New in Yahoo! Mail – Chat with your Windows Live Messenger friends
- Posted October 15th, 2007 at 12:42 pm by AndrewM
- Categories: Yahoo! Mail UK
OK – this is the second post for this feature (read the first one if you want). OK, it was there in the beta but we’ve beefed it up with a couple of key additions… best of which, you can now chat to people on Windows Live™ Messenger too.
What’s all this then?
We’ve integrated Yahoo! Messenger into New Yahoo! Mail. That means you can now have a live conversation with someone right from within your Yahoo! Mail mailbox. You can talk this way with anyone who has a Yahoo! or Windows Live™ Messenger ID. That’s almost everyone isn’t it?
Here’s how
When you log into your mailbox you’ll see, at the top of the window, a status message and a drop down arrow. When you click that icon, here’s what you’re going to see…
Once you set yourself Available, your contact list will show all of your contacts that have set themselves Available too. From here, you can select anyone on that list and start a conversation with them right from the comfort of your own Mailbox window. Here’s what it’s going to look like when you’re engrossed in a conversation with one of your friends:
Or, like this, or this…
We’ve added a couple of other new ways to start a chat. Yahoo! Mail is more than just email these days, so if you click on the arrow next to the New button (top left) you can choose “Chat” to open a chat window and go from there. Or, if you want to be really flash, you can use the keyboard shortcut. Just hit “c” and you’re off.
Not up for a chat?
As always, you can always turn this feature off too. I’ve posted about how to do that.
Happy chatting!
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
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October 15th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Yep, still not available on Macs
October 15th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
The integration with MSN is great, but it often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)
October 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Any news on when we we will be able to send SMS from Yahoo Mail for those of us in the UK? Many thanks
October 18th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Great – used to work fine but for the last week it has gone strange… what have you done??? Works fine on my other yahoo account but not this one.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:45 am
I love the new chat feature… It is always great to see who is online at home (Irl) while travelling around OZ… :) It can be difficult trying to contact some people but at least this way u know who is online…. Love it :) Thanks guys………
October 19th, 2007 at 7:36 am
This is a truly wonderful and revolutionary improvement on yahoo mail.Regards to the award winning team of yahoo
October 19th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Andrew
How do I report bugs in the new interface? I did place a posting here on problems with Chat, but it was deleted!
There are several issues which are worth looking at I think
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Hi David,
Sorry if your last comment was deleted. Perhaps it was caught by our spam filters? It’s just a guess, as I read every comment that comes into the blog.
If you would like to report any bugs with the new Yahoo Mail, you have two options. Both options you can find on this page: http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/contactus/. If it’s a problem with your account that you would like fixed, click the “Contact Us (Reply Needed)” link. If you just want to give us some constructive criticisms or even some positive feedback, click the “Send Us Feedback (No reply needed)” link.
The “Contact Us” link goes to our customer care team who will take a look and try to fix the issue.
Hope that helps. Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
October 19th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
its brilliant
October 19th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
My yahoo mail is a nightmare I open a few emails then suddenly I get a message telling me it’s still loading the message and to try again later even with messages I have already opened I get this same message It is very frustrating
October 19th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
hey ho hey! I luv this new way of the chat and mail together, it’s time consuming haveing to do two things at once! but how do I change my display name?
October 19th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I dont understand a thing
October 19th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Yay!! I think I’d love this features!
October 20th, 2007 at 1:23 am
thank you
October 20th, 2007 at 5:11 am
luverley!
October 20th, 2007 at 5:27 am
It’s quite fun , chatting with friends and at the same time checking your e-mails :) C00L :)
October 20th, 2007 at 7:51 am
I do not understand why , without consultation, you have changed my Email format. It worked perfectly before. (If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…would be worth remembering in future).
The print is now much smaller…WHY? (I can’t read it…nor millions of others who wear reading glasses).
What is better about it? NOTHING.
A complete waste of money, which has made the system much worse.
Please, please revert to the old one, which WORKED and was SIMPLE. Two points which clearly never occurredto whoever designed this ridiculous format.
