Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v0.8.155 on Aug 10, 2016

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN26860.html

Older versions of Yahoo Messenger will begin shutting down on August 5, 2016. If you haven't upgraded Yahoo Messenger recently, you're probably using a legacy version. To continue using Yahoo Messenger, please upgrade to the newest version: [...]

The "upgraded version" is that crap web aplication that does not even know to reused the stored First Name+Last Name of the contacts. Now I have to remmeber who is 'crappants2043455'?!?! :(

VictorAnderson reviewed v0.8.155 on Aug 8, 2016

Does anyone even use this stupid thing anymore? Seems like this is headed down the path of AOL messenger and ICQ - all these little chat messenger apps have all be slaughtered by facebook's messenger and skype. Plus now Yahoo is owned by the biggest rip-off cell company in the USA, Verizon - so I doubt we'll see any brilliant innovations here to bring users back., And really - if you're a user keeping your yahoo messenger ID alive - why the hell would you want to use this ad-filled CPU hogging pile of bloatware crap anyway? Just used some 3rd party gizmo like trillian or something..

ZenoLabs reviewed v11.5.0.228 on Jun 1, 2012

YAWN! Time to look at the future, mr. Yahoo!

PatrynXX reviewed v11.5.0.192 on Mar 29, 2012

Latest version they had me download this week really stinks. :( Thought I had this version but said I had to update. And it keeps giving me the signed into to places window. ruining conversations.

Input Overload reviewed v11.5.0.155 on Jan 11, 2012

I did run this messenger last month & was disappointed with it. Nothing like as polished as MSN/Live. Use the fixer with MSN/Live & get rid of the junk you don't want.

http://apatch.org/

SEABOY101 reviewed v11.5.0.152 on Dec 5, 2011

Thanks SteveJohnSteele for the offline installer

HeilNizar reviewed v11.5.0.152 on Dec 1, 2011

Garbage-crape-ad-sh#t-bloated-...-ware

reddy.shyam reviewed v11.5.0.152 on Dec 1, 2011

Something new for a change! Multi tab is a welcome. Thanks Yahoo!

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v11.5.0.152 on Nov 30, 2011

Unfortunately, the only good solution for using the messenger service provided by Yahoo.

Unfortunately, because is a dinosaur

Umapathy reviewed v11.0.0.2014 on Oct 2, 2011

Will you please provide a full download link. This download is an initial download will take long time to download it from Yahoo! to install. Appreciate if someone can provide a direct link. Although I don't like Yahoo! messenger these days but I have to as friends are still in Yahoo! messenger.

HeilNizar reviewed v11.0.0.2014 on Aug 26, 2011

Junk-ware

kadavrul reviewed v11.0.0.2009 on Aug 8, 2011

The new Yahoo Messenger 11 Message Archive sucks big time! The loading is much slower than v10 and the left pane (from v10) - users category - is gone! Now, we have all users in one window, a total mess!

PS. Not all my messages has been imported with v11, some are gone, nowhere to be found, vanished... as I said before sucks big time!

reddy.shyam reviewed v11.0.0.2009 on Jun 29, 2011

Nothing new from last beta except one or two skins added. Works as expected but would expect something drastic on major version change. A bit disappointed.

Input Overload reviewed v11.0.0.1751 Beta on Nov 17, 2010

I prefer (and I hope this goes no further) 'Windows Live Messenger' There I've said it now.

grum36 reviewed v11.0.0.1751 Beta on Nov 17, 2010

on vista or windows 7 in x64 error 0xC0150002

Richardky reviewed v10.0.0.1267 on May 18, 2010

ads and ads and more ads .. they have bloated it with useless features .. added more ads .. and destroyed the chatrooms .. no thanks i don't even us it anymore or there email service.

reddy.shyam reviewed v10.0.0.1264 on May 7, 2010

Works as expected and thats most important but no new functionality or UI changes for past few versions shows lack of ideas or motivation.

chenzhen reviewed v10.0.0.1258 on Mar 31, 2010

I'm glad to see Yahoo trying to take steps to fix it's (to some degree) it's messenger program. Unfortunately lack of foresight has resulting in things like captcha's now required to enter a chat room basically eliminating sight impaired users who used voice: That's exactly the point - there's no custom install option.

niknetpc reviewed v10.0.0.525 Beta on Aug 26, 2009

So far, so good, I think the era of IM"s to be gone, today a lot of MM's who replace all, in one program, lighter and ads free.Good thing - really improved video call feature from last 5 years of YM history, in the same time bad thing - big pop up banner ad in the conversation window within video call. Very annoying. I don't like apps displays ads,slowdown PC and don't want to buy something,while speaking or working.

Bart Welson reviewed v10.0.0.525 Beta on Aug 24, 2009

The only things working correctly are the ads and the tracking cookies.

starwars97 reviewed v9.0.0.2162 on Jun 29, 2009

It is not Windows XP, Vista and 7 RC1 (beta).

I believe it is Yahoo messenger has bad programmer!

commander2001 reviewed v9.0.0.2162 on Jun 11, 2009

alot of problems im seeing with this

LakotaElf reviewed v9.0.0.2162 on May 27, 2009

While this is fairly good software I took it out and put in Trillian Astra of which I purchased. When you have four or five or more messengrs, then your getting into bloat and so I choose one program which I regard as very good to login to all of them. That is Trillian Astra which works excellently for me, never a problem.

reddy.shyam reviewed v9.0.0.2160 on May 18, 2009

Works as expected. Nothing exciting or interesting anymore. I guess reached messenger limitations or yahoo! not sure what to do with its future in question.

starwars97 reviewed v9.0.0.2152 on May 7, 2009

Yahoo messenger keep crashing on my Windows Vista those day, because of webcam problem lately.

I hope that Yahoo will decide to separate yahoo messenger from Windows XP and Vista someday, because it is not working with Windows Vista lately.

Thanks

reddy.shyam reviewed v9.0.0.2136 on Feb 25, 2009

Change log:
Yesterday we released an updated version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 (9.0.0.2136). This latest version includes fixes that should help those that were having problems installing 9.0 It should also alleviate problems that may have been caused by software conflicts with antivirus programs or add-ons like Speedbit Video Accelerator*.

You can always get more info on messenger blog i.e. http://www.ymessengerblog.com/

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v9.0.0.2136 on Feb 25, 2009

yeay... changelog... where is it?

Adrian79 reviewed v9.0.0.2128 on Feb 6, 2009

this is one app that i really would love to see a changelog for!!

SteveJohnSteele reviewed v9.0.0.2123 on Jan 29, 2009

link to offline installer
http://download.yimg.com...us/ymsgr900_2123_us.exe

change the 'us' bits for your language

statm1 reviewed v9.0.0.2123 on Jan 28, 2009

14MB is not THAT much. I used to download 20MB+ when I was on dialup. High file sizes are a consequence of still using dialup. This is becoming a broadband world. I bet in the next few years you won't beable to find dialup service anymore.

karlo reviewed v9.0.0.2034 on Nov 13, 2008

I was actually shocked. For a dial-up user like me. For just using Yahoo! Messenger, I have to download a 14MB file!

andygrow reviewed v9.0.0.2034 on Nov 11, 2008

Free Online Yahoo Messenger Archive Decoder !
http://www.archive-decoder.com

reddy.shyam reviewed v9.0.0.2034 on Nov 10, 2008

Works fine to me.

Adrian79, there is no more vista version. Please follow the link for details.
http://www.ymessengerblo...-is-no-longer-available/
http://www.ymessengerblo...ing-90-on-windows-vista/

Adrian79 reviewed v9.0.0.2018 on Oct 22, 2008

where is the update for the yahoo vista client?

RWW reviewed v9.0.0.2018 on Oct 21, 2008

I have again installed the latest version and subsequently uninstalled it. There is a script error that started maybe three versions ago and I have done everything under the sun to remedy it. The error renders it completely useless.
I will try it again someday just to see if this has been cured....it has been my choice of IM for years now and hate not being able to use it.

ballyhairs reviewed v9.0.0.1912 on Sep 25, 2008

Looks much better than the last version, but still I have to batch it to get rid of the stupid ads, for the rest its cool.

Adrian79 reviewed v9.0.0.1912 on Sep 24, 2008

what happened to the dev team for "yahoo vista"?!

osric reviewed v9.0.0.1912 on Sep 24, 2008

Even I'm having problems during the download phase of the installation.
FWIW, here's the link for the Indian (English) version:
http://download.yimg.com...in/ymsgr900_1912_in.exe

craigun reviewed v9.0.0.1912 on Sep 24, 2008

I had no problems with the download or install, however I did download from Yahoo's site.

reddy.shyam reviewed v9.0.0.1912 on Sep 24, 2008

Something wrong with the installer. It goes into infinite loop when downloading full installer.

Here is the link to full installer.
http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr9/us/ymsgr9us.exe

So far so good. :D

thefalcon2k5 reviewed v9.0.0.1389 Beta on May 31, 2008

This new refresh of Build 922 is just a whole new messenger! Honestly, I am very surprised over the big changes that have been added. Build 922 had no games in it whatsoever, and we finally have games in here once again!

Also, from the looks of it, I believe Yahoo has a plan to allow custom theme downloads soon. Hopefully, we can get more information on this real quick!

But, the only thing at this point that is keeping it from getting a perfect score is the fact that their webcam broadcasting feature still isn't streamlined. While we can get image downloads every second, it should be streaming like Windows Live Messenger.

parkd1 reviewed v9.0.0.922 Beta on Apr 30, 2008

Hmmmmmm is this a refresh of build 922? Cause build 922 has been out for a while now.

statm1 reviewed v9.0.0.922 Beta on Apr 30, 2008

stock quote alerts, sports scores, news, and much more???
Hmm, I'll just turn these off and vote how it should be voted for instead voting it down because I'm to lazy to find out that I can turn them off in the first place.

Winkler reviewed v9.0.0.922 Beta on Apr 30, 2008

stock quote alerts, sports scores, news, and much more??? no thanks

Adrian79 reviewed v9.0.0.922 Beta on Apr 30, 2008

they have a nice "vista" version!

angrykeyboarder reviewed vPreview on Dec 17, 2007

This thing was promised months ago. In fact it so "alarmed" Microsoft that they went to work on an improved version of Windows Live Messenger. And they got it out the door several months ago.

Meanwhile 10 months later, we see just a *beta* of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista.

And you know what? It's crap. It looks nice but it's buggy as heck *AND* the regular version has many more useful features.

Speaking of the regular vesion, that's what is in the screenshot (as of this writing). The screenshot is *not* of the Vista version.

