Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista Coming Soon

By Ashish Mohta

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• tech, April 3, 2007:

  yes the interface looks like super cool

• Mr.Byte, April 4, 2007:

  Yeah, I love the interface esp the one which looks like the default Vista theme

• Madhur Kapoor, April 4, 2007:

  This interface blends well with the Aero theme of Vista , waiting for it to be released soon .

• Ashish Mohta, April 4, 2007:

  @madhur: I dont think, I will be able to see vista unless I buy a new laptop.Wish i could see it

• Mark Whalley, April 21, 2007:

  I was just wondering if you could let me know when Yahoo Messenger for Windows vista is being released?
  Thank You
  Mark Whalley

• Ashish Mohta, April 21, 2007:

  @Mark: It should come soon, we have kept a track on it. So if you have subscribed to the post , I will surely leave a comment here so everybody gets updated

• mahdi, May 21, 2007:

  it is look like new and fresh yahoo

  now yahoo list become worse

  the account is not in list show online and hanging alot

  please verify in vista

  yahoo . how is security ? is it bad or good ? how much is it safe

  from hacker and booster

• Ashish Mohta, May 21, 2007:

  @Mahdi: Its going to as safe as it was in yahoo previous version. I agree with you about the list thing but they should have that feature available too

• Izzuddin, May 29, 2007:

  It’s that ‘heavy’ for 512MB computer?

• Ashish Mohta, May 29, 2007:

  @Izzudin: If its for Vista you will need at least 1 Gb of ram to feel the complete features. I guess it will be heavy with 512MB

• mehdi, May 29, 2007:

  hello we like to see it because new windows new life

  send us announcement soon

• Ashish Mohta, May 29, 2007:

  @Mehdi: Thats really good. Learning is daily progress. I will surely keep you updated Thanks for replying here

• Amy, May 31, 2007:

  on another blog, Sarah Bacon (administrator) posted that the Yahoo project for Vista has been cancelled, is this true?

• Ashish Mohta, May 31, 2007:

  Hi Amy,
  If you can send me the link here, I would like to see.

  Thanks for the update

  Regards
  Ashish

• Amy, May 31, 2007:

  Hi Ashish, I can give you the link, but unfortunately Sarah Bacon does not like what I say, she keeps deleting it. She deleted her post too. I have sent an email to Yahoo also telling them it wasnt right for her to post it on May 27th, and then remove it the following day, after I left a reply of “Imagine that!!” and I asked for Sarahs job (smile) but here is the link. If you hurry, you will see my post, its at the bottom, then again, tomorrow it will be deleted.. http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/01/08/introducing-yahoo-messenger-for-windows-vista/

• Ashish Mohta, May 31, 2007:

  Hi Amy, Thanks for the link
  This was the link from where we actually got the news of Yahoo M on vista. We still are waiting for the final release. Its a prototype Thanks again

• Amy, May 31, 2007:

  Ashish,
  Why does Sarah keep deleting my comments? The last post I was for the soldier that said he hoped Yahoo would fix this soon..and etc. I am very disappointed.:(

• Ashish Mohta, May 31, 2007:

  @Amy: Really sorry to hear about that. Not sure why she did but there might be some reason. But at least she saw your comment No worries. I would like to ask you something ? How did u find my blog or you have been reading my blog from long time

• Amy, May 31, 2007:

  I just came across it, I am sorry.:):):):) *smiles*

• Ashish Mohta, May 31, 2007:

  @Amy: Hey !!! I was just curious to know. Its good to know how people come to my site. Thanks a lot for the visit.

