Joe — November 8, 2007 #
Good job Yahoo!. While I wish you would’ve fixed some more bugs and added back features or even some new ones (*cough* an integrated captcha window!), this build is definitely an improvement. I like the fact that you’ve added back the ability to do the old style of PM messaging – line by line w/o the grouping of messages.

Now, if you could only do the following I’d be even happier (as I’m sure LOTS of others would be):

1) Integrate your Captcha support like you’ve got in your Mac version of Messenger. It’d be SO MUCH more convenient!

2) Add Games back!

3) Add official Tabbed PM/IM support!

Please think this stuff through. These would be instant *winners* for the heavy majority of users. All in all good job Yahoo! Keep up the good work.

Comment by Adam [Torseq Technologies] — November 8, 2007 #
I really hope that Y! Messenger 9.0 has Tabbed Support

Comment by Phuong — November 8, 2007 #
[...] It looks like they fixed a few of my pet peeves. Their blog entry @ http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/11/07/update-for-yahoo-messenger-90-beta/ seems to indicate they really listen well to their [...]

Pingback by Charles Mark Carroll Blog » Blog Archive » Yahoo Messenger 9 Beta — November 8, 2007 #
so far i like it as 2 only

why? because so many features are not in this 9.0 version unlike the 8.1.

————-FEEDBACK——————————————————————–

1) you cant disable the Plug-Ins tab (which can be done in 8.1 version).

2) when using an alias name instead of the main account, the Smileys dont show up in PM.

3) when we use the sub profile account(which my friend havent added) to PM a friend we get disconnected.

4) the ability to disable certain features are not included, like Plug-ins and also that Add a Contact tab is so annoying , which is both at the bottom of the friends list.

5) i ADDED one of my sub profile and when i decided to change the Status to available the DOT didnt change color and stayed color GRAY.

6) our account info is showing when you added/get added by anyone or someone (what happened to PRIVACY). our privacy is at your hands.

—————————–THANK-YOU—————————————————

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 8, 2007 #
Yahoo Inc please refer to YM 8.1 features to be added back in YM 9.0.

or give us an option to use in YM 9.0 if we want to use the “Classic Look” (YM 8.1 features)

this will save you guys a lot of time rewriting Yahoo Messenger over and over.

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 8, 2007 #
OK, the added features are welcome. But what about the classic skin? Some of us are really huge fans of that.

And are there any plans to rewrite the Message Archive anytime soon? Perhaps even make it usable…?

Comment by Doctor Bonez — November 8, 2007 #
All I can say is feedback it.

But I have to say, can you guys please fix the existing bugs in this version? Can you please address the issues I’ve posted before including but not limited to “Ignore anyone not on your Messenger List” being broken, the chat word filter being broken and writing/using the wrong registry key, and the chat window taskbar item not flashing on receiving new messages.

If these 3 bugs would be fixed, a lot of Yahoo! Messenger users would be happy. I spend a lot of time in the Yahoo! Chat Help rooms, and the “Ignore anyone…” and the chat filter are among the two most frequently asked questions there.

There’s other issues like the “Cannot ignore yourself” dialog box popping up when somebody floods a chat room. This probably could easily be fixed, so I’m requesting this issue finally get addressed as well. There’s also a notorious chat window UI issue still present in v9.0 beta, the horizontal scrollbar on the bottom of the chat user list when you move the chat window out of focus or move another window on top of it, and then you put the chat window back into a focus the scrollbar is created. It shouldn’t be created in the first place.

Well, thank you for this beta refresh. I’ll edit my bugs list to go with what’s been done and said here. =)

Thanks for listening to all us.

Comment by Venom — November 8, 2007 #
Yahoo Inc , im use to CAPTCHA now and the 3HOURS ROOM LIMIT

but can you guys make the YM 9.0 have the ability to relog back in the room after 3hours SO all we have to do is enter the newly generated CAPTCHA?

please make the next build like this.

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 8, 2007 #
YIM makes an odd sound effect when opening a contact IM window. It kind of sounds like a tearing effect. I don’t see an option to turn it off.

Comment by No Name — November 8, 2007 #
Try Yahoo’s Preferences > Alerts & Sounds.

Comment by Venom — November 8, 2007 #
Pingback by Charles Mark Carroll Blog » Blog Archive » Yahoo Messenger 9 Beta — November 8, 2007 #

so far i like it as 2 only

why? because so many features are not in this 9.0 version unlike the 8.1.

yes but they will be adding things to little by little

Comment by david — November 8, 2007 #
[...] Messenger 9.0.0.907 [Homepage] [Release Notes] [Review] Release: Beta Type of Application: Instant messenger Changes: View contacts by Yahoo! ID [...]

Pingback by Daily Downloads: Flock, ZoneAlarm, WindowBlinds, and More — November 8, 2007 #
Please add a timer interval() to the Contact Cards i hate having to keep clicking them out. They dont just go they stay there. Please add this interval timer because i find thm quite annoying at the moment keep showing when im doing something

Comment by vb_packets — November 8, 2007 #
I like what i’m seeing so far (login window) but unfortunatly it wont let me sign in, fortunatly it doesn’t crash now when I do try…

Back to 8.1 for now, however I am looking forward to the official release and will keep trying Y! Messenger 9b till I get it to sign in

Comment by GeeZee — November 8, 2007 #
Reported by feedback a while ago but not fixed:

1) The up arrow (or menu option Edit>Previous Message) in the chat input box does not recall the previously sent message – it still works in IMs

2) The word filter settings are obtained from one registry key but saved to another, meaning they never take affect beyond the session.

3) The /help text in chat is vastly out of date, there is no /follow or /goto, and /cls doesn’t work either.

4) The chat window in the taskbar does not blink when there are new chat posts.

And please, integrate captcha into messenger, to avoid having to open up a browser – many users fall over at this point due to popup stoppers and it’s inconvenient.

Comment by Tommy — November 8, 2007 #
Wel Done Yahoo
yahoo beta messenger have much more new function…….. but its very slow and disconnecting during chatting

Comment by HITLER SOUL — November 8, 2007 #
Sarah, please give us an answer: Why some people can’t sing in to Y!M 9.0? I tried for at least 30 minutes and nothing.Says that thing about forgotting the pass or id, but I tried it with the mail and the web version of Y!M and it worked. I even thought that someone found my password so I changed it, but still no luck to sing in. Please give me an answer. Thanks in advance.

Comment by Keloo — November 8, 2007 #
Same here…appears yahoo messenger is down because I cannot login. This seems to be all versions though as I used 8.1 this morning and upgraded this afternoon with no luck either way. It is very bothersome that yahoo decides not to post anything about this so all users are left in the dark. For shame!

Comment by Nathan — November 8, 2007 #
i don’t really like it..it’s kind’a boring because the skin isn’t fully showned..only that little bar it’s blue and the rest is grey and tiring

Comment by MoRphiNE — November 8, 2007 #
Ok, I couldn’t sign in because of an enormous bug. Explanaition: I’m under proxy, and Y!M 9 is set to use no proxy, just like 8.1. In 8.1 I don’t have to use the option with proxy, it works ok without. But if I want to run 9.0, I have to select the proxy option, otherwise it won’t work. Please make 9.0’s connection just like 8.1 and previous versions. I hope you understand, because my English is not so good.

Comment by Kelu — November 8, 2007 #
Shift-CTRL-0 doesn’t seem to work (Slovenian keyboard on English Vista, tried both zeros: on alphanumeric and numeric part of keyboard).
Also for some reason when using these shortcuts in a longer conversation the window seems to scoll up quite a few lines (so I need to use the slider to bring it back to the last line).

Comment by Odyn — November 8, 2007 #
Another bug: we don’t have anymore the option to disable tips.

Comment by Keloo — November 8, 2007 #
What about putting a chat button back on the top of messenger. I hate having to scroll through file to open it especially with the captcha thing that knocks you out of chat now. Plus I think it would get more people back into the chat rooms again, unless you don’t want people in chat anymore which I guess could be a possibility.

Comment by crazy — November 8, 2007 #
I’d like a “Default Skin” to be available – something that uses the default widgets provided by the OS. Sometimes things are better without skins..

Oh yea and I want Y! for Vista >.<

Comment by Leaf — November 8, 2007 #
Hey this problem has been with the yahoo messenger for a while now, I thought you guys would find out about it and fix it eventually but it is still there….there is something wrong with the word filter settings. It filters my words even though it is set on “None”, then I have to set it on “Weak” or “Strong” and click Apply and then reset it to “None” again and then it works. It acts that way every time I close it and reopen it. It is rather annoying so I would appreciate it if you would fix it.

Comment by Sarmad — November 8, 2007 #
Please remove the price thingy under my status! Many DO NOT have to call people through Yahoo when most of us can call anyone for free within the USA and Canada. I like making Yahoo skins, why don’t you bring back the old way of skinning. I would like to hide my ‘plugins’. I don’t use them! They are a waste of time and resources! Why do you have to come out with 9.0 when you can still work out the bugs in 8.1?

Comment by Yafoo — November 8, 2007 #
Oh, one more thing I forgot to add…
When I am in a chat room, I don’t see other people’s text when I have my options checked that only people on my buddy list can IM me. I refuse to uncheck that because I do not want bots and perverts IMing me!

Comment by Yafoo — November 8, 2007 #
——————————————–FEEDBACK——————————————

1) when joining rooms thats full it dont give you notification that the room is full

2) when joining room using a sub profile, sometimes my name wont join but if i use the same account i logged in at the first place i have no trouble joining.

3) after TRYING to join rooms so many times it seems like we get banned by entering the CAPTCHA too many times.

——————————————–THANK-YOU——————————————

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 9, 2007 #
hi,
i can not sign in to yahoo messenger.
This messege appears ” System is busy , Try a bit later ”

Comment by amir — November 9, 2007 #
this beta version is awsum, but one small lil problem

I CANT CALL MY FRIEND!!!! i mean there is no icon like the previous version!

Comment by nive — November 9, 2007 #
PLEASE give us the ability to turn pms off have you EVER been into a chat room the ammount of pms you get is insane!! bring back the ignore anyone not on your friends list option !!

Comment by Timmy — November 9, 2007 #
There are still problems with it and msgr 8.x as well:

1. You made it so that if you have it set to “ignore anyone not on your list”, then you can’t see what people are typing in the chat room. This is incorrect. You want to be able to see people chatting whether you have this set or not. But if someone *DOES* set it like this, you should block ALL pm/invites/web cam./etc–basicall ALL communications with the persons yahoo id on *YOUR* server side (not on the clients side as it is now). This will allow people to chat as normal, but if they choose to set it they can be protected from pm bombs, spam, and bootings/etc.