October 20th, 2007 at 8:39 am
luv ya!!
October 20th, 2007 at 9:13 am
is very good wowwwwwwwwwwwww
October 20th, 2007 at 10:01 am
I want to chat but idont know how start.
October 20th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Just getting used to yahoo mail ect now,and im realy begining to enjoy it Thank you.Christine
October 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
I like this idea but not to sure i understand it, ? what equipment do i need in regards to IE
ear phones or what i will be grateful for your help Ernie
October 20th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
this is great
October 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
yahoo is good webside
October 20th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Great has helped me to regain contact with people I havent heardfrom in ages
October 20th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
If I put messenger on, (coloured smily face bottom right near clock)and try to set to available, it tells me I have been disconnected as messenger was added by another computer or device. AND IT WASNT. It just will not let me have both on at the same time. If the messenger is off (face gray) THEN I can be available. HELP PLEASE.
Thanks. Si.
October 20th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Why can I not get into my mail? It is 2 weeks and I keep being asked for my password which is not recognised!
I have sent compliants into to BT but nothing happens
October 20th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Better and time saving, innovation at its best!
October 20th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
excellent
October 21st, 2007 at 1:58 am
not bad
October 21st, 2007 at 8:12 am
did not try,
will try soon and revert as soon possible.
bur it appears exciting.
best.
pp
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:37 am
This is indeed a great innovation in the ICTs concept. I am rally happy.
Keep it up
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:32 pm
it is very easy to chart while working.ilke this this new improve yahoo.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
How can a complete stranger be on my contact list and make contact with me by instant message? – I find this a bit spooky as this person is asking me for my mail address and password?. Can I take it that this is some sort of a scam and treat it like it is spam and just block the person?
Many thanks
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:09 am
its amazing!! Checking my e-mails while chatting with my friends. It’s 2-in-1…
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
This is awesome!
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:04 am
I think Yahoo! is getting to near PERFECT.
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I really like chatting at the same time as emailing!!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:15 pm
It does have a lot of features, but for those with poor eyesight, i think the font size is very small. It takes a lot of straining to look for menus and commands.
Could be improved.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 pm
This is just fantastic keep up the good job i love the new yahoo too well.
October 24th, 2007 at 6:45 am
I have kept my yahoo classic as an insurance – and from time to time, I switch back to it, if my new yahoo mail isn’t opening messages fast enough, for me.
However, It is a great thing – as attested to by the zillions of patrons of yours! Well done, YAHOO!
October 24th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Love it , Oh aye and i wear reading glasses and i can read it ok
October 24th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Does the chat with Windows Live Messenger friends work also on Yahoo! Messenger? I know it works on Yahoo! Mail, but it seems it doesn’t with the messenger
October 24th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
It is more user friendly and excellent.
Several steps higher.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:58 am
its good but i wanna know something imean is this for free and are thereany payments paid? and what about the registration is it for free,how doi chat with others for free ??????????????
October 25th, 2007 at 11:18 am
it works ok. thanks for the good work.
October 25th, 2007 at 11:51 am
it is brilliant
October 25th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
So far so good, it is very interesting chatting and sending mail at the same time, time factor was all that was in mind here
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
IT’S PERFECT BUT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN’T BE DONE USING IT.
LIKE APPEARING INVISIBLE TO A PARTICULAR CONTACT.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Cool,love the new chat option
October 25th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
well its cooooooool
October 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
this is nice
October 26th, 2007 at 3:47 am
ive tried it few months back…n i enjoyed it so much ..but now, i cant chat because it said that i need to down load flash .9….but then, how come i could chat before?…if yahoo did something about this, i would like yahoo to change it like the previous edition(available to use without installing flash9.0 or anything software equivalent or higher)….thanks..
October 26th, 2007 at 4:55 am
Hey! I can receive IM messages from friends who use MSN/Windows Live but I can’t reply to them. I tried hundreds of time to tick the box to add them to my list but it just wouldn’t allow me to. What’s the problem????? I’m so frustrated, annoyed and getting angry!!!