See here -->> http://messenger.yahoo.com/windowsvista.php

perhaps reviewed vPreview on Dec 6, 2007

There isn't support for Windows Vista x64! Poor thing!

snoecks reviewed vPreview on Dec 6, 2007

To be honest.. I'm not really impressed. 10 months of development and all they came up with is a pre-beta version from with you can only send IM's. No email notification, voicechat, videochat, games etc. Even the sidebar widget thingy isn't working. The only thing I am positive about is that there are no ads in this version ;)

Jim reviewed v9.0.0.907 Beta on Nov 8, 2007

I give it a 3, as its still one of the most common messengers and makes web cam easy, and while bloated its still crashes far less then Skype. Also ICQ is still the best IM client IMHO because the messages are directly peer-to-peer and not routed through some mystery (untrustworthy?) middle server, which also makes transfers faster, and most importantly its the only IM I know of where I can right-click on my contacts to get their current/last known IP address, useful if your pals don't have a static.

TomA102210 reviewed v9.0.0.907 Beta on Nov 8, 2007

Reviewer: improvelence Oct 30, 2007
Version: 9.0.0.797 Beta

Yahoo messenger is dead. The chat rooms are dead. It has become ugly and bloated. From my experience and a list of around 200 contacts, most of them have migrated to other clients. Ir has gone the route of ICQ. Google talk and Skype are about the only ways to go right now.

To semi-quote the guy below. This is a piece of crap.
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I'm as suspicious of the "piece of crap" language as I am "It's a slam dunk" language. Saying something is a piece of crap doesn't say crap about the software.

snoecks reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Nov 1, 2007

I downloaded it yesterday, I am quite pleased with this Beta. It's stable and does what it is supposed to do. Another improvement on the previous version is that the minimize, maximize and close buttons are now workin in Vista.

The steps to change skins have changed from the previous version, now you just click the little green icon, left of the minimize button to change the preset skins. There is currently, as far as I know, no way to set up your own designed skin.

The only letdown for me is that this is not the long awaited Vista messenger, but apart from that I can certainly live with this Beta.

preinterpost reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 31, 2007

I find the whining about chat rooms absurd. How about getting a life instead. I wished they would just remove this pathetic service which seems to be a breeding ground of sorry creatures.
Using Y!M for IM is fun and effective, the icons are nicely designed.
The whiner who has problems installing is another retard. This is a BETA version - the whole point of it not being fully Quality Assured...

mikeyx11 reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 31, 2007

Very nice... should update the screenshot on BetaNews though. I still prefer WLM, but Yahoo! Messenger is generally more reliable.

shicaca reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

I like the idea of being able to paste a video in the chat and not having to open another browser. None of my friends use yahoo IM though so it's kind of a bummer for me.

My only complaint about the new features is the fact that it would be a LOT cooler if it worked with youtube or something like that.

improvelence reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

Yahoo messenger is dead. The chat rooms are dead. It has become ugly and bloated. From my experience and a list of around 200 contacts, most of them have migrated to other clients. Ir has gone the route of ICQ. Google talk and Skype are about the only ways to go right now.

To semi-quote the guy below. This is a piece of crap.

smanofsteel76 reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

This piece of crap Yahoo! program doesn't work on my Vista laptop. I hit the sign in button and I get an error. This is exactly the kind of thing that is making it hard to have any faith in Yahoo! products. Lets face it, this is the Google age and Yahoo! is scrambling to keep up. I'll stick with G Talk!

Adrian79 reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

for simply taking wayy to long (almost a year later) to release Vista version.

reddy.shyam reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

Worked like a charm! v9 doesnot look as bloated as previous versions. Fell in love with the UI. Excellent!

Sven123456789 reviewed v9.0.0.797 Beta on Oct 30, 2007

This 9 version didn't work. Halfway through the install i got numerous memorie errors. Kinda errors i used to get with windows ME. Running a pc with 1 gig ram, 3 ghz proc. windows xp sp2. So have no idea what the problem is. Went back to the 8 series. Working fine. Saw the video on Yahoo's site about this new version. Looks cool.

grum36 reviewed v8.1.0.421 on Sep 10, 2007

I'm upgrad to the new version and try to used it but I can't logged so I'll keep my old 8.1.0.419.

pola reviewed v8.1.0.421 on Sep 7, 2007

its good.
i for resource hog and security

[deXter] reviewed v8.1.0.419 on Sep 2, 2007

This version works fine for me here. I didn't even get any option to install a toolbar, and neither did it install one.

-1 for being a resource hog

kcisobderf reviewed v8.1.0.419 on Sep 2, 2007

I have no idea how this one performs compared to the last. I'm installing it anyways as it's my only IM client. I write to note that I got the custom install option when I chose the install update found in the "help" tab. Of course, I deselect all the spy garbage.

radialmonster reviewed v8.1.0.419 on Aug 29, 2007

I use yahoo messenger, but if this version auto installs the yahoo toolbar and crap then no way I'm upgrading to the new version. I'll keep my old.

kbsoftware reviewed v8.1.0.419 on Aug 29, 2007

I'm glad to see Yahoo trying to take steps to fix it's (to some degree) it's messenger program. Unfortunately lack of foresight has resulting in things like captcha's now required to enter a chat room basically eliminating sight impaired users who used voice. Of course how many sight impaired users actually use Yahoo Messenger so who cares *sad*
I do.

My gut feeling here says Yahoo has taken a very slippery slope downhill with some of their brainstorming ideas. But only time can really tell.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v8.1.0.416 on Aug 29, 2007

confirmed... you don't have the option to choose the "additional components" with this install. That it: will be installed by default, quitely, behing your back.

Still, you can remove it later one, from Add/Remove Programs.

Shame on you Yahoo!

mynamehere reviewed v8.1.0.416 on Aug 22, 2007

@osric, that's very strange, in my experience it's always given the option; on the screen where it shows 2 tick boxes at the bottom look towards top for the customized install option, perhaps you might have missed it since it's not in a standard place, I know I did the 1st time.

osric reviewed v8.1.0.416 on Aug 22, 2007

@mynamehere: That's exactly the point - there's no custom install option.

improvelence reviewed v8.1.0.415 on Aug 21, 2007

What a pile of crap. Yahoo was fine back in the day until they turned it into a mess. It's sad, many people used to use yahoo messenger mainly for the chat rooms which are completely destroyed now and all this program is becoming is a wannabe skype. They have completely turned their backs on the chat community and replaced them with VOIP cronies. Well i am sorry but skype smacks yahoo around as far as VOIP. Yahoo is dead. let's hope the "vista" edition cleans things up, it does look pretty. If you still like to weed through the bots and server problems of the yahoo chat rooms, try Yahelite or even Trillian....at least yahelite gives you some protection. Ytunnelpro is a nice addon for yahoo Messenger but yahoo is so screwed up lately that its not worth the annoyance.

Adrian79 reviewed v8.1.0.415 on Aug 21, 2007

when does vista version come out? never?

mynamehere reviewed v8.1.0.415 on Aug 20, 2007

@osric, use the "customized" install option & you can uncheck everything.

I still find Yahoo! to be the best mainstream IM client, and many of the bells & whistles, as well as other settings are useful to me. I was hoping it would inherit a few of the MSN functions when they "merged" or whatever they called it, but that didn't happen. Sure it's got a few bugs & lacks desireable features that other clients have, but don't they all?

I find alternative clients to be too limited as far as native funtions go.

I don't use the chat rooms, so I can't comment on that.

kbsoftware reviewed v8.1.0.415 on Aug 20, 2007

I didn't think it was possible but Yahoo proved me wrong. They did some maintenance to the chat rooms and have actually found a way to make it suck even more.
Yahoo Messenger is quickly going the way of the dinosaur.

osric reviewed v8.1.0.413 on Jul 18, 2007

- Creates a Desktop Shortcut without asking
- Creates a Quick Launch Shortcut without asking
- Adds itself at startup without asking

These are the characteristics of a spyware.

An installer should have a checkbox so that a user can disable the creation of these shortcuts. I find it really strange that it remembers all my user preferences except the "Whenever I start up my computer - Automatically start Yahoo! Messenger" setting. I have to uncheck this every time I install a new version. That too, you need to login to uncheck this box.

Project51 reviewed v8.1.0.413 on Jul 17, 2007

Most of my friends are using only Yahoo Messenger (YM). And I love Yahoo because it is fun to use especially the Audibles.

I know YM consumes a lot of memory (25MB RAM currently). But my friends doesn't care. I do however. But... that's what you get for having those annoying flash environment, audibles, emoticons. And it's free. Along with it's integrated Yahoo unlimited emails.

I simply applaud them.

i_kenefick reviewed v8.1.0.413 on Jul 17, 2007

Still the best IM network IMHO. Works great with YTK Pro www.ytkpro.com

c4p0ne reviewed v8.1.0.413 on Jul 17, 2007

This thing has turned into a piece of sh*t buttholeware application. If one "must" chat in the yahoo rooms, which of course have become vehicles for scumbag advertisers, then use something else like yahelite or something.

kbsoftware reviewed v8.1.0.402 on Jun 15, 2007

My biggest gripe with Yahoo Messenger is their chat rooms, which are in need of major updates. It sometimes takes 2 or 3 attempts to enter a room because it takes too long to long on. And when you do get on it's just plain chaos. Chat rooms seem to be runned by spam bots, booters and the annoying pricks who spend 30 minutes saying Hello over and over even when others say hello back.
I like PalTalk for chat rooms there are moderators who take care of such problems.

Without the chat rooms Yahoo Messenger is of no use, Trillian is the way to go in that case.

And that's my 2 cents :)

osric reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 9, 2007

Too bloated. I prefer Pidgin:
http://fileforum.betanew...or_Windows/1032060483/1

sajjansinghania reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 8, 2007

While accepting one can not live alive on computer without Yahoo, I must say they are constantly sliding downhill because of their unpopular and vicious policies.

Just as an indication, I wish to inform all which 90% of the average computer users do not know, Yahoo is worst than the worst spy site, which is not expected from one of a leader in computer world.

Whatever the purpose is, Yahoo must change its computer spying tactics forthwith, if they wish to remain in race.

tuneslover reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 8, 2007

Once upon a time i liked it. But now.........:( caz its emoticons are poor, these look like windows 95's icons, but it is "2007"...:( :(..its gui is poor.....but i hope "Yahoo! messenger for Vista" will be good

Adrian79 reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 8, 2007

where is yahoo vista version beta???

mjm01010101 reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 8, 2007

YASU - Yet Another Secrity Update
But we still have to install the whole thing over again.
sigh.

bigmama reviewed v8.1.0.401 on Jun 8, 2007

i don't like the fancy gui.

alohanela reviewed v8.1.0.249 on Mar 30, 2007

I was able to do a custom install today.

grum36 reviewed v8.1.0.249 on Mar 29, 2007

i enjoy yahoo's messenger but when a new version for linux. It's the same version since November 13, 2003 snif

mjm01010101 reviewed v8.1.0.244 on Mar 15, 2007

c4p0ne

yikes, bitter much. lol.