2. Not associated with msgr per se, but more of a fallout issue with captcha (I thinkn). The problem that I see is now that you have captcha in msgr, the bot runners appear to have migrated to using yahoo email and sending yahoo user group invitations to users. I have continuously reported these as spam, but they keep comming. I never got these invites before in yahoo user groups, only legitimate ones. It could be not-related, but it seems too coincidental since it started not long after you started the captcha. It’s not harmful of course to receive these, just annoying. But just a heads up and fyi in case nobody else has reported seeing these.

Comment by Frustrated — November 9, 2007 #
Whey to go yahoo I’m glad to see you changing things back thank you for listening to all of us now please fix some of the issues above would be great as i have a few of them as well so would be nice if you could fix. again i appreciate your efforts. kind regards Tony.

Comment by Tony — November 9, 2007 #
It wont even allow me to download it at all. It gets to a certain point and some odd thing comes up, and then before it’s finished, it says an error has occurred.

Comment by Ashley — November 9, 2007 #
Glad to see some vast improvements however it still lacks some much needed features the bug that will not allow you to turn your pms off needs to be fixed its been present since yahoo 7.0!. Also why does it not have an internal CAPTCHA window this is not difficult to do no one wants to wait till there browser loads etc when there is NO need for it the mac version has it why cant windows??. The not ignoring friends on your list bug (in my case) stops me using messenger for chat and i along with MANY others have to use 3rd party clients

Comment by Karl — November 9, 2007 #
Another bug, if a user posts repeatedly, Messenger shows the message “You cannot ignore yourself” for each post after a set limit.

This obviously should ignore them, not you!!

Comment by Tommy — November 9, 2007 #
Can’t log in at all seems useless if you can’t log in

Comment by S Ellis — November 9, 2007 #
And another, the text properties toolbar in chat is always displayed when first entering chat in a messenger session, it shouldn’t be unless you press the button.

Comment by Tommy — November 9, 2007 #
IF a user is present in the room with 1st alias and if he or she opens a PM window and select 2nd alias name to PM someone presnet in the room. PM msg will be delivered from the 1st alias name that is Present in the Room,. no matter if u have selected your 2nd alias or main account. This issue isnt present in 8.1 build, but only in 9.0 build

Comment by Zammy — November 9, 2007 #
“”" And another, the text properties toolbar in chat is always displayed when first entering chat in a messenger session, it shouldn’t be unless you press the button.”" yes this issue should be fixed, its a bit annoying

Comment by Zammy — November 9, 2007 #
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Yahoo Inc,

This new YM 9.0 is the way forward , just keep it rolling! Im beginning to get use to this, but definitely ADD back most of the features YM 8.1 has.

By the way that CTRL+SHIFT+2 dont work i tried many times and waite 24hrs but still not working.

Also the “+Add a Contact” and “^Plug-ins”, please add the SHOW/HIDE options for this.

Thanks.

Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic)

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Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 10, 2007 #
Also the PREVIOUS sent message to the ROOM or PMs dont show the history when we press DOWN

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 10, 2007 #
You can’t install 9.0 on Vista… what’s up with that?

Comment by Anynomious — November 10, 2007 #
Hello Yahoo:
I use yahoo messenger and yahoo webcam to communicate with my friends and family. To make the webcam viewing simple for our folks, I have added their account in the webcam option “Always allow the following people to view my webcam”. It works great; they can simply click the “view my webcam” link and watch my webcam, without going through a permission process.

But here is the problem. Even if the accounts on the other end are logged in as invisible, the webcam is still viewable to them. Also, when I select “who is watching me” on the webcam window, those (invisible) accounts are not visible in the “you are being watched by” list.

It looks like there is no preference in yahoo to enforce the viewer to be visible to watch the webcam.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is this something yahoo is not supporting in the current version of the messenger? If not, would I be able to see this important privacy feature in future versions?

Thanks

Manoj

Comment by Manoj P Keechilot — November 10, 2007 #
i am having problem installing the new beta version of yahoo messenger. what should i do.. after the completion of the istallation, no icon showedup on da desktop and noicon in the start menu. what should i do??

Comment by hari — November 10, 2007 #
it’s too buggy ………….keeps signing in and out by itself,and somethings wrong with my yaho mail which is unable to delete my inbox messages!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by mena.michael — November 10, 2007 #
I still cant login the Beta Version. I have never seen such a baaad Beta of any Software like that it looks really buggy why didnt they test it much more before they brought it out to the public.

And by the wy when will you bring out Yahoo for Vista? Im waiting since around 10 month of it they told it will come out in summer but now we have winter and its still not here..

Comment by Longinus — November 10, 2007 #
Good Job Yahoo, everything is working fine…The only thing i notice is (Share Music File) option is not working it is greyed out.

I always wanted Yahoo to remind me when there is a newer version of yahoo available…It never has done that. Even with the Beta..I had the first beta, and then had to read the blog to know that there was another beta.

Please add more audibles.too…

Comment by Brent — November 10, 2007 #
Generally I like YM 9.0 but there are few things that really need to be changed:

1. When you go to help > check for updates it says: “You are currently running the latest Yahoo! Messenger version 9.0″ even though Yahoo posted this update for it. Maybe that will be fixed in the final version.

2. Yahoo please! After so many complains from users I thought Yahoo will finally change this but still nothing. Again, after you update, messenger changes previously saved general user preferences and checks “Automatically start Yahoo! Messenger” I always try so hard to think of a reason why you guys refuse to change this?

3. The webcam is the same quality as it was since version 6. Competitor Skype (that I don’t use or like) moved forward and it’s now offering super quality webcam.

4. The interface is pretty bland. Grayed emotions, audibles, format, buzz, webcam and file send and couple of other things in the contacts list all until you hover over them look depressing and uninviting. All of my friends that downloaded this beta and that I talk to, strongly agree with me about this new ‘idea’. I think Yahoo should use maybe some more neutral color and after hover use some stronger color. Anything but gray!

5. I wish you guys talk directly to us users. Especially when there is a lot of interest in the topic I rarely see anyone answers any of the questions. I know you read the what we post, but your comments are important too. It’s called two-way communication

That’s it for now… Thanks for keeping us posted

Comment by Milan J — November 11, 2007 #
I think I found a bug of some sort. if you type in any status containing an “&” in the list window the status will have no “&” in it. For example: “a&b” will appear as “ab”

Comment by Daimonos — November 11, 2007 #
============FEEDBACK AGAIN==========

[Feedback submitted through our official feedback form for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta. Thanks]

Thank You so much.

============FEEDBACK AGAIN==========

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 11, 2007 #
Is it possible to add More webcam functionality? For example I got Panasonic DV camcoder which can work as cam too but it isnt supported by yahoo and it gives some sort of image size not supported error and remains all Black, although it works all ok on MSN OR anyone here knows any software that can make such cams compatible with Yahoo messenger?

Comment by Zammy — November 11, 2007 #
I can’t login to YIM 9.0 Beta with my Vista Home Premium, whats up?

Comment by Tammy — November 11, 2007 #
i still CANNOT login with 9,0 Beta with my vista home premium??? what connection do i have to choose to be able to login?????

Comment by afi — November 11, 2007 #
I can’t login with Vista. I get a message asking me to check screen name or password. I am using the correct info.

Comment by Jack — November 11, 2007 #
I’m also using Windows Vista Home Premium and can’t log in. You can’t feedback if you can’t even log into it. DUH!

Comment by Jonathan — November 11, 2007 #
hi this version works with khmer unicode. i really love it and thank for yahoo team who made it. but it seems not work well with Win Vista.

Thanks,
Vannak

Comment by evannak — November 11, 2007 #
im using 8.1 but now as when i did try out 9.0 beta i might as well report the over lapping if you got a pm open and other parts of messenger some times goes right in front of it of if your in a room and chatting , the main messenger or pm’s go right in front of it some times i find things over lap all the times on the 9.0 if you got a site open some times the messenger will over lap it and go right in front of it they are the main things when i did try out 9.0 witch was really annoying that needs fixed also what would be better is using the same skin as 8.1 is using for the default the default skin on 9.0 it don’t look good also fix some of the lagging i find 9.0 use is more re sours on the pc witch is not that good witch lags more then 8.1 and down

Comment by Cisco — November 12, 2007 #
====================FEEDBACK===============

[Feedback submitted through our official feedback form. Thanks ]

Thank You so much Yahoo Inc for providing us this Chat Service And please do understand where I’m coming from about all this issues we having.

====================FEEDBACK===============

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 12, 2007 #
Good lod dave ONE THING AT A TIME then it MIGHT get fixed don’t want much do you :l i think the main issue is the not being able to turn pms off this for most people is highly anoying

Comment by Geez — November 12, 2007 #
Geez my name says it all Yahoo Chat Fanatic
hahaha.

Bro if we dont report this issues they will take time and chat will be slow & crap. They will speed up with updates and we should have a better quality messenger.

So I suggest you do the same thing, gather all the issues you’ve been having and do the feedback to Yahoo Inc.

Laters

Comment by Dave (Yahoo Chat Fanatic) — November 12, 2007 #
I just noticed the behavior of the windows of YM 9 when the main pager is closed(still running @ taskbar). IM window gets inactive after few seconds and i believe it has something to do with the adds at the bottom of the pager. When it changes there (even if main pager closed) it gets the IM window inactive. Anyone else experiencing this behavior ? Im using Vista Home Premium.

Comment by Inverted — November 12, 2007 #
I suggest that Yahoo change the captcha and use recaptcha. These new bots have ocr technology that can crack the captcha and the code that users
have to type in is useless. I suggest that Yahoo come up with a better solution like recaptcha the ocr cant read it.

Comment by Ray — November 12, 2007 #
is this the new vista version of Messenger you’ve been working on for the last several months? Because it doesn’t resemble the intro video at all.

Comment by Stef — November 12, 2007 #
Stef or who all keeps asking, No This is not the Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista the Build For Windows Vista is not out yet. To me it don’t matter i won’t ever install Windows Vista on this pc

Comment by Cisco — November 12, 2007 #
yahoo messenger 9 is UGLY
how can I hide the “call bar” that appears up before the contact search bar?
next thing: what is with those skins?!
i liked more the old skins.
ahm, what is new in this version?! just the compact and detalied list view?
oh, another new thing is that in the IM window the name of the person talking appears just once even if the person sends more than 1 line
please reply with something that will make me keep this version.
when you will have send “folder” not just files??
this is not the way to make things better…

Comment by NemoXP — November 13, 2007 #
forgot to say afout this high usage of resources.. (ram and processor)
why when i open the webcam it uses 100% processor?
can you give us the old Indigo and Maverick sking but for this new version?