October 26th, 2007 at 7:33 am
sometimes my friends did not receive my messages even though i have connected
October 26th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Fine but it takes time to get used to seeing small font, format etc., however job well done
kc
October 26th, 2007 at 10:36 am
INNOVATIVE AND FUN
Innovative and fun, but wish I had the option to turn off the adverts that splash accross the middle of my screen. If the adverts are too much in your face they have the opposite of their intended effect. Instead of attracting ,they antagonise a potential customer.
ADDRESS BOOK NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE
Could you please add a clearly marked tab to access my address book.
Thank you.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:48 am
ADVERTS ARE SPAM
This is my third post, just to make the point that unwanted advertisements are like unwanted mail. They are ’spam’, and they are really annoying. A bit like this repeated ‘winge’. BUT if you get the point and provide us with the option to switch-off adverts, then we will all be happy……AND…….you won’t get any more winging about unwanted ads! Hooray!
Thank you ;-)
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Hi Denys,
Sorry you don’t like the adverts. We do offer a Premim Mail solution where you’ll no longer get any advertisements in your mail. You can read more about it here: http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/plus/
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo Mail Team
October 26th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
this service is very practical and easy , this why yahoo services are great . My question is like this . Do I have to download anything ? Thanks .
October 26th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
hi there ant had no problems and i think this is alot better then msn,
hotmail, good work xx
October 27th, 2007 at 1:01 am
Nice one Yahoo! Windows is horrid to use, so much nicer to be able to stay in one place.
October 27th, 2007 at 9:25 am
i love chattin 2 my friends who have MSN coz im not aloud MSN but im aloud this yahoo chat thing. and im lovin’ it!!! luv all of my friends on there coz there ma galz!! lol
LUV YAHOO MAIL SO SHOULD U SO GET IT
ya
October 27th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Will like to see some sensible chats and interesting stories of peoples day to day experience
October 27th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
URGENT PLZ HELP,a cant seem to download my msn contacts on to my yahoo messenger,ive tried everything PLZ HELP ME OUT FANX
October 27th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
well when my windows messanger friends r online is ssays there not
P.S i was round my mates house and opened up windows chat and then signed into yahoo and it did not work
October 27th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
tryed it and its cool
October 28th, 2007 at 11:00 am
hey guys good technology but u got a lot of loop holes.evrything takes ages to turn up:mails n messenger.i cant buzz n there aint no audibles.ur killing d fun.but big ups all d same
October 28th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
i dont know how to get Windows Live contacts to chat to me!
coz everytime i try 2 chat it says …you must add them to your online list….WHEN I ALREADY HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!arrrrrrrrrrrrgh its so annoying!
October 28th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
i want my e-mail not to be updated to go back to previous
October 28th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
nobodey can send mesages to me and yahoo wount tell me why.
October 28th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
ummm..its actually rily kool bt kinda slow in loading nd i dont see d feature 4 buzzing my friends
October 29th, 2007 at 12:59 am
woww
this is amazing.
you guys are great.. the feature is so grt for me, because at college the teacher can see web msn/yahoo etc. but now inside the inbox nobody can see tht i am chattin during class times:)
love ya guysssss
October 29th, 2007 at 7:26 am
I would like to sign out of yahoo mail, but if I do that then i am also out of yahoo chat? how do i work this out
October 29th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Excellent idea! Keep up the good work!
October 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Why only one of my contacts appears live? I am receiving invitations to chat with some of the others but a window appears asking me to add them to my contact list (they arey r already there) and doesn’t allow me to reply my friends request!!!! Please what should I do?
October 29th, 2007 at 11:42 am
its cool, but the new yahoo mail can be frustrating at times.
anyway, u guys are doing a great job keep it up
October 29th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
i have enjoyed the yahoobeta and its execellent.but recently i can no longer chat,my chat status is on offline.i have tried on several occassion to put on available but cannot change.