This is a sub par bloated IM and I'm forced to install for one dude at work with power. I hate it.

c4p0ne reviewed v8.1.0.244 on Mar 15, 2007

Has NO voice capability on Windows Vista. Not that I would ever use Vista without a working keygen/crack (which as recently come out by Paradox) but Yahoo needs to get on the ball with their utterly retarded voice codecs. Microsoft is to blame too for the spending of OVER TEN BILLION DOLLARS and 5 years of development (3 of which went to Vista WGA 'Windows g** Annoyance') on an operating system that isn't even backward compatible with a stupid cheesy ad-ridden crap-of-a yahoo messenger.

Hall9000 reviewed v8.1.0.244 on Mar 14, 2007

I like Yahoo Messenger because of the fact that I can be invisble and chat while invisible, something that MSN Messenger doesn't do or didn't do last time I tried it. The reason I will give it only a 3 rating is because that Yahoo dies so often while I chat. I thought it was something to do with my setup but it also happens to the friends I chat with. So, Yahoo, what gives?

RADicalSatDude reviewed v8.1.0.239 on Mar 5, 2007

This app great on most fronts but...

I have a possible bug to report for PC-PC conference calls.

I currently have two soundcards but I use my secondary onboard Soundmax soundcard (Not Windows Default) to make Yahoo! PC-Phone calls from Yahoo! Voice. They’ve always worked.

However, I discovered when I initiate or join conference calls Yahoo! Messenger uses my main Windows Default soundcard (Creative Audigy 2), even though the second soundcard (Soundmax) has been properly selected and saved via audio tuning wizard.

The bug is: it reverts to my main (Windows Default) soundcard only for conference calls, even though I’ve selected my secondary soundcard (Yahoo! Messenger default) in Yahoo! Messenger preferences.

Can anyone confirm please?

Richardky reviewed v8.1.0.239 on Feb 15, 2007

no Linux update in 5 yr ... and its to bloated ... i do use it for cam and voice chat other than that i use the adware free alternatives for standard chat.

admrjosh2001 reviewed v8.1.0.239 on Jan 23, 2007

I've always used Yahoo! Messenger for my main instant messenger. It's always worked great for me. And this version has interoperability with IBM Lotus Sametime

Joco reviewed v8.1.0.239 on Jan 22, 2007

What has happened to this Yahoo Messenger? 3 years ago, all my friends used YM. Now 80% use MSN, 20% use GTalk. I have even uninstalled the YM plug in my Miranda IM as I have no more buddy.

castiglione reviewed v8.1.0.209 on Dec 6, 2006

Version 8,1,0,209 is great.

As for the ads, it's there because if it were not there, the application would NOT BE FREE. The ads don't matter, and it's UNNECESSARY to remove them. I don't pay attention to them much, and they're NOT invasive. Some people really like to complain for complaining's sake, which is rather childish.

The look and feel of YM8.1 is so that I can be a mirror of sorts to Windows Live Messenger (since YM and WLM can interop with each other). Saying that they should have left it alone is crazy.

ripfuel reviewed v8.1.0.209 on Dec 5, 2006

I have used this IM off & on for over 6 years & have tested many versions. I quit using yahoo msgr. as much when they started putting to much trash inside the program & like putting the profile option in places where you have to have a search warrant to find it. They also keep trying to make it stylish I guess. In my opinion, they should have left well enough alone, a long time ago.

BogdanSHA reviewed v8.1.0.209 on Dec 5, 2006

Why use this? -> www.meebo.com

osric reviewed v8.1.0.209 on Dec 5, 2006

What's new?

[deXter] reviewed v8.1.0.195 on Nov 28, 2006

Personally, I love the new sounds, its more "polite" and unintrusive.

Full, direct download link: (9.8 MB)

http://download.yahoo.co.../us/ymsgr810_195_us.exe

mynamehere reviewed v8.1.0.195 on Oct 26, 2006

I haven't liked the new sounds for awhile now, I saved a copy of the v7 sounds & I copy them into over, seems they've omitted some of the sounds in this version, but you can change sound file selection in preferences.

burles07 reviewed v8.1.0.195 on Oct 25, 2006

what is different about this version?

Joe Dirt reviewed v8.1.0.195 on Oct 25, 2006

Once they started using Ads I decided to never use it again.

Junk. WLM is better by far, at least I can choose to have the video carosel.

bry reviewed v8.0.0.716 on Oct 15, 2006

Anyone know how to remove the ad space? Not just make it blank but prevent it from taking up a space at the bottom like u can with AIM and MSN with 3rd party programs. Someone needs to make a similar program for Yahoo messenger.

burles07 reviewed v8.0.0.716 on Sep 30, 2006

i hate the new sounds on this version otherwise it is really good! :)

osric reviewed v8.0.0.716 on Sep 21, 2006

If you want to skip the starter file and download the messenger directly then use this link:
http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe

castiglione reviewed v8.0.0.711 on Aug 31, 2006

I love these versions (8+) of Yahoo Messenger.

csb.milky reviewed v8.0.0.711 on Aug 31, 2006

@Captain Hook
It's an Online-Downloader - that's why it is only a few KB -__-

Captain Hook reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 11, 2006

Too bad it is impossible to download to other computers.
The download here is corrupted!
File size here is: File Size: 9,830 KB

But when downloading it is only: 399 KB

No information anywhere about this!

Neoprimal reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 11, 2006

What can I say? I really like Yahoo Messenger. I think it's one of the best IM Clients, right after Windows Live. It's functional and entertaining and what I envision an IM client should be, ie: fun to use and does what I want/need it to.
I took a point off because it's using about 55mb of memory - not sure if this is localized on my system or in general. If it's just a local situation then 5 all the way, if it's standardized and happening to everyone who uses it, then 4.

Adrian79 reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 10, 2006

works great, always each version for me LOL sweet

wcyeung reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 10, 2006

YIM V7.5 seems to be relatively stable.However, I cannot believe YIM v8 is so unstable. After I install v8, my YIM becomes extremely unstable. Every time my friends using YIM v7.5 to chat with me, my YIM v8 resets. I totally remove my YIM and reinstall it again, the same problem occurs again. Yahoo should test the software more throughly before releasing it.

statm1 reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 10, 2006

Well, this is the first final build that the plugins actually work for me.. So im finally going to stay with this one.

BUT!!! They have released new sounds with this build and they are complete crap.

mjm01010101 reviewed v8.0.0.701 on Aug 10, 2006

A failed example (add ICQ to my list) of IM clients that have gotten way out of hand with bloat/feature creep)

I sadly have a Senior management person who insists on using this IM, so I must support it.

jafo818 reviewed v8.0.0.683 on Aug 2, 2006

A few of my friends are saying they aren't getting any messages after upgrading...

As for ads, they are much harder to disable in the 8.0.0.683 build... Previous methods no longer work.

jafo818 reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 31, 2006

A few of my friends are saying they aren't getting any messages after upgrading...

As for ads, I did find a link that seems to have good instructions for 8.0 final... Am I allowed to post it here?

yesorno reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 30, 2006

what's new? what's improve or degraded? Yahoo Messenger becomes more bloat everyday.

treworld reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 30, 2006

Very buggy, still. Yahoo should hold private beta testing first before they release their crap into the public. Although, I still like their webcam feature. It's still superior than AOL, but not as good as Microsofts.

c4p0ne reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 29, 2006

Piece of dung. Sucks major alligator balls. Almost ALL 3rd party clients are much better then Yahoo's own actual original crap. Shame too.

If you ever have probs connecting to chat-rooms like wierd stupid sh*t such as not being able to enter a chat, and then when you try to enter the chat again a messege pops up "you are already in this chat", then try ANY other 3rd party client and watch it connect immediately with no probs.

osric reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 29, 2006

If you want to skip the starter file and download the messenger directly then use this link:
http://download.yahoo.com/dl/msgr8/us/ymsgr8us.exe

Does the hack to remove the ads from Yahoo Messenger Beta work in this build too???

snoecks reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 29, 2006

The Final is much more stable than the Beta release.
One thing I don't like about the Final is that you're unable to block those annoying ads

ghammer reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 29, 2006

Working well for me.
Voice calls to another computer are clearer than MSN and connect much faster too.
I have added WLM users and we can IM just fine. But they have to be part of the beta of the interop program too.

In all, pretty nice effort.

Daddy_Spank reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 28, 2006

I must say I like Live Messenger more... Yahoo messenger always feels somehow outdated

statm1 reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 28, 2006

Messenger 8.. Is very nice I dont know why people want to trash it like they do..

The only problem I see with this new build is that the default plugins dont stay on. Its kinda surprising that they released the final build this quickly. But thats yahoo for ya..

Browser12 reviewed v8.0.0.682 on Jul 28, 2006

Yahoo Msg has def. jump the shark. Thank god i still have the full download of version 7.437- the last descent version. Since than, you have to download the dopey starter file. I tried this version as a wtf and i hate it. Appearance is crap, probs with my address book. And who cares about communicating with msn msg. Is it that hard to have all ur instant msg's start individually.

1uk3 reviewed v8.0.508 Beta on Jul 14, 2006

libasta: The interoperability with Microsoft Live Messenger works great! Not sure what wasn't working for you!?

This is a good messenger, only let down slightly by the installer attempting to install lots of crap along-side it.

Now there is interoperability, I'm using this instead on Live Messenger (for the time being at least).

lilbasta reviewed v8.0.508 Beta on Jul 13, 2006

The interoperability with MSN is obviously not working. Only one out of five trials with users using WLM 8 is actually working. The WLM user cannot send back the message in the end.

snoecks reviewed v8.0.508 Beta on Jul 9, 2006

bravelass, you can just install the 8.0 beta version. All options are functional apart from communicating with MSN Live users. You can always reinstall 7.5 or 7.0 if you don't like the 8.0 version.