Comment by NemoXP — November 13, 2007 #
The new beta is great and all, but give us an option to get rid of the annoying $0.00 -Phone Out status AND please finally release a version with TABS! AIM has tabs, WLM has tabs with an add-on, it’s time for Yahoo! to have tabs! Chat windows should be tabbed. Make it happen! I have faith in the team that you will do just that.

Comment by Geoff — November 13, 2007 #
can’t even get into yahoo chat rooms, it say to click onto this link, yea right, try it,DON’T WORK!

Comment by Ruth Y — November 13, 2007 #
Please add Classic Skin !
We really need it !

Comment by Fargad — November 13, 2007 #
Where are the new emotes?

Comment by DaTroll — November 14, 2007 #
bring back skins!!! this is UGLY and eats system resources BIG TIME!

Comment by yahoo user — November 14, 2007 #
I can’t even login on this version.

Comment by Mickey — November 14, 2007 #
for those of you wanting old IM messenger format yahoo released a handy short cut please go here and print out these instructions so when your in a chat convo you can do it and it stays forever. http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/changing-how-your-im-messages-are-formatted-in-90-beta/

Comment by Tony — November 14, 2007 #
yahoo thank you for this handy short cut i apreciate it and like what your doing with this build.

Comment by Tony — November 14, 2007 #
Hi,
Very beatiful the new menseger.

Will be really great, if you put a Fantasy Plugin, to manage and talk with other manager on the league we are . But no only for Football, for Basketball and Hockey too.

If you guys put this , I will invite many msn users to use Yahoo Mensenger. ok ?

Comment by pablitus — November 14, 2007 #
I can’t sign in.
The sms features and send file feature doesn’t work.

Comment by mitra — November 14, 2007 #
9.0 is crappy on vista

Comment by crap — November 14, 2007 #
could you add an option to automatically show the timestamps and/or the recent history rather than have to have those turned on manually whenever a IM window is opened?
I think that would be a great feature and I really would appreciate it,

Comment by dd — November 15, 2007 #
Well… i’m only using it at my work because it’s a pc more performant…. Still though i noticed… and it’s not only happening to me… that the status doesn’t work or it’s awfull to try to change it… because we can’t. Also if i want to share a file with my buddy it takes ages to download the file…. so we have to use an alternative as web file hosting.

Do something with that.

Also I don’t like the fact that you had to pull out the games.. i know some friends that will not use 9.0 just for this reason.

i’ve seen also a clip presentantion for the vista version… the 9.30 beta it’s very close to it.. but i would like to see for example the tabs options, so that when we speek with more than two or three persons we can tab the conversation windows in to one !

Comment by Bogdan — November 15, 2007 #
Does Yahoo! ever read our complaints? The new beta messenger keeps crashing that it gets disconnected always! I can’t seem to find anything as the solution!

Comment by Mohd. Taufik — November 15, 2007 #
Woot the changing are looking good.
A skin suggestion:
Let users pick out a color for they’re BG(Background)
Well that’s my only suggestion for now.
thanks for the updates!
,Kai

Comment by .Kai — November 15, 2007 #
I cant login to this version. I have windows vista.

Comment by shylady — November 15, 2007 #
I’ve noticed the window placement of the buddy list is off (doesn’t remember the correct placement) using a high resolution (1152 by 864 pixels) on Windows Vista Home Premium.

Comment by Venom — November 15, 2007 #
still have so many bots in chat even with new and improved messanger,,,,, more and mroe show up even after the lastest up date,,,,

1 fix whats broken
2 dont improve since it dont seem to work
3 listen to those who use it

Comment by den — November 15, 2007 #
Shylady & others having trouble signing in on Vista –

Can you provide more specific information about your Vista version and other clues as to what happens (do you get an error? does it spin and spin)? Please drop in on our feedback form to provide the nitty gritty details if you can. Thanks!

Feedback form:
http://feedback.islanddata.com/IRTWEB/Feedback/Feedback.aspx?clientid=3&nodeid=143&source=public

Comment by Administrator — November 15, 2007 #
I can not intall this 9 it stops at 99% and just sites there.Vist home prem

Comment by Bewiz — November 15, 2007 #
if anyone knows how to fix the install stops at 99% pls e-mail me [email removed]

Comment by Bewiz — November 15, 2007 #
well I really like the new one. I have had no problems and am a Vista user. So far the only thing I have found that isnt working is the html coding I should be able to use on Myspace for example. It is not putting a icon on that page at all.

Also, I cant find how to make my picture bigger in the IM. it isnt in preference anymore.

I do like the way it puts all my messages together.

Comment by Jen — November 15, 2007 #
I just installed the 9.0 beta (Vista); in a word, *wow*! You’ve stomped a great big hole in the IM competition; so far, I am loving the Big 9.

Comment by Christopher Estep — November 15, 2007 #
i cannot seem to log in either.. i have XP Pro w/ SP2… i would like to use but apparently i cant? any help would be great..

Comment by inadub — November 15, 2007 #
I can’t even download the thing to test it out. I keep getting an error message that says that my application configuration is incorrect. I don’t even know what that means! I’ve tried installing it for the past 45 minutes with the same results. I’m going to back to the one I had before. At least I know it’ll work.

Comment by meliru25 — November 15, 2007 #
I love being able to chat while I am checking my mail. This is great. I even taught my 6 year old daughter how to use this feature. Thank you so much for making it easy. I just have a couple of questions. How do you send a message to a friend who is offline? Also how do you check your message archive. I really liked those features before.

Thank you so much. Great Job….

Comment by Melanie — November 15, 2007 #
I cannot log in. It won’t recognize my ID and Password.

Comment by ioanaloesfun — November 15, 2007 #
i just downloaded Messenger 9 and it won’t allow me to sign in. My ID and password are correct. What’s the story about this?

Comment by Stef Leppard — November 15, 2007 #
I did find something I am missing. That is when someone is typing back to you it doesnt show that in the bottom Nav at all. so you never know if they replying or not.

Comment by Jen — November 15, 2007 #
Works great for me. I guess being on yahoo messenger for 5+ years finally paid off lol. The only thing I don’t know about is if it’s either my computer or the smilies because they’re not animating.

Using: Windows XP Pro w/SP2

Comment by Glen — November 15, 2007 #
I’m using Windows XP Prof Sp/2. It won’t recognize my name or password I uninstalled, reinstalled and even set up a new ID and the same thing. I also changed the proxy settings and still couldn’t get on. So far It sucks!!! Logging in should be the easy part.

Comment by Jodi191 — November 15, 2007 #
ok…problem.

Where’s the game button?!?

Comment by Glen — November 15, 2007 #
I cannot log in. I have windows XP. Never had this problem until 9.0. FIX IT PLEASE

Comment by Krystal — November 15, 2007 #
i cant sign on i have vista what the heckk

Comment by Crystal — November 15, 2007 #
I dont Know why someone keeps delteing my post But i have VISTA prem hom Yahoo messnager install stops at 99% if anyone knows a fix pls e-mail me [email removed] AND STOP DELTEDING MY POST IF YOUR PROG IS MESSED UP PPL ARE GONNA KNOW FROM DOWNLOADING IT NOT BY ME HERE

Comment by Bewiz — November 15, 2007 #
I am trying to install beta messenger and I have VISTA and I keep getting application error.How do I get this thing to work please HELP….

Comment by Cory — November 15, 2007 #
the smaller the messenger is, the more likely it will earn a place on my screen. If it looks really slick I might even elevate it to an always above program.

We like less buttons, not more.

Maybe a really simple button for just knowing who’s on or not.

Comment by Paul — November 16, 2007 #
Hi,

I’m running Windows Vista Ultimate and I installed Y! 9 beta. It did indeed install successfully, however, it will not log me in. I’ve tried all steps, but no progress. Please investigate this issue. Thanks!

Comment by Chris — November 16, 2007 #
Why can’t I log in?!?1 Ugh. This is so annoying. I see I’m not the only one with this problem, why hasn’t it been fixed?

Comment by Casanndra — November 16, 2007 #
I am desperately looking for an option to disable the flashing chat window on new message arrival. For those who are using autohide taskbars this is a must. Also I’d very much love and option to have all chat windows separately or tabbed in one window [Pidgin style]. I’m sure lots of users will appreciate this as well. A nice thing to do with video playback in chat window would be pinning on top the chosen chat window …

Thanks,
Claus

Comment by Claus — November 16, 2007 #
After upgrading to the 9.0 beta I could only log in when connection through a proxy was not necessary. From work I couldn’t connect to log in through the HTTP proxy server I’ve always used. Turning off the proxy use also didn’t work. I downgraded to 8.1 and was able to log in normally using the HTTP proxy.

Comment by Sam — November 16, 2007 #
Hi,

I am having issues with not seeing anyone on my list appear online when I sign in. If the person is currently online, they will appear offline to me. They won’t appear online until they sign out and then sign back in.

Comment by Danielle — November 16, 2007 #
You guys are clearly finding time to make a new version of yahoo messenger known as yahoo messenger 9.

so does this mean you guys are done with Yahoo Messenger for Vista.

NO your current version of messenger is not Fully Comatible with Vista nor is this Beta.

It has some major bug issues like crashing every five minutes.

Any updates on when messenger for Vista will be available?

Comment by CC — November 16, 2007 #
Does anyone at yahoo even read this blog or even care that people are having problems.This program is more then just chatting with friends. Lots of comapanys like mine use it for employees.You think 1 pc with yahoo not working try haveing to replace 25 to 8.1 again cause the GREAT yahoo Dont give a damn about what they send to the Public . and if someone at yahoo is reading this and would like to know what problems i am having read up you will see it .But i dought anything will come of this blog.more then letting someone have a place to Bitc&*^%&*%

Comment by BeWiz — November 16, 2007 #
Hi,

One major bug in the updated 9. IT WILL NOT LOG ME IN NO MATTER WHAT WHEN USING WINDOWS VISTA. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!

Comment by Chris — November 16, 2007 #
also when i remember trying out the 9.0 before in the pm’s the games yous removed that witch i and a lot of ppl know like playing the games in pm so i would add that back

Comment by Cisco — November 16, 2007 #
The features 9.0 has seem to be really nice, however I wouldn’t know since IT WON’T LET ME SIGN ON!!!!!!… I IS REALLY IRRITATING!. Especially when you ask for help from a live customer chat agent and they can do no more for you than if you were to go to answers or the help menu. work the bugs out please.

Comment by Madam Butterfly — November 16, 2007 #
I think no one of the Yahoo Team is ever reading this Blog its the most worst Beta of a Software I have ever seen. I think Yahoo for Vista will never come. Im waiting for it since 10 months and now they there is Yahoo 9.0 whats that… It doenst work with Vista I tried everything to log in but didnt work.
SO WHEN WILL IT BE OUT !?????? I really start to hate Yahoo .

