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Flickr videos supported in 9.0

April 15, 2008 on 10:56 am | In 9.0 version, Features | 6 Comments

Last week, Flickr.com announced its new video feature, allowing Flickr Pro users to upload videos and share them online alongside their photos.

As a result, we added support for Flickr videos to the inline media player in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta. If you share a Flickr video link or a friend shares one with you, you can watch the video right in the IM window.

Unlike conventional video sharing services like Yahoo! Video or Youtube, Flickr videos are designed to be “long photos” that capture slices of life. To encourage this, Flickr has limited the length of uploaded videos to 90 seconds. While that may seem like a really short video, it’s ideal for sharing those clips you capture on your digital camera or mobile phone (which often go unshared). Check out a couple of the uploaded videos from the early beta testers:

    

To share your own Flickr videos during an IM conversation, just copy and paste the link from the browser address bar when you’re on the video page (e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraying/2391084921/).

To find out more about the new Flickr video features, check out the Flickr blog.

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

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  1. This is nice

    Comment by Hei — April 15, 2008 #

  2. ITS GOOD AND FANTASTIC

    Comment by gopu — April 19, 2008 #

  3. LOL im guessing Jim B’s posterior is a well visited attraction for rump riders.

    Comment by LMFAO — April 21, 2008 #

  4. Sarah, is there a way to get the new Yahoo Messenger 8 software on a CD? I do not have high speed access and cannot download. Thanks

    Comment by jb777x — April 21, 2008 #

  5. Sarah, how do i download yahoo messenger? My computer will not let me get on yahoo messenger to chat with my peeps!!!! I really need Yahoo messenger on my computer!!! So please type back and tell me how to download.
    Thank You Sarah

    Comment by Lateasha Avery — April 21, 2008 #

  6. Lateasha-

    Just visit http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com/download.php to download the 9.0 version.

    If you have trouble downloading, you can always use the web version (no download required) at http://webmessenger.yahoo.com.

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — April 21, 2008 #

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