• Amy, June 1, 2007:

  You are so welcomed Ashish:) Your site is very nice:)

• mehdi, June 6, 2007:

  hello

  is it match with windows live messanger ?

  and how about release time ?

  thanks all buddy

  bye

• Ashish Mohta, June 6, 2007:

  @Mehdi: I guess its a match. Lot of features we saw are really cool. Release time we are not sure but we are waiting for it. Will update you for sure

• Eric Poirier, June 16, 2007:

  I’m skeptical about this release. I mean seriously, why won’t yahoo even post a release date?? Sounds to me like they’re starting to think like M$ a little too much. Release the damn program already. It’s almost July, and by my calculations, that would mean the 3rd quarter of the year, but everything they’ve published says the new messenger will be released in the SECOND quarter. In my opinion, the best way to get people interested in your products, is not to be so secretive about them.

• Ashish Mohta, June 16, 2007:

  @Eric: I comepletely agree with you on your views. Its damn too late and people are loosing hopes now. and with no release date for sure we are more confused. Thanks for expressing and sharing your views

• Eric Poirier, June 17, 2007:

  I have decided to play around with Trillian Astra for the time being. And I have to say, I would rather pay for their software, once the final is released, rather than wait. The boys over at Yahoo have some pretty big shoes to fill as far as I’m concerned.

• Tracey, June 17, 2007:

  Does any one know when it will be aviable, been waiting for ages now..

• Ashish Mohta, June 18, 2007:

  @Eric Poirier: Why pay?. I hope this software should be free like all versions of yahoo messenger

• Eric Poirier, June 28, 2007:

  Ashish, Sorry, I didn’t mean PAY for Yahoo messenger, I mean PAY for Trillian Astra. Seriously, this program is amazing, and comes packed with features comparable to those that are allegedly going to be released in Q2 of this year. Oh, wait, the second quarter of the year ends in 3 days. Yahoo better get their acts together over there.

• Ashish Mohta, June 28, 2007:

  @Eric: No problem, Wo if its coming that soon , I would love to see whats more on it. Do tell us if there is something awsome.

• joel, July 1, 2007:

  yahoo messenger for vista shude be out by now but it an’t as long as it’s taking for them to make it i thank it’s gone be awsome

• Raymond, August 9, 2007:

  Hi all my name is Raymond Beavers, I completely agree with all of you, I tried to install Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 on my computer and hardly any of the features work with Windows Vista, I can’t wait until Yahoo! gets it’s crap together and finally realeass this new Messenger. I have been waiting since I got my Windows Vista machine in about February, and still nothing. They should not have realeased that it would be out by Q2 if they were not for sure. It’s Q3 Come-On Yahoo!!!!

• linda, August 14, 2007:

  why is it taken so long for the new yahoo messenger Vista………they’ve been on it since January……people are buying new computers and dont realize the vista dont work in the chat rooms…let alone the mic one on one……….can u help me out….why dont they hurry up…..it didnt take vista long to come on…..so whats the hold up…..

• Ashish Mohta, August 14, 2007:

  @Linda: Hi, Thanks for sharing your views and I can understand it too. I feel the same. Its too long even though they had the model ready, I tried asking them but no answer, Moreover there is no update on their blog or news channel.

  VIsta people can only wait. If I get to know , I will be first to make a comment here. I keep a track of it daily.

• Draxxis, August 16, 2007:

  Basically what it looks like is Trillian Pro, but its only for Yahoo Messenger. It will be nice because I like the look of Trillian but like the Yahoo Messenger for typing and sharing stuff.

• YahooSucks, August 18, 2007:

  yahoo can’t even get their client working properly on previously existing operating systems, such as windows xp, which has now been in existence for years. the only thing that they truly have over their competition is chat rooms, yet they would rather focus on doing things like copying google functionality (gmail has had the ability to IM for about a year now). Everything they create seems to get worse and worse. So I would definitely look forward to their vista client being the single most resource intensive application you run on your already bloated operating system.

• regi, August 19, 2007:

  hope this better be good than the shit skype…which does not support the vista at all

• regi, August 19, 2007:

  hope this better be good than the shit skype which is so annoying..for windows vista

• Ali Nawaz, August 28, 2007:

  YAHOO’S NEW VISTA MESSENGER PROVIDE A NEW LOOK TO OUR USERS. IT’S USING WELL EASY FOR EVERY YAHOO & HOTMAIL USERS. I AM GALD TO SEE THIS. THE LUCH OF NEW YAHOO VISTA MESSENGER, YAHOO’S TEAM PART OF MY CONGRATS 4RM ME.

