Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.401
Posted by Mihai Asmanow on 08 June 2007 - 18:00 · 5 comments & 12566 views
Yahoo! Messenger is a popular instant messaging client and protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID" which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail, where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email. Yahoo! offers PC to PC telephone, file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories. In addition to instant messaging features similar to those offered by ICQ, it also offers (on Microsoft Windows) many unique features such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows), address-book integration and Custom Status Messages. It was also the first major IM client to feature BUZZing and music-status. Another recently added feature is customized avatars.

Features

* Yahoo! Voice - Yahoo! Voice is a Voice over IP PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service provided by Yahoo! via its Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging application.
* Voicemail and file sharing - Yahoo! added voicemail and file sending capabilities to their client. File-sharing of sizes up to 1GB was added.
* Plug-ins - As of 8.0, Yahoo! Messenger has added the ability for users to create plug-ins (via the use of the freely available Yahoo! Messenger Plug-in SDK), which are then hosted and showcased on the Yahoo! Plug-in gallery.


* Interoperability with Windows Live Messenger - This allows, for Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger users to chat to each other without the need to create an account on the other service, provided both contacts use the latest versions of the clients. For now, it's impossible to talk using the voice service among both messengers.

Download: Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.401
View: Yahoo! Messenger Home Page


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Tantawi on 08 Jun 2007 - 18:22
Always in time Slimy (Y).
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by smashguy on 08 Jun 2007 - 18:26
Thanks!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Bryan000 on 08 Jun 2007 - 21:07
yawn... Yahoo, hurry and release that Vista-specialized client you released video of a while back. Maybe I'll care.
http://messenger.yahoo.com/windowsvista.php
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by +boldfire on 08 Jun 2007 - 21:36
So true, it's been "coming soon" for months without any update. They really should have announced this a few weeks before the beta - looking at that makes the current version look poor.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Amano on 08 Jun 2007 - 21:37
Good. Thanks!
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