Kindly do somethind about it for me.
thank you.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
yahoo is a good wibesite
October 29th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
i wanted to know if it was possible to alert your friend by emailing to their mobile when you want them to go on chat
October 29th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
I think the feature is great! The only problem is that you can’t talk to a group of people at the same time, (add multiple contacts to a conversation), would this be a feature that Yahoo! will release in the future?
October 30th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
have really lean a lot on how to chat on my my yahooomail
October 31st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
K I love havin the feature but sometimes when I am writing a msg back to someone the screen disappears and logs me out and then I have to go thru the whole process again of loggin in:( This mainly happens when both of us are typing together OR when I am typing and hit the backspace button, its extremely frustrating, please do somethin about this to sort it out,, thanks guys
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:52 am
I Thinkhave really lean a lot about how to chat on my yahoo.you guys are doing good job keep it up.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 am
big up guys…yo just the best though u should let this new featur be user friendly.cant seem to find somee icons easily like compose.otherwise good work
November 2nd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
i also agree that using the new yahoo mail format is a great delight because it scales the many movements that one had to go thru when wanting do somthibg e.g chatting. thanks and continue with the good work.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
It’s great when it workst, but it often does not. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I cannot reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!) Also if you go to your contact list & tick add & save it then disappears & still doesn’t allow you to reply
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
yh i understand but hw do u add a avatar. Does any one answer me?
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Hi Vanessa,
Check out http://uk.avatars.yahoo.com/ to add an avatar. For more help with avatars and the chat feature, there’s a help page on that topic. You can read the help page on pictures here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/chat/chat-11.html
Hope that helps,
Andrew – Yahoo Mail Team
November 3rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
it wont work my freind on windows cant get my messages as yahoo wont let me reply
November 4th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Hi, it appears to be interesting.But what about having a chat with Yahoo Messenger while u r on Yahoo Mail.Is it possible or you should revert to Yahoo Messenger. Sorry , i have not tried yet but would be pleased if it were possible bse it would save one time to shift from Yahoo mail to Yahoo messenger.
Many Thanks to Yahoo Team.
K.Jeewon
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Hi K.Jeewon,
If I understand your question correctly, I think the answer you’re looking for is that you can use the Yahoo! Messenger Client or you can use the chat feature directly from Yahoo! Mail. If you log into chat from Yahoo! Mail, you’ll be logged out of the Messenger Client if you are using the client.
In short you can chat from within Mail or you can chat from the Yahoo! Messenger Client, but not both at the same time.
Hope that helps,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 4th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Love it , Oh aye and i wear reading glasses and i can read it ok
November 4th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I agree with David completely! ive tried everything but only some of my Windows live contacts are on my online list even when ive edited everycontacts details to add them! i emailed Yahoo!help but im still waiting on a reply…….
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Hi Rhona,
Sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues with your Windows live contacts. I’ve asked our engineers to look into the issue that you’re having. As you’re not the only one reporting this issue, let’s see what the engineers have to say. I don’t know how long it will take to troubleshoot, so please be patient while they search for a resolution.
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am
chatting is a fantastic way of making good friends
November 5th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I have the same problem as Rhona and David. Only some contacts are showing. Apart from that I like it and I will like it better when the snags are ironed out.
Can get on at work now when the technicians had barred all messengers :)
November 5th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
This is really good but it doesn’t seem to work all the time especially with certain people. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but thenit won’t let me reply to them as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list, which I thought I had just done. So I can see what they have said but can’t reply. I can only actually chat to a few people because it comes up with this message for most of the people I try and talk to that are on windows live messenger.
November 5th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
The chat won’t let me reply to my windows messenger friend even though I have added her in my messenger contacts! It is really frustrating!!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
I totally agree with Cath (no67) It is really annoying!
What does it mean by Chat ID?
November 5th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
I have a proble downloading my sent attachment even because the link to downloading keeps diappearing.Its a major incovinience I never exprienced with the classic version,and yes the print is rather small. However the new version is more interactive when I get frustrated with it I easily switch back to classic its awsome and some what exciting. Try to add more colour its sooo gray I dont need to go to England for the real experience I can easily infer.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
you guys lead while others follow…
November 6th, 2007 at 8:11 am
i enjoy reading through the update of yahoo chat, it is exciting and good for us the users.