Also this review says it's for all windows versions, this is incorrect. When installing 8.0 on anything less than xp or win2k you will loose functionality: no skins, crashes when loading plugins, and unable to see remote avatars.

bravelass reviewed v8.0.508 Beta on Jul 7, 2006

i hope this is not off topic. i need to ask what is up about yahoo messenger with voice beta 8.0 before i up grade. friend in Scotland upgraded, then couldn't read my offline messeges, and was going to send me a voice messege but couldn't figure it out! another friend uploaded it yesterday while we were talking and my name disappered off her list had to send me a request...good thing we were on at same time! plus all of my audibles turned into kisses on her screen!!!!!!!! i have phone in and phone out also. i want to upgrade but am afraid i won't know how t do anything that i am used to doing, or will lose things! anyone there that can give me a heads up on 8.0 and what works and how? thanx

tenebrusmke79 reviewed v8.0.508 Beta on Jul 7, 2006

Suzzywoozy, you know that if you "remove" the ad, you'd be violating the agreement that you signed (by clicking next) when you installed the software? The ads are supposed to be there..

Anyway, I love this version.. it's so much better than YM7, in that you can send 1GB of info to friends and you can even have 1000 contacts on your list.. plus plugin feature is cool too. Actual version number is not 8.0.0.058, it's 8.0.0.508..

arahdial reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jul 2, 2006

I upgraded from Yahoo Messenger 7.0 and now can't make PC to Phone calls. I'm not sure if Yahoo no longer has a relationship with Net2Phone, which was integrated into the 7.0 Messenger client. I had to downgrade to get this feature to work.

amavida reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 29, 2006

The full version is available on Softpedia if you want to re-install it again after the next inevivable system restore.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 23, 2006

For those (like me) forced to use YahooMessenger, this is how to get sid of the add at the bottom ot the page:
http://blog.adglobe.net/...from-yahoo-messenger-75/

Sabz reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 21, 2006

Nice Messenger, needs more Skins directly added to it, than just the 3, something like ICQLite skin thingy would be good, that way you could change the colour of it without downloading skins

time for a Newer Screenshot of YIM isnt it?, also this release wil coincide with the MS an Yahoo deal so people will be able to chat to others on Windows Live Messenger via yahoo Messenger 8 an Vice Versa

Umapathy reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 21, 2006

I like yahoo messenger for it's intutive interface and support from gaim. Unlike skype I am unable to make PC to PC call from the net may be this from the limitation from the cisco router or from the proxy server. Though it supports UNICODE that includes support all indian languages including my mother tongue Tamil still I am unable to send Tamil UNICODE characters dirctly to yahoo messenger. I would appreciate more if they develop their chat client to by pass the proxy and/or firewalls to make PC to PC calls .

kbsoftware reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

This beta release is very unstable, feels more of an alpha release then a beta, wonder if they didn't jump the gun on this one because of the M$ MSN Live release ?

I downloaded the "Canadian" version from Yahoo's website, a bit of a mistake. I wanted it to install Yahoo in d:\Internet\Yahoo, to which it did create the folder Yahoo! and then two subfolders, all of which are empty and then it installed everything else on my c: drive lol

But it's a beta :)

Hazim_azim5020AD reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

I cannot hear any song..
There is a network issues..cannot connect to media...and also the pic...there become black pic...I cannot shared with my friends...what should I do...

snoecks reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

Good messenger, stable, loads fast and doesn't use much memory with no plug-ins loaded.

Here's a way to get rid of the ad:
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).

It has the option to add MSN users, though the actual "connection" has not been enabled yet.

And it shows your real name, rather than your nickname as in previous versions.

Full thumbs up from me :)

jafo818 reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

So far very nice... Removed ads though who wants those...

statm1 reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

Overall this is a good update. You have plugins now and a few little UI changes. But, its obviously to me that Yahoo doesnt care about having major UI changes or at least some evidence that its a new version.. Its been the same since 7.0.

As for the ad flamers.. How does ad's keep you from using the product? How do any ad's in any program keep you from using the product?? It does NOT keep you from IMing other people or other various tasks. And its not like they are advertising 2 for 1 pepsi.. Come on people..

dreamchaser reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 20, 2006

The plugins are great to work with and I liked the file share feature which has been boosetd to 1 GB which was previously 100 MB.

Download, Features and Screenshots of this new build @ http://www.go4i.net/

Article Page of Yahoo! Messenger with Voice v8.0 (Beta) : http://www.go4i.net/article1529.html

Direct download link available at the source links, make sure you download the file using that, the traditional download via Yahoo! website makes us to downlaod Toolbar and Browser preferences, which can also be removed by going custom install.

Cheers,
Dreamchaser

tenebrusmke79 reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 19, 2006

Made a slight mistake on trying to get the program.. everything's all better now. and I love the fact that you can have plug-ins.. excellent addition..

Also, as it is adware, you don't have to PAY attention to it.. it's not like it'll hurt ya..

Richardky reviewed v8.0 Beta on Jun 19, 2006

its adware more so than freeware as listed

niknet reviewed v7.5.0.814 on Jun 16, 2006

Very Good Program! But May Be Some People Tell Me How To Remove Banner Ad From Main YMessenger Window? Tnx

biohazard_Pegasus reviewed v7.5.0.814 on May 21, 2006

The cosmetics didn't help the functionality of this crashing piece of crap. Constatly crashes; can't right click on buddy's list.

ang2006 reviewed v7.5.0.814 on May 20, 2006

I have not been able to figure why yahoo messenger uses so much memory. It uses 35,000 k compared to 6,000 for ICQ, and 15,000 for AIM? My computer seems to run fine until I start the yahoo service and run it for about 6 hours or use it---then it screws up the computer so badly (cursor freezes, extremely slow typing, like the memory is gone and can take a minute to do a normal 2 second move, sometimes ruins my internet connection, won't allow shut down) that I have to manually shut down, reboot and do a system restore to get the computer back----maybe I can find an older version to download and install.

osric reviewed v7.5.0.814 on May 18, 2006

I'm really confused. I don't see any ad of the sort shown in that link. I have the latest version and I don't have any Adblocking software on my computer. Is that something country specific? Anyways as it is said - Never look at a gift horse in the mouth. If theres no ad then why should I complain? hehe

womfalcs7 reviewed v7.5.0.814 on May 17, 2006

It has an immense amount of features; many of which I haven't seen on other free IM clients. It's great. Their phone rates are good too.

eblade reviewed v7.5.0.811 on May 8, 2006

crashoverride:
try it again, and make sure that NONE of the Object Desktop utilities are affecting Yahoo. WindowBlinds ended up sucking so hard on my computer that I had to remove all of OD just to get rid of it's long lasting effects.

This version works great, and now I can transfer files with 7.0 clients again, something I couldn't do with 7.5.0.3xx

3M reviewed v7.5.0.811 on May 6, 2006

Well... the screenshot is not of 7.5!

In reply to crashoverride... YM! DOES NOT CRASH WHEN I RIGHT CLICK THE BUDDY LIST! Learn to use Windows!

osric, no offense but the ad is there!... between the voice bar and the search bar! It's right there! take a good look at it! http://www.image2share.com/i/ym75.jpg.html

There still are bugs... and I don't think they will be fixed quicker even if we have to bare those ads!

osric reviewed v7.5.0.811 on May 5, 2006

I dont understand all the fuss about ads. Messenger >> Show/Hide >> Yahoo! Voice Bar
Is that the one or are ads displayed in some versions depending on your home location?? I'm using the latest version and I dont see any ads.

They need to do some work on their Linux version of Messenger though.

ANGELSBOB reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 27, 2006

it crashes only when you allow your skinning program to skin it.. so tell windowsblinds NOT to skin it and it works perfectly !

Zankur reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 27, 2006

Its an excelelnt piece of software,although a touch behind msn and little heavy then my favourite google talk....
but none the less i am having no probs with it,just chatted couple of hours with it...and hd no probs with it...
just go ahead and try it..

crashoverride reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 27, 2006

stick with 7.0. If you get this whatever you do, do not right click the buddy list. It will crash everytime.

edit:
Stated above is that windowblinds causes it to crash. I have always told windowblinds not to skin Yahoo Messenger. So...I still stand by the fact that this thing crashes when you right click the buddy list and am now lowering my rating. 7.0 was much better than this. at least it worked properly.

jsc315 reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

don't listen to those giving this a low rating because of the one add near the bottom of the messenger. The add they display is not intrusive at all, and are a yahoo products there selling, so its not that big of a deal. As well as memory its the same as it has always been,it uses about 7mb-10mb of memory. there are some small minor problems with it but nothing to realy complain about. It is a beta after all. This is probably the simplest messenger they have put out yet. I have had no problems with it crashing or any other problems. If your having problems go back to your last release. I dont know why the people on here have had problems with this but if a small minor add is the reason to rate this so low then you seriously need to grow up. if there is a problem let us know, but just because it has an add and thats the reason we shouldn't download it is just childish. dont even bother posting anything then, it realy make you look stupid.

c4p0ne reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

Well I must agree ad-ware is s***. No one want's it. No one needs it. And no one should be subjected to it. However, let's be constructive for a change and help one-another out. What I mean is, take a look at the BB (beyond bloat) factor in AOL's "triton" (bloaton) client. Well, since we know that no amount of b*tching will make these companies remove ads, then whats the next best step? REMOVE THE CRAP yourself!! :):):) Problem is, HOW?

We see that someone made an ad-removal util for AIM triton, why can't somone step up to the plate and make one for Yahoo's client?? I've already removed the ads through firewalling/ad-blocking programs but it still leaves that ugly blank space. Anyone know of a utility that can rip-out the crap from Yahoo's clint!?

There's a lot of third party apps btw (GAIM, etc.) that connect to yahoo servers with no ads, but most of them are UGLY and don't have voice-chat capability.

statm1 reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

You do realize that Betanews alot of the time doesnt include an updated screenshot. So please use the program before you just look at the screenshot and trash it on the spot. Ive been using the 7.5 beta and this is a great piece of software. Who cares if it has ads; do the ads keep you from doing anything? No.

musickevin reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

Do yourself a favor and start using a website like meebo.com. This is becoming bloatware. Also, I understand that companies need to make money, but Google has found a terrific way of placing ads in unobtrusive ways...maybe Yahoo could follow suit.

smanofsteel76 reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

I like Yahoo! Messenger but stay with 7.0. This version closes every time I right click. What is up with that?

styxrtp reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

To Joe Dirt:
If you actually took some time to sit down and work with this application, you can obviously tell that Yahoo is now working with PC to phone calling and have implemented this feature into builds 7.5 and up, each build corrects a bug and enhances the program's interface/features. Secondly, I don't want to hear nothing about Messenger looking the same as far as the UI, if anyone recalls before version 6.0, yahoo! Messenger was built off of the same GUI that Windows has had. Stop bashing this program because you've never tried it. Lastly, fine...good, so what if it has ads? As far as I can tell, they're Yahoo! Sponsored Ads, and if you don't like them, get a 3rd party app like AdMuncher or Ytunnel. AOL and MSN have ads, and nobody's griping about that. Yahoo Messenger needs to have some revenue come from a great service.
To Snoeks:
You can change the skin in Messenger -> Change Skin...awww, so sorry to dissapoint you, no points this round.
Personally, I give this app a 5 because I have tried it and worked with EVERY feature.

