Yahoo Releases Messenger 9
Here’s news for Yahoo chat lovers! The popular messenger service provider launched the latest version of its instant messaging client – Yahoo Messenger 9.0 for Windows XP and Windows Vista system. Yahoo fans can now avail some pleasant enhancements in the service such as a revamped interface having more skins and space along with facility to view videos and images in the chat window.
Users can also benefit from spam alerts and chat with their pals directly from their Web site online profile page. The display is enhanced and users can now boast of a larger avatar along with availing more room to view a contact’s status message. Updates on social networking sites such as Yahoo 360, Yahoo Buzz, MyBlogLog and Avatars would complement your status – for instance when you change the backdrop of your avatar.
An interesting improvement made to Yahoo Messenger 9.0 is that the contacts can be imported in large quantities, thanks to TrueSwitch, a third-party service operator. It searches your e-mail, other IM and social networking accounts such as Facebook and Outlook for friends also signed up on Yahoo IM. TrueSwitch also sends request for friends on your behalf so that they (friends) can add you to their Messenger. In addition you have the alternative of sending an invitation to your unaffiliated contacts to sign up with Yahoo.
Faster search bar while checking your address book and list of instant messages (IMs), and a support function of the status field to links and emoticons are some of the similar features offered in Yahoo Messenger 9.0 in comparison with Windows Live Messenger beta.
Eventually, the latest addition by Yahoo focuses on power users with an icon of a crown or medal located near their name and rewards them with additional avatar accessories and priority customer care.
By choosing the button appearing at the right of the Messenger logo, you can find new skins, which also includes a dark theme. Moreover, it now includes maps, video players, images as well as public photos when a friend or a user drags a file ending with .Gif, .Jpg, .Bmp or .Png. Next, it enables users to comment on an image or view videos on YouTube devoid of leaving the IM window, a USP as far as instant messaging is concerned.
For emoticon fans, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 includes six new expressions to version 8.1’s gallery, which includes a little fellow rocking out and a smiling face with a thumbs-up.
Web site owners and Yahoo visitors have another reason to rejoice as the latest addition comprises of Pingbox, a brand new feature that allows them to chat in real time. A Pingbox chat window can be embedded in the site of an administrator, blogger, social networker, eBay seller, etc. which communicates with your Yahoo Messenger application making it possible to chat in real time.
With such tremendous features, Yahoo Messenger certainly promises to delight its customers in the days to come.