• Chris, September 4, 2007:

  Sarah is probably tired of people,yelling at her for release dates so,I assume they want to stay low until the program is finished.

• john, September 11, 2007:

  when is yahoo messenger for windows vista coming out

• Kheang Ngo, September 13, 2007:

  I can’t belive it man, I am really sick of waiting the yahoo for window vista. can’t you guys just let us download.

• Access, September 14, 2007:

  I Really Hope Yahoo Messenger Vista will remove the send a voice clip option and rebuild it so people can send short Videos to people useing your webcam.So when you come online you can send or receve Video msgs from friends if you accept them. What do you guys think. Think thats a cool option

• Sky Walker, September 16, 2007:

  I have seen this video, and I saw it months ago. Since then I have returned multiple times, and nothing has been update. So how soon is soon. When will this finally be released. I like what I see and want to try it.

  When will this be released?

• counterstrike, September 16, 2007:

  I dont care how its looks like as long u dont get boot or kick out in da room dats all it matter please i hope dis new yahoo vista have protection from dose god damm booters

• Anubis, October 8, 2007:

  I’m at there point where I’m about to say “FUCK YAHOO” for good. I’ve been waiting to get back on voice through my Vista for 10 months now. Since then, I’ve been on Paltalk.

• Chargleberry, October 8, 2007:

  They’re cancelling this project. Wait for it to appear on neowin cnet and channel9, this is most disappointing -_-

• Tom, October 16, 2007:

  hope this better be good than the shit skype…which does not support the vista at all

• Ashish Mohta, October 16, 2007:

  @Tom: I dont think this will even come out soon. Till now they have not declared anything positive

• abhi, October 29, 2007:

  anyone can tell when this new yahoo will come ?? and why noone yahoo messenger is not able 2 work in vista …..

• Ashish Mohta, October 29, 2007:

  abi, They have yet to come out. But they confirmed few days that It will be out soon. Well not sure but at least they made an announcement after 6 months pause.

• sofia, November 20, 2007:

  Hi , i was just wodering when yahoo messenger for windows vista will be avilable ?

• Sye, November 27, 2007:

  bull shit.. they probably didn’t even start making yahoo for windows vista yet.. it was supposed to be out when?? last september.. then in june… its december now.. they are fooling us … nothing is going to happen with yahoo messenger… its all lies just to get everyone going…its all fake

• Anubis, November 27, 2007:

  Sye, don’t talk about something you have no clue about. Yeah, the latlest Yahoo Messenger hasn’t be released yet, but why talk shit as if you know more about Yahoo than i do. I have Windows Vista, and I already have the latest Yahoo Instant Messenger for Vista. And I’m not talking about the latlest 9.0 Beta. If you guys ever go around downloading/scripting yahoo booters, you would already know where to find them at. Yahoo just hasn’t released it to the public yet. It’s already been leaked out on a couple of the yahoo booter websites. Yahoo is just waiting for the beginning of the year to release it, unfortunatally, there’s still to release date on this latlest Vista build, but it’s coming to the public soon. But if you’re anything like them, why wait for Yahoo?

  And don’t even ask me which booter website I found it on, because I’m not going to give it out, I work on some of the programs for the site, and that is against my confidentiality. So either just keep waiting, or find them yourselves.

  ANUBiS

• Ken, December 1, 2007:

  Enough talk and hipe, WHEN?

• sofia, December 1, 2007:

  Anubis do you really have yahoo mesenger for vista ?
  wow cool is it really so cool as it shows us ? so your saying that its gonna come out soon ? perfect thnx for info .