Joe Dirt reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

They need to quit releasing the same looking application every 2-4 weeks.

This has looked the same for like 3 years. It's not changed since version 6.0.

What a wasted download.

Plus.....now it has ads.

TWO THUMBS DOWN with Tongue sticking out.

snoecks reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

Yeah, keep the old version, this one has ads in it.

In the 10 years that I've been using Y Messenger, this is probably the worst version that they could have released. Hence my low rating for it.

To styxrtp: you were correct about the skins, I have corrected my review.

pioneerbase reviewed v7.5.0.811 on Apr 26, 2006

Keep the old one this one adds

princeofpentacles reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Apr 14, 2006

This is my favorite messenger service..btw does Trillian offer photo sharing feature?

yanike reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Apr 10, 2006

Very Unstable! Went back to the previous version.

Perth, Australia reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 23, 2006

does trillian do video chat and video chat rooms? yahoo msgr does.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 23, 2006

To Sabz: "why dont people just go to trillian" - well, I will as soon they will be able to connect to Yahoo service using http port as well. Same goes for other alternatives...

As for me: since I'm behing a corporate FW, I'm forced to use YM for the moment due to the above issues, but I'l get rid of this dinosaur as soon as possible.

dazran reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 23, 2006

Like as good, but unstable and adware

Sabz reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 23, 2006

why dont people just go to trillian if they dont like the Ads an just use IM, there are other alternitives to use voice or whatever else, use skype,

what happened to the australian version of yahoo anyway?

jsc315 reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

pc to pc user is still free. they are going to be charging for pc to phone. less than 2 cents a min. Get your facts right before you say somethign liek that.

nick_greiner reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

Don't forget, yahoo is going to start charging for their VOIP service they offer to customers, and in addition they start running ads too...guess there's alwys more ways to make a buck off users.

musickevin reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

Seems like a good update so far...except for the ad space built in at the bottom of the messenger window.

Functionality is still good on my machine though. Calls are good, but not enough to leave Skype...yet.

EarlyMorningHours reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

Has been getting more and more bloated and unstable as the release number goes up. Now that there's unremoveable ads I may dump it entirely. I wish people would get on board with BitWise.

styxrtp reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

I would be happier without the ad on the bottom of the messenger. I think I'll stick with 7,0,2,120. BTW, if you are using ytunnelpro, messenger beta will not run unless you shut down ytunnel.

csb.milky reviewed v7.5.0.647 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

With ads now :(

kunalsethi reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Mar 22, 2006

The Best messenger avaliable

Reposed reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Feb 22, 2006

I've made 7 calls so far using 7.5 beta. With almost everyone of them, I struggled to have a proper conversation as the voice quality was so poor. After reading reviews of how good voice quality was, I thought I'd give it a go. I have very fast broadband access and have checked all the settings. I'm behind a firewall at work and thus have to use the http proxy option. Maybe other options have better quality but the http proxy settings are a joke. Waste of time. Waste of my $14 AUD. I thoroughly recommend using another service.

Adrian79 reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 30, 2005

http://download.yahoo.co.../us/ymsgr702_120_us.exe

new final build ...dec 30th

fullfilth reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 14, 2005

more feature, more memory usage. we need lite version of this IM client.

saiprojectwork reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 14, 2005

Although yahoo messenger has nice features, it is not reliable at all. after keeping yahoo messenger logged in for more than 4 or 5 hours it hangs.

minimarko reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 14, 2005

Yahoo! Messenger is a good client in my opinion. It's got a nice clean interface, and is pretty easy to use.

For those that like lot's of feature all in one, this is a great package. It's got everything you need in an IM client plus a bit more for advances users.

Unfortunately there isn't a second lighter version, because much of the content isn't very useful. The network is a bit bumpy, I've had lot's of issues with chatting, voice service, and some messaging. It's very slow on computers with less then a 800mhz processor.

Yahoo has the right idea with what they got, and could really make this a great client if they fix up the speed, reliability, and give some options for content.

EarlyMorningHours reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

The more junk they add in the worse it gets. Yahoo needs to prioritize their development efforts better and bump up resolving network infrastructure issues to #1. The stability of the client had steadily declined as well. I find myself on BitWise and Skype (yes for IM) more and more lately.

kazoom reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

Yes smanofsteel76,
This beta does same here. I also noticed that this beta is not intended for United States residents. Its a beta for select European countries to test the pc to phone capabilities.
You will see when you click on the telephone icon it will say not for U.S.
Uninstalled and reinstalled the last release.

smanofsteel76 reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

I love yahoo messenger but this release seems to close when I do certain things like change the tabs or change my status. Anyone having this problem?

rotjong reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

While Yahoo has the right idea in many ways it falls short of achieving what they wish. I commend them for the advancements but in the end, however, the weak points with Yahoo Messenger are security flaws and the simple fact that their network is unbearable unreliable. If it's not voice server issues there are issues of undelivered private text messages, etc. Some like to blame it on a person's computer when it isn't since the problem can come and go with no changes being made. In my case I gave up trying to send text PMs after 5 days of them simply not arriving where they should. I'll give the program a 3 because they are trying to make it better and when it works it's great BUT I can't rate it higher because Yahoo is too flakey and unreliable.

For people who want a reliable [in my experience] chat program I'd recommend CamFrog. To me it is Yahoo on steroids and it works!

xrayspex reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

My favorite messenger. Keeps getting better and better. Voice quality is excellnt.

jsc315 reviewed v7.5.0.333 Beta on Dec 13, 2005

The best messenger out there. Yahoo has surpassed AOL on the messengers for a while now aand still are, and for MSN well yea who still uses that. This version is fine nd works great. The only problem is that it uses way to much memory. like ariuynd 17mb. that just should not be happening.

snoecks reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Dec 10, 2005

The reason why they call it Yahoo Messenger with Voice is because now you can leave voicemails on someones account if that person is offline.
It's a new feature that works ok for me.

As far as this version being unstable, I don't have any problems with it at all. I have it installed for weeks now and it hasn't crashed once.

So as far as I'm concerned, it's full marks from me.

SirDarius reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Dec 9, 2005

I've been using Yahoo messenger for years without any issue, and now I'm having a very frustrating experience with the 7.0 version.

First of all, why did they rename it to "Yahoo! Messenger with Voice" ?
It's been years it has voice support! Sounds rather silly, but well...

The real problem is that this version is so unstable ! While I'm writing this review it has crashed once already.
And for no reason, now, the audibles refuse to work...
I'm not even talking about the IMvironments that randomly won't start, telling me that I'm not in the same country as the person I'm talking with... even though we live in the SAME effing city !
Not to mention the fact that the integrated games work only with one of my contacts...

Seriously, I'm expecting way better from a company like Yahoo.

improvelence reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Sep 15, 2005

How can you give it a low review because they have not updated the ozzie links?

Sabz reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

Be handy if they updated the Australian Links to, to the new Update.

GeorgeSantayana reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

Good stuff.

I appreciate the cross-platform support.

otero1 reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

Improved greatly. I also use MSN, but some of my friends at school use YIM. Great overall IM program.

bsr500 reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

It has been the best messenger for years and it still is the best messenger. But all messengers are better than AIM (aol garbage).

Adrian79, This is the second final release of 7. I'm not sure what the changes are between beta and final. There is some new Audibles, and some minor changes. The changes between the old final and 7.0 is mostly the new way it does voice, it has full VOIP capabilities (calling, voice mail, etc).. Also file transfers have been improved.

xrayspex reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

My favorite of all IMs out there.

ServerMechanic reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

Great program.

Best IM out there.

gawd21, You on crack? There is no keystroke logger. Duh...

Adrian79 reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

they just released final version, what are the changes to this build?? anyone???

tia

gawd21 reviewed v7.0.0.437 on Aug 26, 2005

Should be known that version 7 comes with a keystroke logger. The Logger is on anytime your messenger is running. Other than that it works great and I just block it's ability to log my keys.

EDIT:ServerMechanic you shouldn't talk if you don't know. It is there and if you have anykind of firewall that notifies you of malware you will see it.

See yourself. http://www.getmyhelp.com/yahoologger.jpg

improvelence reviewed v7.0.0.426 Final on Aug 13, 2005

How can you compare Miranda to this?
How slow is your system where yahoo affects your resources.
Great program.

jsc315 reviewed v7.0.0.426 Final on Aug 9, 2005

They keep doing a good job on this. Over all this is one of the best Instant messengers out there. Trillian is great but damn after a while it slows my computer down so bad. Great job yahoo.

Adrian79 reviewed v7.0.0.426 Final on Aug 9, 2005

nothing is perfect, but this is almost there!! great stuff...keeps getting better and better! ;-) cheers yahoo tech guys!

shadowdawgy reviewed v7.0.0.426 Final on Aug 9, 2005

Just dl, very nice indeed.. just wish for more skins.

jikaido reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jul 1, 2005

I agree, who on earth pays for a chat program! This release is pretty good, but it is still a bit of a resource hog. Oh well, back to using miranda.

BlackDragon64 reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jun 30, 2005

I too agree...why in the h*** would I want to pay for a chat tool? ONLY an idiot would do something that asinine.
I have used YIM for quite a long time and have found it to be the best of the bunch.

jsc315 reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jun 30, 2005

They closed the personal chat options for a reason. They are tring to get rid of pedofiles on there chat server and ad bots as well. So they had to close it down. Get the facts before you post. Anyways, It runs better than ever before. It also doesn't crash as much as it used to. Its simple and has no ads on it so im all for it.

Adrian79 reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jun 30, 2005

BEST chat software!..great new features that were needed..drag and drop sharing...slideshow thingie...and oh...the crisp clear phone convos..with voice mail!! hahaha ILOVEIT!!!

I am NOT no newbie...your just kinda dumb, and like to trash talk good things...oh, my wallet...it does not open for "chatting tools" lmFao

edit-change log plz!!!!

rpavl reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jun 30, 2005

Total Garbage just like the rest of Yahoo services. Now they have closed their personal chatroom option. People wake up, get your wallets out and PAY FOR PALTALK...then enjoy chatting again without all the drama and memory hogging worthless software like this. I understand internet newbies love Yahoo and AOL but good grieg GROW UP.

Pipewrench reviewed v7.0.0.249 Beta on Jun 30, 2005

Ya know......How about releasing a freaking change list?