Congrats for improving upon the tools.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:21 am
i got it at last but others cant see me online
November 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
have a proble downloading my sent attachment even because the link to downloading keeps diappearing.Its a major incovinience I never exprienced with the classic version,and yes the print is rather small. However the new version is more interactive when I get frustrated with it I easily switch back to classic its awsome and some what exciting. Try to add more colour its sooo gray I dont need to go to England for the real experience I can easily infer
November 6th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Seems a good idea but can not find the available icon!
November 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Its great fun, while working and trying not to show your bosses that you are chatting, pretending to check emails, since it started, i loved it.
November 6th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
it keeps dropping out and wont let me change my status online, just tells me it is loading chat… also cant connect me sometimes, says i have to add contact which i have done a few times.
i have been using it for a week happily.
help!!! thanks
November 7th, 2007 at 1:53 am
it is quit nteresting chating with yahoo massenger all the time. it is cool and i cherish yahoo4sure
November 7th, 2007 at 11:38 am
hello there!
I Do really appreciate new yahoo format and the addition on the system. Hope many people feels the same.
love you all.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
My computer says l need to down flash player 9.5.I doubt if this time l will be able to chat or send instant messages.
As l write this mail,l appear offline because of that missing requirement.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
How come l cannot send an e-mail to my wife who is also on yahoo? Every time l send her a mail,the mail is never delivered.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
goooooooooooooooooooooood, it works faster and better.
it save us the stress of sign in and out of mail box, u can work on your box and chat at the same time.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)
November 7th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
I am experiencing difficulties receiving e-mails from family and friends. I know to 4 I should have received last week on the 31 October
November 8th, 2007 at 8:14 am
I transferred to the latest Yahoo mail.
However I do not like it at all.
Where is my address book ?
How can I paste a contact into the “send” window?
How can I uninstall this version and go back to
the previous version ??
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it !!
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Hi David,
Sorry you’re not happy with the new Yahoo! Mail. You can always switch back to the classic version of Yahoo mail. Just read my post here:
http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/11/01/switch-to-classic/
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 8th, 2007 at 8:29 am
whats wrong with the old format are u bored or you guys and dolls just want to play with graphics. please let this be your last adjustment for now,,hope you dont turn this lovely format into a tax form, any way i love it, keep up the good work.
November 8th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
i also find it difficult loading my yahoo., and again its very slow, the chat ico does not show on my mail.
November 10th, 2007 at 6:42 am
I love the new chat feature… It is always great to see who is online at home (Irl) while travelling around OZ… It can be difficult trying to contact some people but at least this way u know who is online…. Love it Thanks guys………
November 10th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I’d like to know when it will be possible to send SMS to UK mobile numbers
November 10th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
yahoo is simply the best there is. it’s an exciting new feature with lots of power. just keep the flag flying and continue giving us the very best.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:33 am
its da bomb
November 11th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
was working fine the new beta with no downloads no telling me i need the adobe flash player however
installation is not working
November 11th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
omg it is like soooooooo good coz u can like talk 2 ur m8s n family 4 FREE it is soo kool
November 12th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Its really nice to use this feature.. But let me now how will i check the chat log… the conversation held with other person once i close the chat window.
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Hi Deepankar,
Thanks for your comment. At the moment, we don’t keep a log of your chat session from within Mail. I’m afraid you will have to use the Yahoo! Messenger client in order to keep a history of your chat sessions.
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 12th, 2007 at 7:50 am
yahoo is number 1. keep it up
November 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Same as David: “The integration with MSN is great, but it often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)” Is there a solution to this problem?? Thanks!!
November 12th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Hi guys…….when im busy on net………i put my self invisible to everyone……….then to find out some friends on messanger see myself on line……..also on my profile it says im on line ………help need some peace sometimes Joy
November 12th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Wonderful!!!!!…………..