Comment by Longinus — November 17, 2007 #
Hi Yahoo!,

I would like to make a legitimate complaint. Most users of XP SP2 and Vista can’t download and/or can’t log into Messenger Beta. Frankly
I can’t see why beta won’t work for at least XP. Also, after many attempts at signing on, my Yahoo ID wouldn’t even work for the Yahoo website??? It took 20min for me to use it, like my accoount was trying to reset itself. (And yes, all my information was correct.) As Yahoo! is a very respected company, I think that you all should at least check you programs at least for signing on!! Of course Beta version for projects aren’t perferct and will always need refining, but the least you should be able to do is SIGN ON. Maybe you shouls try field test BEFORE you launch even a Beta program. This would have eliminated a simple problem of be able to sign on, at least for XP users an Vista always takes more time in programing. Thanks For listening. A EXTREMELY concerned user!!!

Comment by Kadeem — November 17, 2007 #
Ok..i have a few bugs.8.1 was bugging on me alot recently. So imagine how happy i was when i saw 9.0. i thought,new Yahoo,less bugs.BOY WAS I WRONG!!! Now I can’t even SEE my contact list. It’s just blank. I have to manually 1 by 1 click send an im after alternate clicking the icon that shows up next to the time….:( I can no longer send mass messages to groups of my friends, (also known as group messages) -_-…as a result I have practically abandoned yahoo for msn,which works bug free as always. Imagine my surprize when yahoo made me a power user for messenger. Since yahoo regonized my previous useage and wanted to reward me, I thought it only fair to give yahoo messenger 1 more try and download the updated version that they came out with.It is still in the process of downloading,and i hope i will be able to see my list again.:( i dont know what prevented me from reverting back to 8.1,probably lack of time and other more important issues on my things to do list,since MSN has sastisfied my iming needs. I really do hope you get this problem fixed,and thanks for makin me a power user for yahoo mail and yahoo messenger.

Comment by Lori — November 17, 2007 #
Yahoo messenger 9.0 is really slow opening up right now. Once it does open its fine though. However you might want to look into it. As far as my earlier posts about bots I felt it was relevant because chat is done through messenger.

Comment by justanotherchatter — November 17, 2007 #
I cant sign in too in YM beta and when i uninstalled it and re dl the ym 8.1 my ID and password match… so i tried it again but i uninstalled the YM 8.1 again restart and them DL the yahoo beta, but no luck it didnt work with my ID and pass… it said i must forgot password.. My husband and me have same laptop with windows vista on it.. but my husband makes the YM beta works..

Comment by rose — November 17, 2007 #
I can’t even login on this thing.

Comment by Nicole — November 18, 2007 #
YAHOO, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! YOU HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF USERS WHO CANNOT EVEN LOG ON TO THIS BETA. THE BEST THING TO DO IS ADDRESS IT!!! SEND AN EMAIL UPDATE!

Do the rules of good business not apply to a company that is in heavy competition? Do you think you can’t lose users over something like this? I’m glad I got the “award” of being frustrated for being a long time messenger user. This is akin to not smelling the cream and pouring it directly into your coffee cup, only to see the curds rise to the top.

Notify your users, Correct it, QA it, Notify your users. Simple really.

Comment by Steve — November 18, 2007 #
i can’t invite webcam to many at the same time in ym 9.. not like ym 8

Comment by Arman — November 18, 2007 #
great sight

Comment by Linda — November 18, 2007 #
I can’t be certain that this problem is from the 9.0.0.907 release but it began when I downloaded and began using it. Very frequently, while I’m typing anywhere, it seems the “focus” of my computer goes off of the page/program where I’m typing. This means I have to click back on the page/program and continue typing. It’s not such a huge deal if it happens once or twice a day but two or three times every four or five minutes is a bit much.

Is anyone else having this problem? It did begin with the installation of this program but I suppose it could possibly be something else. If it is from 9.0, I truly hope it’s fixed. This is quite aggravating.

Comment by Karyn — November 18, 2007 #
> 9.0 is crappy on vista

vista is crappy period. make a new *working* version for (ubuntu?? freebsd and of course mac osx

Comment by ebaystatus — November 18, 2007 #
Unfortunately since Vista Yahoo messenger has not worked right. Utilizing Chat through Messenger causes Yahoo to crash after about 10 minutes requiring to close out of Yahoo and sign in again. I was hoping with Messenger 9 which I understood was the long awaited Vista compatable Messenger that these fixes would be taken care of. However even this latest beta still wont allow me to sign in, and ultimately crashes just like the prior versions. I am hoping Yahoo will work with Microsoft to get this undercontrol. A Majority of other software compatable issues have already been resolved by other companies-surely Yahoo should step up to the plate.

Comment by Sleepless — November 18, 2007 #
i’m unable to invite people to view my webcam since downloading 9.0 beta. when i click on the webcam icon it does not say “(screen name) has invited you to view their webcam” as with version 8.x. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Comment by chattypatty — November 18, 2007 #
Yes, I’m also experiencing the “no webcam invite” problem. However “ask to view webcam” works.

My other major peeve is that links don’t recognize my default browser, and they all open in MSIE.

Comment by LG — November 18, 2007 #
If a friend is invisible, a lot of the features are not available (chat, emoticons, etc.) I don’t believe that is a clutter issue seeing as it is built into the frame anyway

I would like them back (at least the option to have them available)

Comment by Matt — November 18, 2007 #
yes ,even me the same problem with webcam ,after install the new yahoo 9.0 and i went back to the old one again, but now it is also the same problem.

Comment by rosy — November 19, 2007 #
EVERY time I “sign out” of this new version 9.0.0.907 I get an error message, “Yahoo Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience…..” This is AFTER I have clicked sign out.

Comment by Michael B — November 19, 2007 #
It wont let me log on. This comes up:

ERROR
Please try again.
4 more attepts until YIM 9.0 uninstalls.

Comment by Emman_1998010101 — November 19, 2007 #
Yeah… I love the new beta and all but it won’t let me sign into chats. that’s temporary right?

Comment by Reese — November 20, 2007 #
still won’t work with vista. uninstalling and re-installing version 8.1. will not re-install until I see that a fix has been published and verified by a credible news source.

Comment by matty dread — November 20, 2007 #
And now some Vista noticed bugs and issues with the latest v9.0 beta…

1) The buddy list window doesn’t remember the exact location to save it. For me, it creates itself several pixels to the left from the edge of the screen. Happens on large screen resolutions (1152 by 864 pixels).

2) Part of the voice bar in the chat window grays out (number of listeners and the person currently on the mic).

3) The internal speaker beeps when trying to double click and PM somebody on your buddy list.

My specs:

Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit (all updates) & Yahoo! Messenger v9.0.0.907 beta.

Comment by Venom — November 21, 2007 #
I have read through all 180-some comments on the previous area and 140-some comments here. I must laugh at some of the things I am hearing and seeing. With only a few acceptions, I have 9.0 operating very similar to 8.1. I have only run into a couple issues which have been reported through the beta feedback. This version of Y!Messenger works great with Vista and the Yahoo 360 add-in is a whole lot better than in 8.1. Although I am earnesty waiting for the Vista version, this version is a major improvement upon 8.1 Some of these so-called “bugs” people will never take into consideration that it just might be something within their own system that is causing it and find it convenient to blame the new product. For some reason, I am unable to use voice within a conference, but can use voice on a pc-to-pc call. Is that Yahoo or is it Vista. I personally think it is a majority of Vista’s problem.

People should not make blanket statements like, it is not compatible with Vista, or every person using Vista or XP cannot use it. It always crashes. Here’s a clue people. Yahoo 9.0 has never crashed here, works great and is faster than 8.1, and YES I am running Vista. I also see people always complaining that the 9.0 version is garbage or doesn’t do this or that or whatever, saying that Yahoo is not taking their customers into consideration. PEOPLE, this is a beta version (anyone with any amount of intelligence knows what “beta” means). If you cannot handle the beta version, then go back to 8.1 until a full release is made that is not in beta stage… EEEAASSSHHH!

This is a great version of Y! Messenger, team. I love it and will continue using it until the long awaited Vista version is released, for that is the one I want, but until then will use and help to better 9.0. Could 9.0 use some improvements? Of course it could, but so could every single program sitting on this computer.

Comment by Dale S — November 21, 2007 #
Hi there,

I see one of the features is to add yahoo messenger on your website. I tried various times to do this on myspace and the code does not work (tried copyign and pasting a few times in about me section)

Does this feature work on myspace?

Cheers,

Ryan

Comment by Ryan — November 21, 2007 #
I cannot sign on. I am using XP.

Comment by drpsychakron — November 21, 2007 #
9.0 has never crashed here, works great and is faster than 8.1, and YES I am running

LMFAO @ THAT was that sarcasm?????? seriously it EATS resources good god at least be realistic

Comment by James — November 21, 2007 #
Sarcasm?? Nope and I am being realistic in my comments about it. I’m a straight shooter. If/when I think something is trash or garbage, I say so and I don’t mince words. 9.0 has NEVER crashed nor ceased in its operation here, has been very stable, is faster than 8.1 in most aspects (not all) thaat I have seen, has a nice layout, functions and features. Maybe it does eat resources, but I have yet to see it slow my system. It is obviously not eating enough resources that I noice it. I love 9.0 and hope to watch it get ever better through constructive feedback from those who know, understand and realize it is a BETA version. No one is twisting anybody’s arm to run it and those who can realize that it is BETA will give constructive and useful feedback.

Comment by Dale S — November 21, 2007 #
Well, keep in mind no two machines are alike. You can’t expect a program to work flawlessly on all computer and configurations.

While it may work perfectly for some, for others, including myself, run into bugs and other issues. But at least we’re trying to do something to help Yahoo improve Messenger by giving them the bug and issue reports here and in the feedback form.

My advice if you run into an issue? Well, write down exactly how the crash/bug/issue happened/happens and add what operating system you use (XP or Vista) if it’s 32-bit or 46-bit (normal is 32-bit), what anti-virus/firewall/spyware programs you have running, etc.

As much information we can provide to Yahoo gives us a better chance at issues getting addressed. =)

Comment by Venom — November 22, 2007 #
True. Windows Live Messenger is not exactly one of my favorites. I personally rarely use the file transfer option in Yahoo Messenger, but I sat here today and watched i transfer a 1 meg file over to my wife’s system in less than 3 seconds. I notice some similarities with Live Messenger and in fact there are a few things in Live Messenger I wouldn’t mind seeing in Yahoo. Considering I am always IMing and conferencing and using Messenger to accomplish many taaks, so far it has worked. In fact, I finally hit a problem today, some kind of Visual C library thingy. Course that was sent via beta feedback. I am not saying there are not issues, just not most of the issues that I am reading about. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones. Oh well, time will tell how much better it will get.