Good grief, I'm tired of seeing stuff come back up to the top of the list of Beta's and there is no change list!!!!

What gives?

Adrian79 reviewed v7.0.0.247 Beta on May 31, 2005

love..great new features that were needed..drag and drop sharing...slideshow thingie...and oh...the crisp clear phone convos..with voice mail!! hahaha ILOVEIT!!!

oh msn is good too...nothing is "crap"..please, go buy a bigger harddrive lol

snakes200 reviewed v7.0.0.247 Beta on May 31, 2005

to the poster doing the net2phone it is a computer to computer call alot like another voice chat in a way. and it is doing it cause it is a bug a bug yahoo is working on but it. the new features of YIM have always had problems til about the second release of a build after they have finalized the code itself. i have been using YIM for about 7 years now and every beta has run stable til i test the new features so it isn't just you it is alot of people.

steevio reviewed v7.0.0.247 Beta on May 30, 2005

I am having the most frustrating thing with YIM.
Installed the latest app, beta and stable, and both of them give me this error:
Everytime I go to "Make a net2phone call" as soon as I enter the first phone number digit the proggie crashes on me!!!!!!!! AAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH
Install, uninstall, reinstall, you name it, the same exace thing happens on every phone call attempt.
Anyone have any clues on why it is crashing as soon I punch in the first digit?
Yahoo's support site SUCKS THE BIG ONE...........

TYIA

gawd21 reviewed v7.0.0.247 Beta on May 30, 2005

I like Yahoo Messenger (after you get rid of the junk), however, if you use this beta back your computer up first!!!

They are also bloting it way to much. To many "features" and it is just becoming another junk IM program like MSN.

dad7892 reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 25, 2005

I like the look of the BETA version, but every 5 minutes, I get booted off. If i can get this problem corrected, I think the program will be a winner.

omaryu reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 22, 2005

yahoo is the best and it will be the best

supermanforever reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 20, 2005

Still can't find a way to set it to silence startup. Don't show the main windows during startup like MSN, ICQ, etc.

jogygeorge reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 18, 2005

Well, yeah, its good. Don't see too much of a difference for a change in the main version number. The lil thing I noticed and which is actually a step backwards is that now we cannot search for a friend.

Will have to go back to version 6 if u have lost a friend ;) or are looking for one at random ... unless someone could point me in the right direction.

princeofpentacles reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 18, 2005

this is much better than msn messenger for one,and yes serrebi, if you do not use your yahoo id, why do you bother with installing the latest beta version of yahoo messenger.if you dont use a product, dont bother writing reviews about it.atleast dont give 1/5 without using a product.i recommend yahoo messenger to any one who enjoys chatting.

serrebi101 reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 18, 2005

This program would not connect for me.
During the instal it claimed it couldn't communicate with the download server, so it did not really complete instalation[what do you expect from yahoo!] anyway
After entering my yahoo id, it would not connect, told me to config proxies, everything is open here, so there should not be a prob.
I quickly logged in from the web, double checking that my yahoo id was still active[hell I never use it lol], it was, could not log in, even when looking at there crappy confusing help system for asistance.
Maybe they should do more in-house testing before releasing to the general public.

Joco reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 18, 2005

What I like the most is the ability to rename a user name (without using a 3rd party add-on). I don't know why but MSN IM users often choose silly or offensive names.

opita reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 18, 2005

Ok all you crazy fanboys and haters, here is the low down.
This programs does what is says, it does have some extra (for some unnecesary) features, but that is part of why its free.
If your computer is having a bad time with it, that means either something is mixing wrongly with it win98, norton av, etc or your computer is just plain old.
If you don't like it use the free alternatives (e.i trillian, gaim) or just simply use an older probably vulnerable version of yahoomessenger.

eclypse reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 17, 2005

i think the new version is pretty clean looking after you configure it.

kgruber reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 17, 2005

This is a message directed towards Adiran79 and other persons who leave comments that are not based on downloading, installing and trying the program.

I can't tell how good this program is based on what you "will" do in the "future." Nor can I tell how good this program is based upon past experiences with earlier versions.

crashoverride reviewed v7.0.0.242 Beta on May 17, 2005

From the picture shown on the page it look sjust like Ym6. Then Again I wouldn't know what it's like since the installer wouldn't work. kept giving errors.

princeofpentacles reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on May 8, 2005

This is amogst the best IM client out there and yes how can you call this bloatware?people should stop making ridiculous allegations just to get some attention.highly recommended for one and all.

[deXter] reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on Feb 28, 2005

5 rating - In general for all 6.x versions. Basically now Yahoo! Msgr is much more fun than any of those dull clients like Trillian. Its this so called 'bloatware' that makes using Ymsgr worthwile. And as for this particular build, well, some update is better than no update as I always say :)

aburton261 reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on Feb 28, 2005

all the people calling this bloatware LOL what guys running a 100mhz and 1 gig. hard drive please. This is only a 4meg file. you people call anything bloatware just to get some attention lol

dannysalerno7 reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on Feb 28, 2005

Still is bloatware to me. Has half of the crap that you don't find with Y!Messenger 5.6 build 1358. If you have a chance get that one. Better off with out all that LAUNCH Music crap and just have plain messenger the way it should be

buddha_tree reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on Feb 28, 2005

Great to see Yahoo keep updating. Now the booters can't touch us for a few days.

To the poster who said this version wasn't stable: complete moron.

This is most stable version yet. Obviously he doesn't know how to upgrade Y!Messenger properly.

woodengod reviewed v6.0.0.1922 on Feb 28, 2005

Nicely looking, but bloated. Requires the Internet Explorer is the default browser for the avatar functionality. Also the Yahoo! Messenger for the other platforms (Mac, Linux) is not kept up-to-date and is more than a year old.

shroom reviewed v6.0.0.1921 on Feb 20, 2005

"It crashed the PC, corrupted my AOL files, and obliterated my Symantec Anti-Virus."

Tested, worked fine... But I still keep Trillian. Btw I don't know how this soft can crash so many things on your comp. It mostly a problem with your comp, not Yahoo!
And Symantec AV is a crap... Just use a real powerful AV like Kaspersky or F-Secure...

gainmorey reviewed v6.0.0.1921 on Feb 20, 2005

I downloaded this version to upgrade a previous version, 6,0,0,1750.
It crashed the PC, corrupted my AOL files, and obliterated my Symantec Anti-Virus.
Fon't do this upgrade. Stick with 6,0,0,1750. It is stable, this one is not.

Squire72 reviewed v6.0.0.1921 on Feb 19, 2005

Far better program than either MSN or AIM. Suffers a bit from ICQish bloat, but it'd need to be a lot more bloated to be nearly as useless as the alternatives.

Mike162005 reviewed v6.0.0.1921 on Feb 19, 2005

All the new version of Yahoo! are wonderfull!!

kooz reviewed v6.0.0.1750 on Jan 3, 2005

this is a good program. It has a good interface and the game feature is really nice. The only things i think this program needs is some personalizing features, like custome emoticons and display names. other then that its a great program to keep in touch with all my friends and family.

Blackhole8746 reviewed v6.0.0.1750 on Oct 17, 2004

This program definatley sucks... It crashes so much, cam and audio conferences are of worst quality, emoticons are low-res. Chatrooms are filled with bots, and soon free Hotmail accounts are going to reach about 240MB the fact that will put Yahoo! out of business...

alkie reviewed v6.0.0.1750 on Aug 18, 2004

I have been using yahoo messenger since it started i thought they were making progress untill now. Though the invisbility options and a couple other things are good they removed options i loved like the join user in chat and the view profile and webcam from the im windows what the hell that is dumb!

mattnotley reviewed v6.0.0.1750 on Aug 18, 2004

Too cluttered, but some of the features are good such as contact renaming and offline messages. I use it as a backup for when MSN goes down. It's still very buggy, but looks good. If Yahoo was to fix all the bugs, i'd give it a 4.

chasanc reviewed v6.0.0.1750 on Aug 13, 2004

This software was really good in previous versions.

By new version, they improved what? Decreased CPU usage? Decereased memory usage? NO. They just added some unnecessery features. It really sucks computer resources.

Guys don't use it. Use previous version v5.6.0.1358.
It's also stable.

Neoprimal reviewed v6.0.0.1710 on Aug 4, 2004

I'm in love with this program now.
I don't use it for many other features (concerning outside parties, like games and such) - though the radio is pretty nifty and I've used that a few times. I've used the video, the little fun stuff, the sound/voice as well as file transfer (probably THE best)....I'd recommend YIM to everyone. And with 100 megs of free email now....I use yahoos webmail almost moreso than my own *paid* msn accounts (though they are getting raised too).

Still, review wise - I think this is program is pretty solid. I have 2 PCs and its never crashed on either.

irishrose reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 28, 2004

I have been using Yahoo Messenger for a long while and thought it was ok. It had all the features I needed, like file transfer, web cam support, etc. As for voice conference, the quality has always been rather poor and as an alternative for that I've been using Skype.

Talking about the new version, there is no way it can be called stable. It crashed three times in a row the first day I downloaded and installed it. The support of SMS is very poor. The online help is not covering all the newly added features. The menus are modified to the point where an experienced user (of the older versions) has difficulty finding what he needs - absolutely against the usability principles. The whole thing looks rather like a beta version but by no means a completed product. The only thing I liked is the built-in Launchcast (online radio). There seems to be a tendency in Yahoo Messenger to shift to the entertaining side at the expense of more important functionality support.

Lomas reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 26, 2004

i have been using yahoo messenger for 6 years and this is probably the best IM client ever released by Yahoo. Cool animated smileys and other important features are added into this version. worth a try...

tannman1 reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 18, 2004

To date Yahoo is my personal fav as far as IM's go. Having said that I hope they dont go into a wild feature mode as did ICQ which turned what was once the top into a sinking bloated IM. The audio thing is funny but I would have axed it. Still I like and use Yahoo for both biz and personal communication.

utomo reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 17, 2004

There are some problems with new YM and old version too:
1. New YM use too many display space, it must give option to resize it more smaller.
2. The SMS not support all operator yet. ICQ is more broader.
3. If the SMS receiver have no more money it will make blocking the next SMS. and there is no way to activate/normalize this again. so the receiver still can receive the sms.
It is very anonying.
4. SMS address book need to be improved, instead of only in drop down list only. it is difficult if we have many address/number.
5. Voice chat need to be improved.
ETC

snakes200 reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 17, 2004

it's alright better than messenger 5.6 by far. the new interface was long over due. I like the shoutcast radio feature that is a cool feature, and i also like how you can show as invisible to someone but appear online to someone else. Good job Yahoo. Although you need to make it so you can use the older skins as well like the ones you can download from other sites.

