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December 6, 2007 10:20 AM PST

Yahoo Messenger for Vista preview available

by Elinor Mills

Yahoo is set to release a preview of Yahoo Messenger for Vista on Thursday.

It's just a preview, or a very early version, so it doesn't have all the features other versions of Yahoo Messenger do, such as voice, Webcam, chat rooms, text messaging to mobile phones, easy photo sharing and conferencing. Those features will come later.

What it does have is a new interface, and it lets you organize conversations into tabs and drag and drop tabs out to create a new window. You can also keep favorite contacts by dragging them into the Windows Sidebar gadget, send enhanced emoticons, change the color of IM windows, adjust the display size of the contacts, arrange your contact list into multiple columns, and send files as large as 2 gigabytes.

"We know it's been a long wait for Yahoo Messenger for Vista and we can't thank you enough for your patience," says Josh Jacobson, senior product manager for Yahoo Messenger for Vista.

Yahoo Messenger for Vista

Yahoo offers preview for Yahoo Messenger for Vista users.

(Credit: Yahoo)
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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by Mysts December 6, 2007 12:07 PM PST
Hmm, after deliberating over this, I think I will give it a try.

However I am skeptical on what the amount of memory it will use up. I will be sure to give my feed back upon after "testing" this out.

Sincerely
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by mario_man December 6, 2007 12:45 PM PST
it is very good
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by mario_man December 6, 2007 12:45 PM PST
good skin
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by romio_elsha3er December 6, 2007 1:04 PM PST
goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood skin i love it

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by lokotex December 6, 2007 2:17 PM PST
Great, I had downloaded some smiles and emoticons for my messnager , if you want to see what i got go here:

http://webmaster360.org/Downloads/yahoo-MSN-messanger-Emoticons-and-Smiles.html
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by mariox1946 December 6, 2007 3:35 PM PST
None at this time
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by djt23 December 6, 2007 7:57 PM PST
it is very good
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by chandro19 December 6, 2007 9:59 PM PST
it is look is nice!
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by jensomino December 6, 2007 10:26 PM PST
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by scorpbond December 6, 2007 10:53 PM PST
yes
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by siddiq_vettoor December 7, 2007 12:13 AM PST
inam ayahoomucer i get good feel with yahoo
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by 1986ganesh December 7, 2007 12:45 AM PST
is there any patch to update or sperate software
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by beni_62 December 7, 2007 1:39 AM PST
it is good good
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by alexegy December 7, 2007 3:16 AM PST
i want to try
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by mimoars December 7, 2007 3:48 AM PST
thank yoy
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by hdhd6 December 7, 2007 5:37 AM PST
i will try it

but i think its good
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by zrzore111 December 7, 2007 8:19 AM PST
nice man
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by adel_atya December 7, 2007 11:02 AM PST
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by abdallahali December 7, 2007 11:38 AM PST
yes it's nice
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by a henry y December 7, 2007 3:53 PM PST
i love it very much
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