November 13th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Initially I didn’t like the new yahoo mail I have to switch back to the classic one, but after I’ve tried it several times I realised that it is the best thing that can happen to E-mail. Chatting and checking E-mail at the same time is fantastic. However there are rooms for improvement on the comments by others, I also experience similar problems. Up till now I cannot access it at work, may be my work place IT have anything to do with this I don’t know.
Anyway, you are very great. Keep the flag flying.
Thanks.
Rilwan.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:27 am
msn is great but always does not work but with this its much better as u can chat without all the problems all you got to do is download it which is not a problem really and i find it more intersting if ya no wot i mean thankz for letting me say wot i wanted to say thankz
November 13th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
i’ve always been connected by my “FAVOURITE” yahoo. this is a nice one, am in love with yahoo. Excellent.
November 13th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Seems a good idea but can not find the available icon :)
November 14th, 2007 at 8:59 am
its great,thanks yahoo always at top
November 14th, 2007 at 11:28 am
you are the best keep up the good work .keep the flag flying
November 14th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
cant revert back to classic mail even tho the link is there..cant alter the view, cant search..can not do anything.opening a sinlge item from the inbox takes forever..after a lot of try agains..whatever you people did is not worth it..had to open another email account with another provider coz this one is very frustrating..
November 14th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
i think it’s great!!! while i check my mail i can catch when my cousins are on beacause they are living far away i dont get to speak to them much. im still trying to persuade my sister to go on it beacause she is ot that good with changes.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
is this great or what
November 14th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
yeh yeh!!!!!! Its really cool better than before…. Please tell me how to put my photo in my avatar… thanks
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Hi Sinani,
You should visit: http://uk.avatars.yahoo.com/ You’ll be able to create your avatar and it will show up in when you use the chat function in Mail.
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 15th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
THIS IS SO AWESOME! I LOVE IT! ITS EASIER AND FUN :)
November 15th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
cooooooooooooooool
November 15th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
in fact i dont know what i should say , but this is agreat thing
November 16th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
yahoo is my second home i love.cheers
November 16th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Its nice and i wish you could always keep introducing new and better ideas thank you.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
the messager it is the best and it has got a good interface.bye
November 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
its marvellous with yahoo instant messenger my lads are also happy about this yahoo keep it up,Sam shungu
November 16th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
David, I have the same problem.
Go add them to your list and it will not accept it. you can put the email address in both boxes but it will still not accept it.
makes you so frustrated.
PLEASE FIX THIS?? or make it simplar to add people to your online list? Just check a box then it adds u automatically no matter the address????
will use it a LOT more then… would always be on my email!
November 17th, 2007 at 12:56 am
very good work
November 17th, 2007 at 7:01 am
brilliant, and time saving ,excellent way of keeping communication lines open at all times .
November 17th, 2007 at 9:21 am
If this works It will give those who dont subscribe to Skype access to communicate with a wider circle of contacts known to them
November 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Hi,
The mail works really well and its great to only have one window. I really get on well with it. There are still ways to improve it like have bigger picture space when my friends say do u like my picture i have to say hang on then i switch back to Yahoo messenger say yeah its great then switch back to mail. Though really I cant complain it is really good to have mail and messenger intigrated!
:)
November 17th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I wish everyone would use Yahoo it is so annoying them all having msn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 17th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
with this chat option i dont need yahoo!messenger on my system again. Thanks yahoo!mail. Always ahead.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
this is cool thanks yahooxxx
November 18th, 2007 at 12:19 am
I would REALLY like to have my old yahoo mail box, I dont like this onew one !
November 18th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Its real and it works
November 18th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Andrew, i love the integration.I am happy to tell you that i have never had a dull moment with my computer since i discover this new yahoo mail.PLs, when will the people in the West African Countries be able to use the other functions like -receiving notifications on your mobile phone the moment you have receive an e-mail?We yet appreciate these you have done.We need more of this services.Thanks
November 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
It is a good feature and useful too. But I guess it needs some sustainability. It goes off soon or asks me to revert to the old format since it is taking time to download. May be there is some deficiency at my end. Don’t know!!!!???