Comment by Dale S — November 22, 2007 #
I agree with what you are saying Venom. What is funny, I have two different machines running Yahoo 9.0 Vista based and relatively few issues…. at least so far. As we dig deeper into the program and what not, I fully expect things to arise….

Comment by Dale S — November 22, 2007 #
I’m one who likes “The Latest and the Greatest”
But after reading all about the complaints and issues 9.0 Beta has, I’m staying as far away from it as I can! Sounds to me like some software developers are trying to “Cash In” ASAP regardless of the consequences. Thanks, but no thanks!

Comment by Edward F.Wall — November 22, 2007 #
Fist TRY TO FIX THE LOGIN Problem. I cant login. Then go on with others!

Comment by Benna — November 23, 2007 #
I have not had any trouble signing into the new beta nore has it crashed..or did I have trouble downloading it..I wish you would add the games back but other than that Great Job..

Comment by Michelle C. — November 23, 2007 #
I installed beta 9 on XP SP2, HORRIBLE … not only sign-in problem but it hanged the PC as badly even to terminate the the process was not possible. I tried few time by re-installing Beta 9 / restarting PC … but same !!!!

Comment by Gulzar — November 23, 2007 #
Please add tab version to 9.0 thanks. I really want that.

Comment by Mike — November 23, 2007 #
i want to joing the chat rooms and i need account verification agains spams and bots. i click the link that appears in the yahoo messenger chat rooms window. a new browser window pops up; i typed the code, i get “conggrats” and my yahoo messenger crashes invariably under my vista ultimate.

Comment by Horea — November 24, 2007 #
Sarah WAIT!! i am a 98 SE user and i cannot use the beta messenger!!! PLEASE sont advance messenger to where people with older windows versions wont be able to chat! I am still a dialup user ( not by choice) and need to use windows 98 so PLEASE dont forget us!!!

Comment by So0o0_Confused — November 24, 2007 #
YIM makes an odd sound effect when opening a contact IM window. It kind of sounds like a tearing effect. I don’t see an option to turn it off.

and it is annoyingggggggg
and yes it doesnt go off from alerts and sounds!

Comment by nomi — November 24, 2007 #
when can i send file and picture to my MSN friends?

Comment by lee — November 25, 2007 #
i hope yahoo add some useful robot on yahoo messenger, like translate, map and Encarta and so on.

Comment by lee — November 25, 2007 #
Is any chance to get IM tab? Beside like Lee say. When can we send file, picture and conference with MSN contacts and see theirs avatar?

Comment by Jhon — November 26, 2007 #
When i change a skin in yahoo messenger 9 beta then it have only effect in header but no effect in body. but please check the latest version of windows live messenger(8.5), with skin in live messenger in can change the total messengers color. and i can defile different color for each user window and it is effective for login in 2nd time .. i Expect yahoo will check this stuff and add this feature in final release of yahoo messenger 9

Comment by saiket — November 26, 2007 #
Like many others on here, I am a Vista user and cannot log into YM beta 9, what good is this thing if you can even log in??

Comment by Colin — November 26, 2007 #
Hey guys,

Nice work on the interface – i like it; but i do end up getting errors when opening Yahoo

———
I keep getting 2 errors whenever I try to open YIM 9.0beta or close it; or when I restart my computer – and YIM starts automatically with WINDOWS.

The instruction “0×02806bd8″ referenced memory at “0×0283dc64″. The memory could not be “read”. Click on OK to terminae the program.

The instruction at “0×7c9105f8″ referenced memory at “0×02830010″. The memory could not be “read”. Click on OK to terminate the program.
————-

I uninstalled yahoo and installed it over and over; and with different setup files (mutiple downloads) – still gave me same errors. Any ideas on why I am getting this. I am available through email.

Cheers and keep up the good work.
John.

Comment by John — November 26, 2007 #
In spite of all the comments above, I installed Y! messenger 9.0 beta, and it works great! I still have to get used to the new skins, (no classic view) and they really should add games back (I’ve heard they’re working on that) but other than that, it’s great– and I’m running it on XP Professional, SP 2.

Comment by Audrey — November 26, 2007 #
no odd sounds either!

Comment by Audrey — November 26, 2007 #
Well, I’ve been reading the comments- so you know the story. I downloaded version9.0 beta, and it wouldnt sign me in. I casually had to go to version8.1 or whatever. I wont do any ranting or raving, As you know Windows vista is a challenge anyway. (one that I paid for). I’m sure that it has been a challenge for you also. I would love to have any updates you may have came up with so I can have the latest version. Send me something! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Thomas — November 26, 2007 #
The thing is … some (few) contacts i want always to see even when they are offline but not all. Can you have an option to always show a contact even when offline like for the personalised stealth setting ?

…. merging several yahoo ID’s of the same person into one would be great too.

… my fiance is japanese. Why can’t she use the japanese IM version to chat with me ? And btw .. why can’t we use yahoo mobile for japanese numbers ?

Comment by Dr.A — November 26, 2007 #
I have been using YM for a long time, because I love the interface, the emoticons, the rates are right and its got cool features!
YM9 Beta is good.. but it can be made better!

Features I love:
1. Call forwarding incoming calls. (But may I suggest that you provide a new icon for users who have enabled the feature? Skype offers this feature and I think it’s a good feature too!)
2. Phone out balance visible and at the top rather than at the bottom.

Could you fix the following bugs please?
Bug #1: A big glaring bug: I use the Phone out service and call PC-PC regularly. Logging into YM9 beta does not always show the Phone Out balance. (I know I have credit). I am forced to log out again and re-log-in.. and then it seems to work!

Bug #2: Voice quality has definitely deteriorated! Both for PC-PC and PC-Phone services, both of which I use regularly. Please improve it! I think YM8.1 was the better in many ways, most importantly in the sound quality department. I thought there would have been no compromise in that area in YM9 Beta.. but it seems wanting in this area.

Bug #3: Checking “Ring PC Speaker” without having admin rights causes YM9 Beta to crash! (Under Messenger->Preferences->Calling and Audio) (especially on my laptop at home.. I run Windows XP SP2. Never had any trouble with YM8.1)

Bug #4: Checking “Automatically start Yahoo messenger” does not work. (Under Messenger->Preferences-> General)

Bug #5: Super Webcam does not work even though the settings have been turned on (Under Messenger->Preferences-> Super Webcam)

Areas where improvements are required:
1. Messenger skins: Very dull and boring. Makes it difficult to read “Messenger, Contacts, Action and help”
2. Reduction in the time interval the contact details of a contact on messenger is visible.
3. Bring back the tabbed feature for contacts and address list (like in YM8.1) I liked that more than having to scroll like in YM9.0 beta.
4. Make it possible for custom message (in status bar) to be modified or deleted.

Comment by Vishy — November 27, 2007 #
ok…for some reason i can’t sign in to the new beta messanger. i changed my password twice already but it still does not work. Does having Vista have anything to do with the new beta?

Comment by Mercedes — November 27, 2007 #
Thanks Yahoo! Team!
I have finally been able to sign in to the New Yahoo! 9.0 Beta and I use Vista Home Premium. Thanks again and Good Luck with the upcoming release of Yahoo! Messenger Vista Edition.

Comment by Jonathan — November 27, 2007 #
I recently downloaded the beta messenger for yahoo and it will not let me sign in. My computer runs the Windows Vista Home Premium. Is there something I can do differently so I will be able to log into the messenger.

Comment by Sierra — November 28, 2007 #
I have had very little issues with the new program and I do love the versatility it gives users.

Comment by Christine — November 28, 2007 #
i downloaded yim 9.0 but i cant sign of to it i uninstalled it and reinstalled it several times but still no luck could u give me a hand with this im running windows vista home basic

thanks
tony

p.s. hurry up with the yim for vista i really think it looks and seems really cool

Comment by Tony — November 28, 2007 #
I think there will never be a YIM for Vista I am waiting since 11 months right now for it but still not here. I hate the Beta 9.0 it doesnt work for me (using Vista Home Premium), Noone from the Yahoo Team tell us about it so i think thats why. For them Beta 9.0 seems to be much more important then the Vista Yahoo Messanger.I think they will say one day Yahoo 9.0 is the Vista Version of it.

Comment by Longinus — November 28, 2007 #
Everything is still workin find on this end.

BUT BRING BACK USER CHAT!!! Hell, since we’re power users, can’t we be admins or something for user chat rooms, or is that too much to ask for?

Comment by Glen — November 30, 2007 #
I am not exactly fond of the new app — It locks up when I try to close it out, It won’t display my game status even tho I have my preferences set to do so and I spent an HOUR AND A HALF waiting for live support, which ended with “we’ll forward your issue to tech support, however you will not be notified when it is fixed, I cant do anything to help solve your issue” WTF??? Cmon yahoo….

Comment by Melissa — December 1, 2007 #
i have one question WHY IS THERE STILL A CREATE ROOM OPTION you have not been able to create user rooms since yahoo 6.0 and below are your coders just lazy? or are you planning to take back user created rooms you might actually get some users then instead of bots and spam in chat lmao.

Comment by Are you for real? — December 1, 2007 #
Inline videos are not working AT ALL for me. I paste and enter a link to my friend (whom also has 9.0) and it just shows up as a regular link.

Comment by Seth — December 1, 2007 #
What happened to offline messages?? The new version doesn’t seem to accept them…

Comment by sybille_rm — December 2, 2007 #
can u bring back the YAHOO messger skins?
which we can download it from premades..whick isvery hot!
then new skins are boring..and look dull.

Comment by ab — December 2, 2007 #
Does Beta 9 not work for Vista? It let me install everything just fine but it won’t let me sign in

Comment by Dustin — December 2, 2007 #
hey..make an option at messenger 9 to restore standard options..

Comment by alyn_nr_1 — December 5, 2007 #
well I cant say Musch for yahoo 9 but Vista messy KICKS asssssssssssss

Comment by Bewiz — December 5, 2007 #
I’m extremely annoyed by how messages are saved. I don’t mind having an option to send messages to my mail box but I find it annoying that all my messages are going to mailbox. I went to old version to get my messages back and now it is worse. I don’t even get a notice that I HAD a message unless I go to my mail and click and click and download and wait then….. a hang up call. GRRRR! Was so much easier before I could see who was calling and the time of the call along with how long the call was. Best of all the messages came all together AND no download time. How can I get my messages back?

Comment by anna — December 6, 2007 #
I’m annoyed when YM!9 Beta CRASHES between (important) conversations…

Comment by auzah — December 6, 2007 #
i have a probelm with my os after i install yahoo messenger… my comp slows down when install yahoo messenger and once i uninstall it. .it becomes fast again.. can u pls help me!