MarcFou reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 17, 2004

Love the new 6.x version. Easy to use and stable. The audibles rock.

The Yahoo "Doodle" enviroment acts as a whiteboard using Macromedia Flash.

The numerous menu items are a bit much and needs more skins. Otherwise a solid rating here for usability.

Jeffsoft reviewed v6.0.0.1671 on Jun 17, 2004

it is so much better now

tangentlin reviewed v6.0.0.1643 on May 25, 2004

What I hate about this version: They install shortcuts everywhere in your computer just like the old AIM, let's see -- 4 in your favorites, 2 in your desktop, 2 in your quick launch, 2 in your start menu and 2 in your document settings folder -- there is no way to gracefully turn it off; I can no longer choose to see my buddies by their screen name instead of nickname, this sucks since I have 3 Irene's on my list; software is slow... on the brighter side, I love the new smileys and audibles, I can play with the new audibles all day long, another great innovations but yet pack with all the annoyance AOL used to have.

superman reviewed v6.0.0.1643 on May 25, 2004

buddy windows is too big and can't resize smaller. No option to auto minimize to system tray during startup. (like ICQ, msn, etc.) I have to close the program (minimize) everytime I start my machine.

rowdyward reviewed v6.0.0.1643 on May 24, 2004

Still my messenger of choice, just please remember we don't want another ICQ. The inability to resize the messenger to the size I have always kept it is a big deal to me and hope that is remedied. Close friend hardly uses Yahoo anymore due to the fact that it constantly is kicked off. I had the same aggravation til I started using broadband.

paperlad reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on May 1, 2004

love this program its the best now

bsr500 reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 28, 2004

bloated piece of crap now, you cant re-size the main buddy window any smaller. The new features are ok, but totally not needed. Hopefully it will be better by final.

sirhardi reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 27, 2004

I cannot edit posts, so sorry bout that.
I am giving it a 5 now due to the enormity of the upgraded feature set and extended FUN........that is exactly how my friends rply to it.......
Avatar building works "thumbs uop"
Sound files work.AWSOME major step aheasd from the old days with phone cow bell etc.....
Why is the Yahoo doodle not included??
Contact info should be synced with log in user id..which BTW does not carry over to the site yet "auto login to account"

This is the best functionality yet...tried the SMS messaging, was able to send one, next two give me error messages with country code, which does not reply, seems repeat actions is causing problems.
Great Job guys.

utomo reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 27, 2004

Nicer GUI, with options to use the classic.
But the problems is:
- The windows resize have limit. it is not good. and also the default window size is too big.
- SMS have too much limit: need to work with more operators, and reply to yahoo account sometimes it failed. and we cannot continue sending the sms via YM.
- need to reduce resources used.
- download better if full installer. so we can installed it easily over dialup.
and others improvements.

mbowen750 reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 26, 2004

great new look and alot of stuff in it

maxxpilot reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 26, 2004

3 Stars from a paying Yahoo! client.

Program is now over 11mb in size and is bloated and out of control. The interface though new, is a mimic of the Microsoft XP Bubble Look. Thank god they left classic view in tact, however it appears it needs some work from the myriad of changes. Not sure why I need the new music interface as Winamp continues to shine for me. They do have an option to remove it from the new tabs. The new e-mail interface is at least worthy of comment and is what kept my rating from being lower. It appears to use your current e-mail client when you select e-mail to a person on your contact list, I half expected it to go to your Yahoo! account to send the e-mail. Lastly the weather tabs and news tabs still refer to an obviously outdated set of WebPages that have seen better days, so instead of a new interface, it still reads the Yahoo! webpage for the news and weather which has always been less than acceptable unless you make the messenger main window quite large.

My recommendations, cut the bloat out, it’s just wasted. Put some encryption in the program for us security minded folks and finally stop trying to make your application look like Microsoft. Be your own company with your own look and feel, what I am saying is be original. To modernize your program, does not mean make it like everyone else, it means be innovative and creative.

tangentlin reviewed v6.0.0.1555 Beta on Apr 26, 2004

The interface is definitely more refined, yet bulkier in some way. I hate to see the feature of displaying friends' ids instead of names gone. Over all I feel great about the new release. I just hope it has the webcam integration like MSN, and it will surely rock! 4 stars for now!

Skee reviewed v5.6.0.1358 on Feb 2, 2004

It's quite a memory hog, had some issues with it. Not worth downloading (yet).
@Mikee4fun: we're here to sort BAD software from GOOD software. This is BAD software, even though you CAN make it work. It doesn't have to be completely broken to be bad. It's disfunctional, and that's enough to make it BAD. At least as a BETA VERSION.
--> sorry for all the caps.

Mikee4fun reviewed v5.6.0.1358 on Jan 9, 2004

Garp, you are a true lamer! If you can't afford memory which is peanuts in cost, you shouldn't be using a computer. But I forgot, you must have a Emachine lol =P

Martyn007 reviewed v5.6.0.1358 on Jan 8, 2004

This program is nice and easy to use, the chat rooms aren't too bad. The use of Voice and Camera options are quite good. It doesn't compare to MSN6 however, due to Yahoo's lack of qualities such as customised smilies and display options. But Yahoo has its own qualities such as its unique smilies and services. But to be honest, everyone I know uses MSN6 and only Yahoo as an alternative.

Garp reviewed v5.6.0.1358 on Jan 8, 2004

Mikee4Fun, I think the point is for a small program like this to work without having to buy additional memory, go to a command prompt, or download additional software such as y!pipe. If it requires ANY of the above, I consider the software to be a failure. Noobs are allowed to use programs too, and should have the ability to. There's no reason for it to be so buggy, and there is no reason for it to be such a hog. That's just simple fact. Defend it and give it five stars if you want to, but for me it's just a 2/5.

bsr500 reviewed v5.6.0.1358 on Jan 7, 2004

I have been with yahoo messenger for a long time, and so far nothing beats the yahoo voice chatroom's and also it's webcam works very well. The bad parts are the client is buggy and filled with ads, and there is a limit of 1mb when sending files. Over-all it is the best messenger, I like it better then msn (although msn should still be used for sending large files).

snakes200 reviewed v5.6.0.1351 on Nov 14, 2003

This program does have some stability problems but over all it is pretty solid app for instant messaging.

sirhardi reviewed v5.6.0.1351 on Nov 13, 2003

No changes listed,...why download it ??

uNdisputed reviewed v5.6.0.1347 on Sep 2, 2003

I don`t see a 6 here...so i`ll have to rate it 5 star`s
the best of all.. LOVE YAHOO...

Jeffsoft reviewed v5.6.0.1344 on Jul 23, 2003

hum...

Jeffsoft reviewed vBeta Build 1327 on May 31, 2003

what version is this?

GoLdEn_SiLeNt reviewed v5.6 Beta Build 1322 on Apr 30, 2003

On the 2nd day of released..There are too much errors. Hope to be fixed in future

sue_sue reviewed v5.5.0.1246 on Nov 29, 2002

the beta is a great programme and look forward to the next lot to come 3 cheers to many more

enonemoose reviewed v5.5.0.1241 on Oct 26, 2002

I forgot to note that build 1231 blue screened XP but this issue appears to be fixed in build 1241. For this reason the program gets any stars at all.

San2sweet reviewed v5.5.0.1241 on Oct 26, 2002

abidali

Yeah, there was something wrong at my end. Now Yahoo! Messenger for Windows is updated to 5.5.0.1241. Sorry for the bad rating earlier. Yahoo Messenger is still one of the best messengers out there.

abidali reviewed v5.5.0.1241 on Oct 26, 2002

@ San2sweet

Its working fine and showing correct version i.e. 5.5.0.1241. It seems that there's some problem at ur side.

Richard30ky reviewed v5.5.0.1237 on Oct 12, 2002

this is always been my fav chat program
but the last version would not run in XP
they should post what the fixes are though thats anoying

linux_email2000 reviewed v5.5.0.1232 on Oct 1, 2002

I absolutely love this program. the IMenvironments are very good and are actually fun (stuff like "doodle" is innovative and simple to use). the emoticons are also very neat and offer a great variety to the user. Perhaps the thing that stands out the mosty thought is the SuperWebcam feature. When using a highspeed connection it simply puts netmeeting and all others I have seen to SHAME). The sound however is not as good as netmeeting and peoples voices do not get through sometimes. However, it deserves a 4.5... but since i cannot put that, I will round up :)

davewf reviewed v5.5 Final on Aug 17, 2002

This is a great chat program with few exceptions. The newest version does not work in WinXP as the prior betas do. You MUST set the compatibility to Windows98/ME. The exceptions are that you can't search your address book to add buddies like ICQ and MSN Messenger. This latest version adds advertising on the pop-up notifications. That is why I rate it a 3, otherwise it would be a 5.

C4Xplosive reviewed v5.5 Final on Aug 16, 2002

Word brother if it weren't for Yahoo I would not be able to deal with this long term relationship I am currently in aswell. I mean IMing each other no one could last, voice chat a little longer but the awesome webcam features (vastly improved!) make it all an ease.

The betas sorta sucked since they were litered with bugs but the Final is all worth it, less crashes, faster and better quality webcam streamsm, unbootable (for the moment lol) and so much more. Sweet a** interface and nice smilies which now got some animation.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v5.5 Final on Aug 15, 2002

*Long distance relationship*

Doh! :)

Safaa_Pro reviewed v5.5 Final on Aug 15, 2002

greet instant messenger... 3 years @work with it...excellent

teeezur reviewed v5.5.0.1219 Beta on Aug 9, 2002

Compared to the released version...Web Cam clarity is vastly improved with this beta version but frame rate is less then adequate. Up to "15" frames/sec? Try a lil over "1" using small image size and half that for large image size.

groty reviewed v5.5.0.1214 Beta on Jul 31, 2002

Overall, great, non-annoying program. I'm not a webcam user, but the masses seem to love it. I would like to see them invest more time in developing an efficient, effective Whiteboard addition. Jabber has beat them to the punch on this one, if it ever comes out of beta. As far as interoperability goes, it's not a programming issue, the business people to work it out. They can't just add a hook to MSN or AOL chat services and expect to get away with it!!!!