• Ashish Mohta, December 1, 2007:

  @Sofia. Thanks for the comments and a positve reply. I am sure anibis is using it as he has so much confidence there. I hope they release it this year end

• Anubis, December 3, 2007:

  All I’m saying is that the latest messenger for Vista has already been leaked out on the internet. It’s not the easiest program to find, But it’s worth the find.
  As far as the program goes, it has a nice interface, new and updated plug-ins, it’s easier to keep ahold of your contacts, the voice servers are fixed, (Although for those of you already on Vista, you can also download a codec package that will fix all of your voices on Yahoo Messenger 9.0 and lower) It’s also easier to use if you’re talking to mutliple people with your yahoo screen name. It also has the option where you can narrow everything down to 1 window while you can talk to 2 or more people at a time instead of having several IM windows up.

  Yahoo hasn’t released a public release date yet, however, it should be out early 2008 for those of you who don’t have the latest build.

  *L0RD ANUBiS*

• Ashish Mohta, December 3, 2007:

  @Anubis: Thanks for the update dude….I hope many people should be happy to hear all those stuff

• Paul, December 6, 2007:

  Yahoo messenger for vista (beta) has been released but i see no options there to use webcam or to join chat rooms? why could,nt they make yahoo messenger 9.0 work with vista WITH sound! as i was getting sound from others in chat room but i was’nt able to make others hear myself.

• ANUBiS, December 7, 2007:

  Don’t waste your time with the Yahoo Messenger for Vista. The beta version sucks. It gives you about 6 different skins to choose from. And that’s it. No plug-ins to add, no chatroom options, no sound, you can’t send files, you can share photos, you can’t call another computer, can’t access your webcam…in otherwords….you can’t do shit on the beta version. All you can do is IM people and that’s it. This version sucks. Don’t waste your time on it.
  Hell, I could script a better messenger than this version in about 5 minutes. There’s nothing special about it.

  Guys, don’t waste your time. You’ll be disapointed. You all would be better off keeping the “Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta” instead of this so-call “Vista Yahoo Messenger. It’s shit. Because the Beta version for Yahoo Messenger for Vista is PURE SHIT.

• barbara, January 4, 2008:

  i want to know  how can you add contacts on the beta version of vista messenger i need help i tried and they  dissappear, and i have vista home basic

• Ashish Mohta, January 4, 2008:

  @Barbara: Yahoo Vista version still have lot of problem. We will need some vista user to tell us that.

• ANUBiS, January 4, 2008:

  It’s PURE crap. Don’t waste your time with it.

• paul, January 5, 2008:

  Come on yahoo! never mind making yahoo messenger that looks good we want a messenger that actually works! works with webcam and voice chat,why could’nt you make yahoo messenger 9 work with vista with sound? how hard can it be? pull yer finger out!

• Ashish Mohta, January 5, 2008:

  @Paul: Its still in beta phase lol but there are too many bugs

• vista_sucks, January 10, 2008:

  i cant hear no voice in chat room wata fuck vista wats wrong

• PAUL, January 10, 2008:

  #
  vista_sucks, January 10, 2008:

  i cant hear no voice in chat room wata fuck vista wats wrong

  It’s not vista at fault you have to blame yahoo for not making messenger fully compatible with vista!very poor considering they had plenty of time to do so! make yahoo 9 work with sound for vista and all will be fine

• ANUBiS, January 12, 2008:

  Actually, it’s not entirely Yahoo’s fault. It is Vista’s fault as well. Yahoo Corporation and Windows Vista are 2 different companies. I don’t blame yahoo although I’m not enthused about Yahoo as of late. When I 1st bought Vista, I had to download a shitload of codecs for voice servers to work. The only thing Yahoo hasn’t done latley was update their voice servers for the people who has recently bought Vista.

  Some of the older builds of YMessenger DO work on Vista without having to install specific codecs. But the more recent builds do not.

  The trick is, don’t make Windows Vista compatible with Yahoo. But to make Yahoo compatible with Windows Vista. If you find the right programs, you will have voice for Yahoo while on Vista. That’s what I use, and I have Vista and I have voice working just fine for me.