Comment by Salman — December 6, 2007 #
ok,,i see you are coming out with a yahoo version
that works on windows xp/vista and one that just works on vista,,,, dont you think thats a waste of time coming out with two beta’s ,,,maybe i dont understand,,,,,,why not just put your efforts on the one that will work in windows XP/vista,,, both windows xp/vista are from bill gates right ?,,,,,

Comment by karen — December 6, 2007 #
I still cannot sign onto the new Messenger 9.0 beta
Using my windows vista premium , even if i try to create a new account it still does not let me sign on its like it cant find the internet

Comment by Bmesa1972 — December 10, 2007 #
WHY IS THE SHARE MUSIC FILE GRAYED OUT?

Comment by Penny — December 11, 2007 #
I tried beta 9.0 out and i like the look and some of the things about it. just changed back to 8.1 for now. 1. pc-pc may or may now work – had to use conference to talk to other users. Other people i talked to they get a message that i was using a older version of yahoo, and recieved and message to go to the latest version 8.1 Then my voice messages are now going to my e-mail when i try to play message nothing is there. I was mad at this point and i turned it in as spam. lol waiting to see what happens now with my voice messages. 9.0 look good but not worth it. If you can not use it

Comment by mad yahoo user — December 12, 2007 #
if i listen to music i can’t see what i am listening on my status…isn’t there any pluggin that can fix this?…in messenger 8 there was one..

Comment by cat — December 13, 2007 #
why isn’t the new messenger released on a full version yet ??

Comment by Agafitei Dragos — December 13, 2007 #
I’m not sure this is the right place to send a new feature addition to Yahoo msgr still I will go with it. It would be really nice of Yahoo to stop showing ads in Yahoo Messenger if the user signing in is a valid Yahoo Premium Mail user ?one nice feature I would like to have.

Thx
AL

Comment by Al — December 14, 2007 #
Downloaded the PC version of Messenger 9 … went to check my voicemail and it asked me to enter my e-mail address to have them all sent to me.

The good news is I got them all…the bad news is they are all blank. Important voice mails lost forever! Anyone else seen this problem?

Comment by Matt Ryan — December 16, 2007 #
i was on YM!9 beta and all of a sudden the “offline messages” window came up by itself but had no messages in it. im worried that it might have been an important message from my fiance. fix this prob! i dont know if it was a message but didnt show, or if it was jus a glitch that made the window pop up. i guess people shouldnt download stupid beta versions if they depend on important messages!

Comment by frex — December 17, 2007 #
I don’t like the new chat behaviour. With previous versions the messages go out like this:

Arun: message1
Kumar: message2
Arun: message1

In the beta is:
Arun:
message1
message2
Kumar:
message1

I really don’t like the first line break is a waste of space, that is one of the things I dislike most of MSN Messenger.

And also I prefer to see the nick on every message. I hope the old way could be added at least as an option in the next build.

Comment by Arun — December 19, 2007 #
i want 2 sign in yahoo 9.0 beta version but still can sign in there was a written try again 1 time its sign in& next time it dosent so plz tell me why it happens 2 this messenger?:(:((

Comment by sabrina — December 22, 2007 #
I have the Yahoo 9.0.0.907 om my SP2 Windows XP
but I am planning to remove it and re-install the Yahoo 8.0 because, my old 8.0 version of the messenger, because Signing in with version 9.0 requires a very long time & many many trials for signing in, but with version 8.0 no long time required and even with a tired network service it does reqiure only 3-5 trials to sign in.
i think it is better to remove the plug in & add contact buttons from the main window to be showed.

Comment by Zirak A. Tayib — December 22, 2007 #
“Voice Chat Could Not Be Started”

I can’t use voice in conf on YM9 – either build#907 or still now on build#922 – (on VistaHomeBasic) – tho no problem with “Call” voice, and no probs at all in earlier YMs.
More detail here: http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/index.php?showtopic=11940&hl=

Comment by Ian Patterson — December 24, 2007 #
———————–Issue———————————

YM 9.0 beta has the following issue :

It steals focus even when running in the background. Say I am using notepad or MS Outlook, the current window just loses focus but still stays on top inactive. I will have to click on it to regain focus. This is very irritating and will happen atleast once every minute. I have confirmed that this is because of YM.

———————–Issue———————————

Comment by Moorthi — December 26, 2007 #
Whatever…I just download BETA and I am NOT able to login. My version 8 worked fine…
Checked all connection setting…

Thanks for your help

Comment by Amsidory — December 27, 2007 #
Still inability to turn pms off HELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
anyone out there yahoo. let us turn pms off!!!!!!!! this is the reason loads HATE chat you can turn them off but it ignores everyone ffs! we dotn like getting 20 pms from abdul 50 buzz!! and w/e spam :l

Comment by Gez — December 27, 2007 #
Ohhh, I like, I like so far. Sure I can see there are a few bugs… this is a beta version, correct? It works so much better on this vista. I just wanna download some cool skins other than what is available. Keep up the good work….

Comment by Remah — December 29, 2007 #
Hey,i cant login in yahoo messanger…as soon as i enter my user id and password and click sign in yahoo messanger window disappears and i cant login..can any one tell me the solution for this?? i tried downloading the messanger two three times but same problem occurs..

Comment by priyanka — December 30, 2007 #
Hello Yahoo team…Happy New Year…
recently I downloaded the beta messenger …something happen and it’s not working.
I need help with down loading it …

Comment by twania dottson — January 1, 2008 #
YM 9.0 has been really easy & fun to use. I love it!!!!!!!! although, is there a conference there? people invite me to conferences, and i can accpet them. but when i try to make a conference myself, i couldn’t. is there a way i could make a conference? if so, can you tell me???

Comment by sammie — January 4, 2008 #
Hi Sammie –

Try this help article (scroll down to see section on conferencing in 9.0):

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messenger/messenger9/othercomms/index.html

Sarah Bacon

Comment by Administrator — January 4, 2008 #
Well as many others. I have tried to install and reinstall YIM and I still cannot sign in. I am using Vista Home Premium.

Comment by Tony F — January 8, 2008 #
Still pms can no longer be turned off this version SUCKS!! 8.1 is better never thought i would say that…

Comment by Jim — January 11, 2008 #
My other major peeve is that links don’t recognize my default browser, and they all open in MSIE.

thats what happens when you get brainwashed by microsoft look at yahoos messenger its an msn clone lmfao.A carbon copy of msn and even worse than msn :l

Comment by Jim — January 11, 2008 #
Ok, the new messengers rocks but the skins suck you really need to give us back a way to make our own.

Comment by sidzdead — January 15, 2008 #
The skin really suck. It only applies to the top or header but not to its body. It would really look great if its body has 25% to 50% opacity of the skin.

Comment by zeor7i — January 16, 2008 #
First of all the beta version of Yahoo messenger Rocks……..!!

and my problem starts……..here
one fine morning it just crashed and tried to re-open…
Though it re-opened, when I click on Sign In button…its simply getting crashed…

Then I tried to re-install the Old version of Messenger i.e. Version8

Then too the same thing is repeating………..whenever i click on “Sign In ”

its just getting disappeared……

Can some one help me in this matter….

Thank you….!!

Comment by VJ — January 16, 2008 #
i experience, my contact list missing, n the messenger window is blank execpt the ads at the ottom of the page…what is happening?

please help..

Comment by lely — January 31, 2008 #
well its downloaded but not signing in any help would be nice.

Comment by RAe — January 31, 2008 #
Not able to login.. using xp sp2

Comment by rd — February 1, 2008 #
I am using Yahoo messenger Beta 9.0.0.922 on MS Vista Home Premium. When I send messages using Yahoo messenger I cannot see any of the messages/chat text in the windows. I cannot see either my sent messages or the received messages. But if I go to message archive I can view all the messages. Please help to resolve this.

Comment by Gana — February 1, 2008 #
i am trying to add a new user to yahoo messenger but its not letting me does anyone know how to do it?>

Comment by jesse — February 1, 2008 #
While latest version of beta 9 seems to be working fine it takes a while for it to shut down and application errors log in Vista gives an Event ID 1000 error for Yahoo Messenger each time I exit Yahoo Messenger. Using Vista Ultimate edition here with all drivers and software up to date and have no other problems with any other applications I use.

Comment by Can — February 5, 2008 #
Also you should really look into taking off deleting files when a file transfer gets interrupted for some reason. I start sending several files and when something goes wrong with network or whatever and transfer gets interrupted Yahoo deletes all the files already transferred (without even showing the courtesy to put them in the trash bin) This is a very annoying and time wasting feature, esp with how often file transfers fail on yahoo messenger network.

Comment by Can — February 5, 2008 #
I’m still having problems signing into Yahoo Messenger 9 Beta. I’ve tried several different versions. While installing, a window pops up that says “The file download was cancelled or interrupted. 404 not found” (Not sure if this has anything to do with it) I’ve checked all the proxy settings and everything’s fine. I still can’t log in at all……

Comment by Amanda MC — February 8, 2008 #
i downloaded yahoo beta 9 and everytime i try to log in it says i forgot my password i have many diff ids that i tried to sign into and it all says the same but i can use the web messenger i have vista home premium its really really annoying just like all others have said and by the way to those of you asking about the vista messenger it is out it’s been out for a while but………. there is no webcam option or photo share and stuff like that that’s y i downloaded beta 9 but its been nothing but problems for me

Comment by Veronica — February 8, 2008 #
I am using XP and upon downloading the 9.0 version have experienced slow signin time or requires several attempts.

I have LaunchCast Plus and it works 10% of the time. With broadband it should flow smoothly but there is a long buffer period or hangs at connecting. Can’t listen to it in Firefox so use msgr only to be disappointed.

I’ll go back to previous version until these issues are resolved. Good luck.

Comment by Melodie — February 12, 2008 #
So I can get the Icon saved onto my desktop, but whenever I try to run the program to get it downloaded, the stupid thing gives me this message saying: The file or directory C:\$Mft is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.

Any suggestions?

Comment by Adam — February 15, 2008 #
Sarah can you try to fix yahoo messenger 9.0 as fast as you can please. I have windows vista and I cant sign in. Thanks

Comment by dal — February 18, 2008 #
ok like I have beta messenger and it worked awesome in my laptop but then I just got a cell phone and I went to messenger in it and it worked and now that I can finally use my laptop again I go to my messenger and then I click on get started and then a blank page appears!! nothing seems to download so that I can sign in. can you please help me Sara? plzzzz I really need it. Thanks for your time.

Comment by Lorena — February 24, 2008 #
I installed yahoo 9 beta and when I try to launch Launchcast all my stations have a slight grey to them and I am unable to get them to start. It is as if they are all blocked. I can see the start screen in the plugin where it lists the two stations and my station, and the all station list, but when I try to click the stations none of them activate. I have tried to turn the plug-in off and then back on again through the plug-in screen, and it still is grey. Please let me know what you suggest. Thank you.