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v5.0.0.1058 on Mar 1, 2002

As far as i can tell, the only thing new about 1058 is new updated IMVironments that DON'T crash ;), Nice one yahoo, took your time! And please, can someone change the damn picture on this review, it's simply too old!

mickeyndallas reviewed v5.0.0.1058 on Mar 1, 2002

I have used it since beta 5, now at beta 8, all have been hacked, the skins i found were mostly futuristic in nature, but very interesting. Easy to use, but i would NEVER pay for it.

ijablokov reviewed v5.0.0.1050 on Jan 4, 2002

other than the dated gui, its a great tool... decent logging feature and tie-in with the portal... great vid conf... wish they made more tabs though...

admiral-kirk reviewed v5.0.0.1050 on Dec 12, 2001

I love Yahoo! messenger, but the GUI needs a few more customizations, such as sorting the list by status maybe? and does anyone else HATE the "Active-Install" crap? it's like you've gotta download the damned thing twice...

sirhardi reviewed v5.0.0.1050 on Dec 11, 2001

I have a question,
Why is it that new versions "releases" or updates are allowed to be posted here WITHOUT the changes notice ??

I mean seriously, i do not mind downloading, but i just will not do it anymore if there is no curtesy from the supplier.

sir

ditoa reviewed v5.0.0.1050 on Dec 11, 2001

excellent program but something just seems not 100% perfect! anyone else agree? it just feels a little to heavy and full, not bloated tho (yet!) i would like a nicer interface like MSN Messenger. also betanews please update the screen shot that version is from 1999 lol

Richard30ky reviewed v5.0.0.1050 on Dec 11, 2001

i like it better than the rest so many options you can go to chat rooms striaght from the messenger send files easy no problem with my firewall video and great voice chat I dont care for the kiddy imviroment stuff though that should be an option in the download if want it installed or not the log on invisable is the best feature if wanna log on with out be seen by some who anoy you,i suggest them take off the imvorment crapp and add a sms send and recieve would be a easy ****** then

ditoa reviewed v5.0.0.1038 on Nov 5, 2001

very nice program. still needs work to lower resource usage and to fix some of the little things that piss me (and i am sure other users) off. It is a hybrid of ICQ and MSN Messenger. doesnt need much more. a very nice IM client from a company which still has respect, unlike nearly every other major IM client developer!! MSN Messenger still rules tho 4.5 kicks a** (even better on WinXP!) Win9X/2000 versions do need built in video tho!

Rick7165 reviewed v5.0.0.1036 on Oct 23, 2001

Just wish you could make install into a different directory :( Mine is installed under administrator in Win2k and it keeps trying to put it under Program Files which it's not there... LOL

santino reviewed v5.0.0.1036 on Oct 23, 2001

IMvironments rule

just wish we could make our own

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v5.0.0.1036 on Oct 22, 2001

Very excellent, so much better then any other chat client, thats including ICQ, which i find to be the WORST chat client around. Yet yahoo gets such bad views for no reason but their name sounds g** or something. This product is not that bad!. More people should start using this and find out what their missing. This FINAL VERSION still has some bugs, such as the £ sign font bug in OFFLINE MESSAGES. ;)

above_you_2001 reviewed v5.0.0.1036 on Oct 22, 2001

works good no problems here..

Nother_Yahoo reviewed vBeta Build 1018 on Oct 10, 2001

Build 1029 is out. Fixes some of the problems from 1018. Sounds work now. Have a nice day.
Yahoo messenger still has the best tie-in between the Messenger and Chatrooms of any of the IM systems. And with voice and cam capabilities, I now like it better than the ICQ, which is even more indecipherable after using it for over 4 years.

tecknotot reviewed vBeta Build 1018 on Sep 27, 2001

Also, the screenshot you see above is OLD. YM! updated it and added a new feature called IMVironment, which I think is preparing for XP. its like a theme in the chat window, very cool to look at :)

Me2You reviewed vBeta Build 1018 on Sep 26, 2001

Not that anyone uses this anyway, but when the hell are blahoo and ms going to work out their interconnectivity??!?!! Anyone know why they apparently scrapped that plan? You'd think they would want to hurt aol as much as possible as soon as possible. heh

sullysnet reviewed vBeta Build 1015 on Sep 21, 2001

I agree with everyone. Progam is stupid. If it was iniversial (tlks to other) then it might be on the right track. Seems like Everybuddy for Linux is on the right path. At least AIM I can use to transfer files and doesnt have issues with my firewall. When is someone going to make an app similar to Everbuddy????? Love to post it over but I haven't a clus how to do that. Somebody need to get off the crapper and make a windows version. Not like those s*** ones that I've seen that are universial (bulls*** and they look like s***)

Jlove3184 reviewed vBeta Build 1015 on Sep 19, 2001

Not bad but has glitches. First onone can see you online. You appear invisible even though you are online and have the settings for online. Also, its takes up too much memory. My recommendation is to wait for the final release.

masoud reviewed vBeta Build 1015 on Sep 19, 2001

This beta works fine,EZ and has a better UI;full of useful options.IT IS A PRAGMATIC MESSENGER!

oudoulj reviewed vBeta Build 1015 on Sep 19, 2001

Use *Trillian* (www.trillian.cc) in order to log onto your YM, MSN, AIM and ICQ accounts in one single soft.
Also supports IRC. Works like a charm :)

Other than that YM 5.0.0 build 1015 is a good IM soft.

martinpaul reviewed v4.1.0 Build 993 on Jun 26, 2001

Is it just me or everytime I go into Preferences it logs you out !?! Never used to do that. Apart from that it's just getting better and better. Shame us UK users can't phone the states for free anymore.

leighj reviewed v4.1.0 Build 993 on Jun 26, 2001

Great new webcam feature... Worked RIGHT out of the 'box' and around the firewall at work... No configuration issues at all...

As for the smilies...
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-38.html

Combined with the long awaited archiving of messages. A great program.

reidyn reviewed v4.1.0 Build 993 on Jun 26, 2001

That's not cool... Why did this cut my review? Perhaps the combination is some kind of code for this site. Let's try it with spaces:

Some_Guy reviewed v4.0.0 Build 967 on Jun 7, 2001

I don't see why so many people have problems with it - I'm running a P200mmx, 64ram, 4&3gig HDs, and I never have it crash on me. I use AIM too, and that never has problems either, tho I hate AIM... ICQ only gave me troubles once or twice, but that's probably cuz my cache was full from leaving my comp on for a few days straight... I've used them on Win2k on the same system, no prob. I'm using Win98SE again now though, cuz it runs best with my low-end system. Oh, and I used them under WinME, same thing - no messing up. Anyhow, Yahoo is my fav after ICQ and 'maybe' MSN...

mrbee reviewed v4.0.0 Build 967 on Jun 7, 2001

Chat & email notification makes it worthwhile (yes, you can access the same room via the web, but this program makes them faster and easier to use). Sure, your friends probably don't use it but if you chat online, using their chat rooms you'll meet people who do. Promising.

aldo reviewed v4.0.0 Build 962 on May 16, 2001

More undocumented emoticons in Yahoo Messenger:
8-X Skull
@};- Rose
=:) Martian

n2flyinplanes reviewed v4.0.0 Build 962 on May 15, 2001

For some reason my previous review didn't work. If you would like a list of new smileys that I have found, send an e-mail to n2flyinplanes@yahoo.com and I'll try to send a list to you. :o)

above_you_2001 reviewed v3.0.0.825 Beta on Sep 19, 2000

This build is alot more stable than the last one, but there are still some bugs to iron out, but none that I have seen so far that are too bad..Fixed the Messenger to Chat Room Option which prevoisly caused yahoo to close...overall I think they are doing an excellent job...

Argenberg reviewed v3.0.0.825 Beta on Sep 19, 2000

So I'm waiting for your feedback.

MeToYou reviewed v3.0.0.825 Beta on Sep 19, 2000

Yahoo Messenger is quite nice, but as said below, noone seems to use it. MSN Messenger is much more streamlined and integrates nicely into the MS stuff most folks already use, so that messenger is a better choice for now. Once the seems-like-it's-taking-forever universal IM protocol gets implemented, then the messenger of personal choice will be up for grabs. :)

atac reviewed v3.0.0.814 Beta on Aug 19, 2000

Yahoo! Messenger is AWESOME!!! Being a beta still, I would like the following bugs fixed. When Switching from one version to another (due to updates) It will not save all of your settings. For example under appearance, it still has the default settings take over. It also will uncheck the box stating "allow others to see your ip address". Also Yahoo has an ad in the chat section when you enter a chat room. I would like to see that go and have more chat options on the top possible mirc-like options. Also my smiley faces do not show up when I send them to others they can see them, but I cannot, when they send them to me, they can see them, I still cannot. I run it at work and win95 displays them fine, but here at home on windows 2000 no luck yet!! Proxy support is great! looks great! small in size! Not many ads, unlike aol, icq and msn. I love yahoo!

KvalCom reviewed v3.0.0.812 Beta on Aug 12, 2000

No one uses it. MSN does have the universal buddy list. MSN does have voice chat. MSN has free long distance calls. MSN integrates nicely in the MSN homepage. MSN notifies me of Hotmail AND Pop Mail MSN fits nicely withing Outlook Express. MSN has the smallest footprint of them all (all mentioned). MSN Mobile Pager Device Handling. MSN slso does a nice job with file transfer. I will stick with MSN.

oudoulj reviewed v3.0.0.776 on Apr 10, 2000

Yahoo Messenger is an excellent program.
ICQ is big for nothing. MSN's got ads. Don't even talk about AOL IM...
YM has voice chat that ICQ does not have. Voice chat is even hands-free. Your contact list is stored remotely so it's always handy compared to ICQ where you gotta re-add everyone and wait for their permissions everytime you reinstall the soft or the whole OS.

YM is simply the best chatting tool out there. Period.

atac reviewed vBuild 764 on Mar 16, 2000

Yahoo Messenger rocks!! Aol = ads, icq = aol, yahoo = proxy support which I can't seem to get the others to work, easy install, great potential, NO ADS!! Yahoo has been great with adding updates that you want if you email them! what else ya need or want for that fact??

bryank1 reviewed vBuild 762 on Mar 13, 2000

It's ok until you can't get any of your friends to use it. Any company that wants to compete with ICQ and AOL should ask themselves... "Why bother?"

cheat reviewed vBuild 762 on Mar 13, 2000

This tweaker is best programm for Savage cards. I use this programm as my favorite.

trePiD reviewed vBuild 762 on Mar 12, 2000

This program has ALWAYS been buggy for me. I use AOL Instant Messenger instead, even though it's extremely buggy also. I think they should make all these programs work with each other. Like a universal IM standard or something.

Phoenix2000 reviewed vBuild 760 on Feb 29, 2000

Before this build, Yahoo crashed very often under Windows2000 (i don't know why ), but restarting it was enough to use it anew. Now, with this build, when it crash and i want to restart it, i got an error message "CoCreateInstance for the My Yahoo DLL Failed" and i must restart the computer. So i prefer to use the old version. For me, this build is worse than the previous one :-(