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Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger - 2.5.3

Instant messaging app

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Current Version: 2.5.3
Release Date: 2003-09-24
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 23,577
Downloads (all versions): 59,807

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Product Description:

Instant messaging allows you to quickly exchange messages with your online friends. Unlike email, instant messages appear as soon as they're sent.

What's new in this version:

  • Super Webcam is a free feature that makes sending video faster and cleaner than ever before! Now your friends and family can see a sharper, bigger image of you!
  • Go Mobile makes it easy to login to Yahoo! Messenger on your m obile phone or other device when you leave your PC. Your friends will see you as "On Mobile" and will be able to send messages directly to your device.
  • New emoticons and emoticon selection menu
  • Updated look for message windows
  • Smoother (anti-aliased) text for OS X users
  • BUZZ!
  • Unicode support
  • "New Message" indicator in the OS X Dock
  • Custom message colors
  • Conferencing
  • Friends list group editing

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS 8.1 or higher with CarbonLib 1.0.4
  • PPC

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Yahoo! Messenger ReviewOSX version Not as feature complete as windows version - Version: 2.5.3, 6/6/2004 09:11PM PST

Jacinta
After dumping my virus riddled windows computer for a mac, I have to say that the Mac version of Yahoo Instant Messenger is missing a lot of basic functionality that I had on windows.

For one, Why cant I create an alias for my buddies? some of friends have obsure usernames, this should be a basic thing.

Secondly, while I can view others web cams, why cant I talk using my mike and speakers. I mean every G3 Mac + has them built-in I think its a simple ask that the mac version be at least withing coey of the windows one.

Can anyone recommend another client that does have these features on Mac OSX?

J
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Yahoo! Messenger ReviewHave Your Windows Buds Tell Yahoo - Version: 2.5.3, 5/18/2004 09:13PM PST

macarone
I could list a half dozen programs that recognize my camera without a problem. Yahoo, can't even find my cam, let alone send anoything to anybody. I just tell all Windows users that tried to get me to use Yahoo to complain. Yahoo doesn't seem to care about Mac users at all. Maybe if they get enough complaints from their PC users.....
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Yahoo! Messenger CommentaryContacted Yahoo support - Version: 2.5.3, 4/16/2004 08:57AM PST

Jaladhi Pujara
This version of Yahoo Messenger is buggy. It is a shame they put out such a
software for their users. I have only recently switched from a PC to Mac. I love
everything about my Mac except poor software support. To be fair, I can always
use ichat and talk to my AOL buddies, except I have none. Most of my friends
are on Yahoo and some on MSN. At school, I use OS 9.1 with a previous
version of Yahoo. It has less features but it is certainly more stable. This perticular
version keeps logging me out for no reason. Also, I think it is horrible that
they don't have audio chat on the so-called 'latest' version of yahoo. I wish
ichat worked with Yahoo! instead of AOL. I contacted Yahoo! about audio
chat last week. They say 'We know there is a strong interest from the Mac
community for this feature, but currently we have no schedule for such a
feature'. Ridiculous! I have not paid for any of the Yahoo! services until now,
but I would willingly pay $5 a month if they were offering high-quality
audio-video chat with customer support.
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