Comment by Al Valentino — February 25, 2008 #
I am installing yahoo messenger version 8 cannot work for vista ultimate, i tried version 9 beta. After installing, the download bar showing 100% complete. The thing hang there for a an hour. what is your advice.

Comment by KUMAR — March 1, 2008 #
I’ve downloaded version 9 b4 when it first released had no problem with it but went back to 8.1 for a while now I have wireless and tried re installing version 9 and now I cant seem to ever log in is it because I’m using a wireless connection or is this version just that crappy.

Comment by Stephanie — March 3, 2008 #
Just curious if yahoo has ever considered the tabbed windows for the Vista Version in a version for XP as well. I understand wanting Vista to be different, but a lot of people that still use XP find that the taskbar can quickly become clattered when doing work or school work on computers while also having like umpteen million IM windows.

Comment by Skye — March 17, 2008 #
Unicode compliant is the biggest lie I’ve ever heard about Yahoo Messenger. It’s outragous that you dare say sth so gravely imprecise. Putting aside all techicalities I dare you to call Unicode compliant a messenger that doesn’t allow me to write character from the UTF-8 charset! Or more precisely it reacts to my typing them with deleting the contents of the message.
If that’s a joke it’s on you. I don’t know who was the brain behind making shortcuts for diactrict letters mess up the typing experience (since Y!M 6 or so) but really good going sir. A really smart decision to piss off people who use sth aside the latin alphabet, which would amount to about everyone except english speaking countries in the world. Bravo.
No wonder Microsoft can’t decide on buying Yahoo out. Even they have some common sense left.

Comment by Norbert — March 18, 2008 #
Will you add tab message like the Yahoo Messenger for Mac?

Comment by Edward Lin — March 25, 2008 #
I faced really hectic problems with new Yahoo Messenger Beta 9 version.
1. My XP crash within 15 to 20 minutes after I start this new version of Yahoo Messenger Beta 9.(I guess, It conflicts with the my laptop inbuilt webcam driver)
2.It log off and log in very frequently.

I hope Yahoo will look into this.

Comment by Gopalakrishnan Natchimuthu — March 26, 2008 #
I installed the beta 9.0 and though it was good except i lost all notifications of missed incoming calls and had no access to my voicemail. So i deleted it, and tried to go back to the tried and true 8.1 But i CAN’T!!! As a matter of fact i can’t install any yahoo at all now. I get this every time I try:

Yahoo! Suite Installer has encountered a problem and needs
to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

I have even done a regedit and removed yahoo from the software sources an still can not install. I NEED help please, yahoo voice is the only way I can call my wife in texas from where I am stationed at in Okinawa. Please help…………..THANX

Comment by Josh — March 31, 2008 #
today my voice messages did not show up in my email account inbox. They did show up on the beta 9 messenger as coming in today 4/1/08.

Comment by sharon rohner — April 1, 2008 #
The Beta version had some issues for me.
1. IM window would freeze during conversations, hour glass would turn and turn for up to a minute or more.
2. The way messages are displayed, under the persons name.
3. Tonight I kept getting online notifications for people I had removed from my contact list a long time ago. They were not even in my address book.
I rolled back to version 8 after #3. happened. I do not want to hear people coming and going all night who are no longer on my list..
4. I agree with comments about the skins, top bar great, the rest of it.. not great. Oh and in the IM window having the emoticons, audibles, etc grayed out made me think they were not available. I liked them in color.
5. Had a message pop up in the yahoo mail window.. I do not care for that feature. The person who was chatting with me was showing online in my mail window but not on messenger.. I would type a message in an IM window he could see it and respond, but I could only see it in the Mail window. Very frustrating.

I am willing to give it another shot in the future though.

Comment by darcijj — April 2, 2008 #
its reeeally borin hw d skins apply only 2 the headings….its virtually imposibl 2 customise d appearance settings…

Comment by Alice — April 16, 2008 #
I have installed v. 7, and then v. 8 and then v.9Beta but all have the same problem. It always signs out and in automatically every 1 or 2 minutes. Too bad and super annoying. Can any body here help me to resolve this problem? I have no problem at all with connection.

Comment by Flores — April 17, 2008 #
So, I was very excited when I saw that yahoo beta 9 had come out and that it was “supposed” to work with vista. well guess what it doesn’t. I can’t log into yahoo 9 at all I tried every tip and trick posted to get it to work with vista and nothing. Now I love yahoo, I have been using yahoo mail and yahoo messenger for years and I have never been as disappointed with yahoo as I am right now. I expect yahoo to care about their users and try and fix an glitches or problems in a timely manner and honestly right now yahoo has all but dropped the ball. If yahoo doesn’t make an honest attempt at fixing yahoo 9 so it will work for vista users I don’t think I will be able to continue using any of yahoo’s products. Which will really be a shame.

Comment by Char — April 22, 2008 #
still won’t work with vista. uninstalling and re-installing version 8.1. will not re-install until I see that a fix has been published and verified by a credible news source.

Comment by Nora Pentru Mama — April 22, 2008 #
___________=Feedback=__________

Installed Y! im Beta 9

Tried to login.
No success….

==============
Things that might be causing conflict:

Mcafee Security Center 8.2 (yahoo messenger allowed all access, no success)

Linksys WRT54G (tried forwarding ports, no success)

Windows XP sp2

Windows firewall (turned off, no success)

Comcast ISP

==================

I am able to login to mail.yahoo.com
I am not able to login to Y!IM 9 beta.

Is there a developer out there that can fix this problem, as I am very peeved that my buddy can install and login fine, but I cannot.

Any support would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by mike — April 24, 2008 #
It doesn’t receive offline messages! i hate it.

Comment by deanrussel — April 28, 2008 #
I have Windows XP. The install only goes to 99% and will just stand at that forever. Won’t complete installation. Need help!

Comment by Devon — April 29, 2008 #
When I open an IM window or receive an IM there is a strange “YEERRRP” sound that messenger makes. My messenger preferences have been set to turn off ALL sounds but this persists. I see others on yahoo Answers have had similar issues, only the sound seems to be a bit different for several people.

PLEASE release a fix for this or remove the sound all together.

Comment by Darren — April 30, 2008 #
Hi Darren,

Try changing the audible category in your IM window. We think there may be one or two sets that cause this error (e.g. when the last used Audible category is NCAA, Insults and Hellos). In 9.0, the audibles set loads even if you don’t have the menu open; so try changing to a different audible set and see if you still have the issue. Thanks,

Sarah Bacon

Comment by Administrator — April 30, 2008 #
Still having problems with not being able to log into the 9.0 version. Now that I uninstalled it and installed the 8.1 version back, I get booted all the time. Even on the web messenger…wsup with that?

Comment by Serenity_angel — May 7, 2008 #
well..I would love to try Yahoo Beta 9.0. But I have yet been able to sign in.

Comment by Kimmy — May 10, 2008 #
i tried many times already that i still cant sign in with this 9.0, i went to my friend house, hers can, there is no setting prob, we just using diff company’s broadband…. is it becoz of that? mine is broadband, no need proxy, no prob with firewall, coz me and her using same antivirus and both are vista…

Comment by my — May 15, 2008 #
my built in cam in my laptop is inverted when i use it in yahoo messenger.What im going to do with this problem.

thank you

Comment by Desmarie — May 23, 2008 #
where is the voice chat option in yahoo messenger 9.0 beta?

Comment by harnish — May 23, 2008 #
FEEDBACK??????????

DONT YOU NOTICED ALL THIS COMMENTS FROM FROM START TO END ARE ALL PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!

PLEASE SECURE SOLUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

SYSTEM IS BUSY ALWAYS!

ONE SOLUTION IS THAT CALL MY FRIEND TO USE SKYPE. OFCOURSE I LIKE YAHOO VERY MUCH. JUST HOPING SOMEDAY IT WILL BE FIX.

sign-in problem, system is busy please try again later. cool! ive tried every 30 minutes just to believe the try again later. wow! remains the same.

hoping i can get your solutions

Comment by roylo — May 26, 2008 #
i like the messenger but i still don’t like the mess skin option,he doesn’t have the classic skin whyyyyyyyy ,whyyyyyyyy

Comment by Zenit — May 27, 2008 #
what if my messenger is 8.1 and my friend’s is 9.0?
is it compatible for us to send files?like video files?
because we try it once but the file the he send is not workin.

i want to install 9.0 but theres an error.i’ve already download it but when i click on the it.it wont open.it said that it has a wrong configuration.

plz do send me back a msg..plz.

thanks..

Comment by kirk — May 31, 2008 #
Hi,

I am repeatly getonting the message “download has been interrupted or cancelled” while downloading the yahoo messanger. Any help on resolving this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Kishore

Comment by Download has been cancelled or interrupted — June 1, 2008 #
iam using yahoo latest version(9.0) but iam not able to see the messages which i have send and received……..i checked all the alternatives(tools,internet opts etc…) but iam not able to handle the things.please helpme………….

Comment by charan — June 3, 2008 #
it won’t work on my windows xp some of miss configuration from installer T_T

Comment by istanto — June 6, 2008 #
Hi,

I am repeatly getting the message “download has been interrupted or cancelled” while downloading the yahoo messanger. Any help on resolving this will be greatly appreciated. Pls mail the solution to bn_kishore@yahoo.com

Thanks
Kishore

Comment by Naga — June 10, 2008 #
OK…I adore how yahoo 9 looks, and you fixed the problems with games so that is great…however, there is still one major problem! I can’t see people coming online, nor can I get messages from them at that point…I use wireless so I get dc a lot, so one time there was one person online, I got dc and signed back to yahoo and it says 4 people are online, some even idle cos they have been on for a looooooooong time. That really sucks, especially if you are expecting to hear from someone…fix it already please

Comment by Dasha — June 11, 2008 #
Pressing Ctrl+H does not toggle Show/Hide offline contacts. Also, I could not save any settings. What I observed was my profile in the registry gets reset from time to time. Seems like my settings is just temporarily stored in the regitry but after a while it is restored to its default settings. Please advise what to do. You may send me an email for instructions. Thank you.

Comment by Michael — June 29, 2008 #
i am using yahoo messenger but am not able to update the latest version 9.0 ? plz give some suggestion.

Comment by shruti — July 1, 2008 #
It’s been in beta stage for ages come on yahoo get your act together and make it final

Comment by narko — July 3, 2008 #
What happened to the ability to ALWAYS log in invisible to everyone????

Also, supposedly you can right click a group name and select permenantly invisible to everyone in that group, but it’s not working. I had to go through & right click on each individual name in the group.

BRING BACK THE EASY STEALTH OPTIONS PLEASE! it totally defeats the purpose of staying invisible if you log on & then have to select invisible afterwards, there are some people you just NEVER want to have to chat with unless you choose!

