Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 8.0.506 Beta

[Saadu]

Its too early to judge as it is in beta but i dont like that it is showing my actual name on the messenger from account settings rather than my nick. Big no for privacy while chatting.

[Boo Berry]

Personally I don't get ads in the main messenger list with either 7.5 or 8.0.

Keep in mind about this new version, that it's extremely buggy as hell (as most Yahoo builds are). I've allready found several bugs, 1 with the iTunes plugin that can crash Yahoo without notice.

[Tech_Dude_5000]

Its too early to judge as it is in beta but i dont like that it is showing my actual name on the messenger from account settings rather than my nick. Big no for privacy while chatting.

you can always use Microsoft paint and cover up your name/ yahoo ID and just click the Triangle for the contatcs so they wont show

[Saadu]

Yes i can always do that but let me clear what i said.

What i meant was that when i chat with people, in the chat window, it shows my Real name from Yahoo's Account Profile rather than the nick name (or the account ID) as it should. That's not nice because if a stranger initiates chat with me, he gets my real name! The RED blocks in the follow screenshots is where it shows the real name. Not nice. It should show Yahoo ID. I guess they are trying to be efficient but no thanks, let me choose who i share my name with.

[Inplode]

nice upgrade ! and looks soooo much better with out the adds

[ZonoBurk]

Yes i can always do that but let me clear what i said.

What i meant was that when i chat with people, in the chat window, it shows my Real name from Yahoo's Account Profile rather than the nick name (or the account ID) as it should. That's not nice because if a stranger initiates chat with me, he gets my real name! The RED blocks in the follow screenshots is where it shows the real name. Not nice. It should show Yahoo ID. I guess they are trying to be efficient but no thanks, let me choose who i share my name with.

Agreed!

[jameseuk]

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[ShiFteDReaLitY]

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[Techno_Funky]

argh!!! whats with the "not-allowing-direct-links-to-the-exe" :angry:

[Boo Berry]

Agreed!

Thirded.

Let's all submit feedback on this "feature". :shifty:

[Tech_Dude_5000]

argh!!! whats with the "not-allowing-direct-links-to-the-exe" :angry:

just go to http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com click "Get the Beta" It's that simple

:rolleyes:

[statm1]

Yahoo released an update to their 8.0.505 beta. They also apparently released an update to their stable version of 7.5.814. New build 819.

YM 8.0.506 - No change log yet - But I have noticed this new build isnt as much of a memory hog.

Download: YM 8 Beta - YM 7.5 Update

[acedriver]

direct dl: http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr800_506_us.exe

[jameseuk]

Yahoo released an update to their 8.0.505 beta. They also apparently released an update to their stable version of 7.5.814. New build 819.

YM 8.0.506 - No change log yet - But I have noticed this new build isnt as much of a memory hog.

Download: YM 8 Beta - YM 7.5 Update

Is there just an update for US users or is there an update for UK etc users aswell?

[Tokar]

I archive software installs, so I was using an old 7.0 build to avoid seeing ads.

With that quick reghack I guess I'll use YM8 beta full time now.

[Boo Berry]

Did they fix the Nickname bug yet?

[statm1]

Is there just an update for US users or is there an update for UK etc users aswell?

I dont really know.. But im sure english is english..

[jameseuk]

I dont really know.. But im sure english is english..

yea but the UK version has BT stuff built in.

[mancode20]

Did they fix the Nickname bug yet?

I'd like to know this as well.

[max-pain]

I simple can't believe that after years they did't fixed the file overwrite bug(?) when someone receive a file. If a file exist with the same name that the received one the Yahoo Messenger just overwrites it without a question.

[Saadu]

Also a bug that should be resolved asap, clicking a link or mail button launches a new instance of IE in a new window, it should rather obey my browser settings and launch in the tab.

[Boo Berry]

Personally, I rather them fix the nickname bug. And the bugs people experence with display pictures.

Although, with the iTunes plugin, I don't like the purple skin it has.

[Xtreme $niper]

Alright so it's cool, and I'm using it even though I have no one on my list.... But the only thing that bugs me is the excessive amounts of RAM the thing uses. Right off the bat, with no windows open, sitting in tray it's taking up over 40mb of RAM. Not even Windows Live Messenger takes up that much space... How hard is it to optimize the messenger Yahoo? I've been complaining about the usage for years.

Another thing, the iTunes plugin automatically opens iTunes and then doesn't let you close it until you disable the plugin. Ugh, waste... Nonetheless, still interesting.

[Tech_Dude_5000]

Personally, I rather them fix the nickname bug. And the bugs people experence with display pictures.

Although, with the iTunes plugin, I don't like the purple skin it has.

you can change it to a blue skin or clasic skin < the clasic skin uses your OS GUI as it's look>

[madmatt]

Using regedit, open up HKCU\Software\Yahoo\pager\YUrl. Create a new String entry named "Messenger Ad", and give it a value of "*" (no quotes).

Awesome tip. Thank you for sharing.