• Ashish Mohta, January 12, 2008:

  @Anubis: Can you tell us how actually you got it working ? It will be a great help to all of us

• ANUBiS, January 26, 2008:

  Time is of the essence, my friend. When a path cometh open, then shall your receive your prize. If your evil or divine, you’re the last in line.

  ∆NUBiS

• Ashish Mohta, January 27, 2008:

  @Everybody: They have released an updated version for Yahoo Messenger for Vista. click here to check

• simplyPretty, March 24, 2008:

  please keep me posted on the release date. thanks.

• Mark, May 4, 2008:

  Will yahoo ever have game rooms again? The most fun part of yahoo messenger to me was the ability to play games with other people on yahoo messenger. What good is all these new fancy features if you can’t have any fun playing any yahoo games over yahoo messenger anymore.

• Darrell tubbs, May 10, 2008:

  why dose chat not work in vista

• polly, May 18, 2008:

  where is the launchcast radio. there r no plugins …whts the use??????

• Paul, May 19, 2008:

  I was using vista ultimate edition but i have gone back to using windows xp professional, When xp was first launched it was also problematic just like vista but xp has had 6 years since its release to sort problems and now its totally smooth, Give vista another year and it will be better than xp!

• Ashish Mohta, May 19, 2008:

  You are right Paul. XP with its age has matured enough to say even for next 10 yrs ahead. But Windows XP support will be over by 2010 and till then Vista might stabilize. Moreover we will see Windows 7 too by then.

• sarfi, June 1, 2008:

  i have just got the Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista , how come there is no option for “Chat Room’s” ?? really concen :(.

• Ashish Mohta, June 1, 2008:

  Sarfi probably its because its in Beta stage till now. We might need to wait for some more till we really get it there.

• MIKEB747, June 10, 2008:

  i just bought a new HP laptop with vista i downloaded yahoo messanger and found out that yahoo messnager for vista is out im still having problems with IE7 i hate the fact that it will take months to work all the bugs out of this machine just to enjoy it

• Mark, June 13, 2008:

  Why is yahoo so afraid to post a release date that is actually right. Would it really kill them to let people know when the final version is supposed to be released? Is it really that hard to come up with a date when the messenger has been worked on for over 1 freaking year and still the final version is not out. Yahoo said 2nd quarter of last year that the final version would be released. Then 2nd quarter of this year. Quit bull shitting around with a date to please people by saying it will come out before it actually does. Just get you act together come up with a release date or get more people to work on the project so it can be done in a decent amount of Time. Windows 7 is supposed to come out in 2010 I think or close to it. If you wait another year to finish the first final version and another year or two windows 7 will be out and people will start to want to use that version of windows. If yahoo plan’s to come out with at least 2 final version of yahoo messenger this one and one more. You have two years to do it in. Stop wasting time or people will get the new windows 7 in two years and a lot of people may stop using vista. Every other company in the world that I can think of has no problem posting release dates and can get the release date right the first time and not give people false release dates because you think we are bugging you about a release date so you give us a false one twice.

• Mark, June 17, 2008:

  I said that it had been worked on for over 1 year but actually it has been worked on for about 2 years now which is reciculous making people wait two years for yahoo messnger for vista when windows 7 comes on in another 2-3 years. If yahoo keeps this pace up then would have barely come up with this version and one more version before windows 7 comes out and people start using that instead of vista. Then vista won’t be the big thing for windows anymore windows 7 will. Yahoo said that it wants to be the first person to come out with a messenger especially for windows vista but if they don’t hurry someone will beat them to it if they haven’t already.

• Cooter, June 28, 2008:

  When is this going to come out of beta stage and be a final release??????

  As it is it is pretty useless when it doesn’t even have a check for updates option…..

• Sandeep, July 2, 2008:

  Hi,
  I am using Vista Ultimate and Yahoo Messenger for Vista but find no way to get into chat rooms. Though Voice clarity is perfect and I really appreciate the same. However, going into the chat rooms is something that I really miss since I have switched to yahoo Vista.

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