Also, let us interact with all the functions when invisible please! We always could before!

Comment by c5lady — July 4, 2008 #
Hi. The yahoo messenger 9 beta is awsome. I had it for over 8 months and it was working perfectly fine. But now however, I am expierencing problem in signing into my account through the messenger. It says “Try signing in later”. It is said that it is because of the firewall and proxy settings. I changed the settings but the problem is still the same. I am expierencing the same problem for Window Live Messenger. I hope that some help can be given for the yahoo messenger. Thank You!

Comment by Maria Punwasi — July 5, 2008 #
Hey is the problem with the HTTP proxy already fixed? Last time I tested YM9, i can’t connect via HTTP proxy. I can’t use this at work so I downgraded to YM8. You can’t set the HTTP proxy since the option is to automatically detect the HTTP proxy for Internet Explorer. ???

Comment by Chris M — July 8, 2008 #
Hi Chris,

Yes, we did make some changes to the HTTP Proxy connection settings. I recommend downloading this latest version at http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/win and trying it. Thanks,

Sarah Bacon

Comment by Administrator — July 9, 2008 #
I am continually getting cut off from the chat line because I have signed in with yahoo messenger,but I have never done that. I’ll be on the chat line at night,go to bed,get up in the morning,and I can’t get back on. A few hours or a day later,I can get back on as if nothing ever happened. Frustrating is too mild a word to describe it. What is the problem,and how do I fix it??

Comment by Fred — July 10, 2008 #
the new features is awesome. i like the skin color. but I have the same problem its hard to sign in , get crash and this is weird my friends told me i have notification in my yahoo messenger it says I’m using old version even if I know I’m using beta 9 . whats wrong with yahoo beta 9.. weird!!!

Comment by louise — July 14, 2008 #
I tested the newest version yesterday but still same problem. I have seen the changes made on the version like adding the HTTP proxy fields again. But the Server Name/Port that I entered isn’t getting saved. When I get back to the preferences, the Server Name/Port is getting set again to blank values.

Comment by Chris M — July 15, 2008 #
Yahoo! Messenger 9 Beta install hangs at 99%. I have two computers running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3. I installed Yahoo! Messenger 9 Beta on the notebook and it is a wonderful product. I attempted to install it on my desktop (which had Yahoo Messenger 8.1) but the install hangs at 99% A GLB.tmp file such as GLB1C.TMP gets stuck at 50% CPU usage (I have a hyperthreaded processor). I’ve rebooted. I’ve uninstalled. I’ve renamed the Yahoo! folder and attempted to install. I’ve terminated all processes and turned down, then shut down all firewalls yet the problem persists. I’ve attempted to wait it out, but after a few hours the program is still hung at 99%. Is this a known issue? Is there a registry fix? (Desktop is a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 with 2GB of RAM and 1.3TB of HDD space running Windows XP Professional SP3 on a broadband connection, with Zone Alarm Pro as the firewall and anti-virus product.)

Comment by Doug in Arizona — July 27, 2008 #
Hi, I intalled YMbeta9 from the link provided by Sarah to Chris and I am having difficulty connecting using my proxy inside our company’s network. this works perfectly in YM8/8.1. Please help. Thanks.

Comment by jaspher — July 30, 2008 #
Yeah… thats true. I cannot even login using this yahoo mesenger 9.0 although that it has many other advantages, cute skins etc. but this problem will lead us to switch yahoo messenger 8.1…

Comment by Nuzron — August 17, 2008 #
i am trying to reinstall yahoo messenger 9 beta,but why is it taking long to be reinstalled

need help as soon as possible

Comment by arishma — August 18, 2008 #
webcam on my laptop does not work with yahoo messenger. is there a chance that it could work with YM in the future with maybe software updates?

Comment by chris — August 18, 2008 #
almost 9 nine months of beta when is yahoo messenger 9 coming out of beta.And also i am getting these wired error which says something out pure virtual function and bla bla and messenger crashes.

Comment by Sakar — August 25, 2008 #
my yahoo messenger get disconnected when i open my cam..
my net speed is 384kbps, am using router
my sos is Xp
hope u could help me

Comment by Dimples — September 2, 2008 #
I am having trouble using my photo share. It used to work just fine and now all of a sudden nothing. Everything looks fuzzy. I am a vista user and have the latest 9.0 beta version.

Comment by Jessica — September 2, 2008 #
The focus stealing is quite irritating, really. Wasn’t sure what was causing it, but I had a sneaking suspicion, since I just installed the 9beta version. After a bit of search, I found that it is indeed the messenger. It happened twice since I’ve started to type this message in. I’ve already tried to use TweakUI, it has an “prevent applications from stealing focus” option, but it seems to do me no good with this issue. The funny thing is it somehow steals focus from it’s own chat windows.
PLEASE, fix it soon, or I’ll be forced to turn to other IM clients in the near future.
Thanks.

Comment by SloMo — September 5, 2008 #
I installed the 1389 BETA version of Yahoo messenger 9….. I am behind a HTTP proxy…. My old 8.1 YM was able to work fine with the proxy settings given…. But it doesnt work with v9…. I tried both take the settings from IE as well as manually giving the settings…. I hope you fix this bug….

Comment by Ash — September 8, 2008 #
hello just wanna ask-been trying to install yahoo vista but it always shows that yahoo messenger did not correctly install.this may have been due to other application or incomplete installs. pls try the install again after restarting your computer- tried restarting my lapyop yet i can not install ym vista.i guess there was an incomplete installation for the vista ym, where can i find it? my laptop is windows vista, i am not so good with computer. hope u can help me. so instead of installing of yahoo vista i installed yahoo messenger 8.1 and everytime i join the chat room it’s only me in the chat room no other chatters. pls pls help me and hope u could send reply or feedback thru my email. thank u so much

Comment by jen — September 10, 2008 #
my yahoo messenger has blocked by network administrator. so is there any solution to access yahoo messenger without any permission… help me please…

Comment by robin — September 16, 2008 #
Hi robin,

Try our web-based version, Yahoo! Messenger for the Web. No download is required – just go to http://webmessenger.yahoo.com and sign in with your Yahoo! ID and password. It doesn’t have all the features but you’ll be able to see your friends list, send and receive IMs, as well as SMS messages.

Sarah Bacon

Comment by Administrator — September 17, 2008 #
Hi Yahoo will you please help me as My yahoo messenger causing my pc to restart when I open it. I had tried like msn but my pc wont restart only with yahoo messenger. Hope anyone here can help me. Thanks

Comment by asian — September 19, 2008 #
i cannot sign in to my yahoobeta9.but in other computer i can?? i hav conection internet y like this please give solution. i changed in the preference olredy firewall no proxies but still i cannot sign in. i used other computer it works but not mine.i cant sign in please help…

Comment by maria — September 21, 2008 #
i cannot chat with my friends because i cannot open my yahoo messenger in my computer but to other pc i can sign in but not in my computer. i tried to change connection preference firewall no proxies in my y.m. but still did not work. i cannot chat and talk to anyone because i cannot sign in , in yahoo messenger

Comment by maria — September 21, 2008 #
it is really annoying to me since i really need to connect with my brother iam using 8 version and he download the 9 version, he cant see the my web cam but i can see his. so i thought the problem we shoul be in same version, so i download the 9 version, but cannot sign in. tried to un install, install again, restart the computer, change my password, no luck… what is this? so un pleasant..please help

Comment by azwar fahri — September 27, 2008 #
hi,
i have installed ym 9.0 but my problem was im calling my bf PC to PC call but i cant hear my PC ringing and even him ..so we cannot talk to each other trough PC to PC
whats the best remedy for it…

Comment by zenki — October 3, 2008 #
Hi, I was just wondering if someone has put you on the ignore list and you send them a message, will they still get your message or not?

Comment by Lily — October 3, 2008 #
hi i have been trying to get yahoo messenger 9.0 beta to download and it gets to 99% and then stays there for hours until i finally give up. Then once it finally does download i try to open it from my desktop icon, or download file folder, or from anywhere you can possibly pull up yahoo messenger and it will not pop up the messenger! i dont know whats going on and if you could help me i would really appreciate it.
Thank You,
Joe

Comment by Joe — October 4, 2008 #
Hi! In the new yahoo messenger 9, the I’m on SMS has been changed to I’m mobile. So right now I wouldnt be able to distinguish who’s using the “I’m on SMS” and “I’m mobile”. I know that both use mobile phones. But still there is a difference. I love that feature on YM 8.

Comment by kai — October 4, 2008 #
hi I cant install yahoo messenger because it says the application configuration is wrong.?
error message:
c:\programfiles\Yahoo!\Messenger\Yahoo…

this application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling this application may help.

But I reinstall it like 50 times and it still will not help.
what can i do for install ym9?

Comment by sam — October 6, 2008 #
I’ve had no issues running nor installing Yahoo Messenger 9. It’s run very well and visually has appeared better than 7+ in every way except 2. I like that Yahoo Chat’s captcha code for entry is now in the window rather than a link opening in a browser. I also like the ability to hide display pictures together like MSN has done. The merger between MSN and Yahoo does need to be extended to file-sharing and other capabilities, but that can wait…

My only complaints are the lack of either a classic skin or ability to create custom skins; And most importantly, grouped messages… At least make the grouped messages an optional feature, because everyone I know who has 9.0 despises that change. I’d go back to 8.1 if I could reinstall it just for that one feature, it seriously annoys me that much.

To explain what I mean, messages in 9.0 appear like this:

Tim: Hey.
What’s up?
Have you tried the new Yahoo 9.0?
John: Nope.
Why, is it any good?
Tim: Yeah dude.
It’s awesome.

Whereas, in Yahoo 7, 8.1, and the others, that same conversation would appear like this:

Tim: Hey
Tim: What’s up?
Tim: Have you tried the new Yahoo 9.0?
John: Nope.
John: Why, is it any good?
Tim: Yeah dude.
Tim: It’s awesome.

That’s so much more organized and just better visually. Some people may like the grouped messages, but at least make it OPTIONAL, not standard. That’s a horrid idea to make a change like that and not let it be optional. Forcing a change isn’t good under any circumstances.

Comment by Tobias — October 7, 2008 #
As 5 days of using Yahoo 9.0, now it doesnt appear the lists of rooms when joining Yahoo! rooms. It is totally blank. Can anyone help me?

Comment by butch — October 7, 2008 #
Hi Tobias,

There is a way to change how your conversation is formatted in 9.0. Please read this blog article for more information:

http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2008/03/21/changing-message-format-in-90-beta/

Thanks,

Sarah Bacon

Comment by Administrator — October 8, 2008 #
Hi everyone –

A final version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 is now available. You can download it at:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/win

Sarah Bacon

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