November 18th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
i think the new version is brill
November 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I’m finding it really difficult to chat using yahoo msn. People can see me and i can’t see them!! Each time i try and chat with them it asks me to add them onto my online list which i have done overand over again and it still doesn’t work. My friends are beginning to think i don’t know how to use mns (LOL) !! Please help..
November 19th, 2007 at 5:13 am
Innovative.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:37 am
This is a nice feature on yahoo, however, can you make the call option available as well instead of chats only?
November 19th, 2007 at 11:16 am
I agree with Davids comment. Its a great idea-especially as I can not get MSN in work!!lol. Having said that, it is still full of bugs. The invite went to people from my address book that I would rather avoid, and those I want to add Yahoo can not recognise!
“The integration with MSN is great, but it often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)” – quote
I have had the same trouble, and its beginning to annoy me!!
The new look and system on Yahoo is great, but still needs a lot of work to spped it up and improve some areas of the service! Well done though!
November 19th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
WOOOW! just learnt about it and switched to it. Its mavellous. Thanks yahooooooooooooooooooooooo!Mail.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
its awesome!
November 19th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
i think this is brilliant because say if you just had yahoo and your friend had msn then you could talk to them from yahoo
November 20th, 2007 at 9:42 am
so when can we open a room and also chat using webcam thro Yahoo Mail…
Just a few hints what the listenner wants?
November 20th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Its just as if you are with the other person face to face. I mean, its superb!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
sincerely speaking, with this innovation, the world has certainly become a smaller place where communications has become just as pressing the buttons of the telephone box.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Is there a way to get the messenger feature to work with out Flash 9? I use the internet at work and would love to be able to use messenger but cannot dowload anything to my pc.
Thanks
Gill
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Hi Gill,
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, the chat feature requires Flash to work. Perhaps you can ask your IT department if they can make an exception so you can have the plugin installed for your browser. But I’ll have to leave it to you come up with a valid reason for the install.
Thanks,
Andrew
November 20th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Hi Andrew… having similar problem to other posters with adding people to the MSN on line group, I check it and click save… but it never saves.
Do you have an update.
P.S.: The mail is still awesome despite the odd bug.
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Hi Neil (and everyone else who is having difficulty with the MSN issue),
Sorry, but I don’t have an update at the moment. I have raised the issue with the core engineering team and they are in the process of troubleshooting right now. Once they can pinpoint the problem, they can set out to release a fix. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more.
Thanks for your patience,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 20th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
It tells me to add my contact to my online ist which I do and still i cant chat. Have done ths few times with no joy. Simplyfy this instructions in case we are doing something wrong. It seems other users have the same problem
November 21st, 2007 at 3:25 am
How can I use the camera and chat live with talking and sharing the pics? Is it still possible to use as same as another version?
Thanks
November 21st, 2007 at 10:42 am
I think yahoo, has combined most of the necessary informations a person requires to know in his daily needs.
Is really getting the world in our hands.
Regards
Awad Saleh
November 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
hi. idowu4chelsea………………. having similar problem to other posters with adding people to the MSN on line group, I check it and click save… but it never saves.
Do you have an update.
P.S.: The mail is still awesome despite the odd bug.
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Hi Neil (and everyone else who is having difficulty with the MSN issue),
Sorry, but I don’t have an update at the moment. I have raised the issue with the core engineering team and they are in the process of troubleshooting right now. Once they can pinpoint the problem, they can set out to release a fix. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more.
Thanks for your patience,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 21st, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Is there a way to get the messenger feature to work with out Flash 9? I use the internet at work and would love to be able to use messenger but cannot dowload anything to my pc.
Thanks
Yemi
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Hi Yemi,
Unfortunately, the chat feature requires Flash 9 in order to work. Perhaps, if you’re nice to the guys and girls in your IT department, they’ll give you an early Christmas present by installing Flash 9 ;-)
Thanks,
Andrew
November 21st, 2007 at 5:42 pm
also you cant send files over the new version through your inbox..
