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Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Preview for Windows Vista

Yikes. Like the upcoming Mozilla Firefox 3, this application just looks killer on Windows Vista. Which raises an interesting point: How come the best-looking Vista apps aren't coming from Microsoft? From the Yahoo! Messenger blog:

It’s here! It’s really here! We’re thrilled to bring you the preview version of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista, the first Yahoo! Messenger built from the ground up for the Windows Vista operating system. This is your chance to try it out and give us your feedback to help make the next version even better.

This is a preview version only (pre-beta) so not everything is in here that you might be used to seeing in other versions of Yahoo! Messenger. [It includes an] entirely new interface that harnesses the power of WPF, the graphics subsystem in Windows Vista.

 Related: Yahoo Messenger 9 video preview

Published Dec 06 2007, 07:26 AM by pthurrott
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roblightbody said:

Can you give me a pointer as to what I should be looking for?  The only thing I've spotted so far is that the window 'fades' open and closed, and that i can colour the title bar - its not aero or transparent or anything...  i got it from uk.beta.messenger.yahoo.com - maybe the UK one is different?

December 7, 2007 5:38 AM
 

xiphi said:

Um... Paul, the Yahoo Messenger 9.0 is not the Vista version you mentioned in the article. None of the links in the article actually link to Yahoo! Messenger for Vista.

messenger.yahoo.com/windowsvista.php is the one you should have linked to. Nice way to confuse people.

9.0's UI is a steaming pile crap, while YM for Vista's UI looks absolutely stunning.

December 8, 2007 12:39 AM
 

Windows Vista » re: Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Preview for Windows Vista said:

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December 8, 2007 2:24 AM
 

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December 8, 2007 5:00 AM
 

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December 8, 2007 8:00 AM
 

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December 8, 2007 8:00 AM
 

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