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:43 am
Have you seen the spelling in these comments? Spell check dictionaries are available on the internet… Chatting is wonderful but sorry to see that the English (American) language is going down the drain !!!
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Hi Hazell,
You are right, some of the comments do contain spelling and grammatical errors. However, not all of your fellow readers of this blog are native English speakers. When moderating the comments – both positive and negative – I don’t want to disapprove a comment because of a spelling mistake. As long as the comment is easily understood and is relevant, I’ll usually approve it. Plus, I can only imagine how poorly my grammar and spelling would be if I tried to post a comment on the German Mail Blog (in German, of course ;-) )
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 am
Like the others I’m having problems with the MSN issue. Please get it sorted asap as it’s been like this for months now. .
Keep us all posted.
Paul
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Second time I try 2 post a message, where’s the last one?. Let’s think spam filters got confused…
I want 2 know when are u solving problems with Macs and the new chat feature? Mac users are not majority but Yahoo! community isn’t neither, u’re supposed 2 support minorities against the simple mass choosings… Tryin’ t B different, 2 B a leader? Do it propperly.
I want this 2 be published ’cause if u are working on an update to fix the “adding bug”, PLEASE, consider Mac and Firefox users on the solution and not only the PC and Explorer users, as everyone does.
Hope this post won’t be deleted by mistake…
Apart from bugs and stuff… Yahoo! is simply unique!
Greatings from Spain!
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Hi Irene,
We are working on the fix for the MSN Chat issue. As for the Mac users out there, although Safari is not a supported browser for the all-new mail, you do have the option to use the Firefox browser.
I don’t know what happened to your first comment. Perhaps it did get misclassified by our spam filter.
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:33 pm
superb!
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
this is so cool :) i love talking to my friends on msn
thanks for making this yahoo
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
This is really good but you can not use a web cam unless you sign out and sign again on yahoo messanger,Andrew pls try and work and that too you have done so well ,keep it up.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
it’s tricky my friends can’t believe i used 2 ym! at same time. honestly im enjoying the trick…
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
I should have posted here earlier !
Thanks Andrew & Team … the MSN contacts are working now.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
its nice but wen will it b possible to make calls using this new yahoo plus. hope it will be soon and if possible use and view webcam. Thanks
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I enjoyed the chatting for a while until I upgraded my OS to Windows Vista. Now I am unable to chat. The message I get when I want to make myself available for a chat is that my browser must have the latest flash 9.0 software to load the chat feature.
I have visited the website to which I was reffered and downloaded and installed the flash 9.0 software several times and I am still unable to chat.
What can I do?
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Hi Gbengoozeh,
I was able to reproduce your error with Windows Vista. However, when I downloaded it and installed Flash 9, it worked fine. Maybe there is something on your computer blocking the complete installation of Flash 9. Have you tried to uninstall/reinstall Flash 9? Also make sure that you exit all of your programs including IE and Firefox before trying to install it.
Hope that helps.
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
November 24th, 2007 at 7:25 am
It is damn Cool, love it. Hope to see more improvements not very long. Cheers and BRAVO yahoo team
Tiq
November 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I never get to see avatars even when people have them. Besides, how can one chat in secret at work? They log the time employees spend at websites… so I get asked why I spend so much time at yahoo mail – something they don’t allow at work either.
Rather get the things that make email good working… like the contact’s list and the calendar and things. Rather see all the bugs out than more and more nonsense options added.
November 24th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
love it – i don’t use it at work as i can’t access yahoo but otherwise it’s cool – i love the fact that whilst you’re reading the emails you can see who’s online and instantly get a message – what’s funny ist hat aol seem to have updated their site in a very very similar fashion…..lol seem that the competition is getting rather hot!!!
November 25th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Hey, it happens the same thing as David… and noone seems to help me out and I don’t know what to do. Can’t wait to use the chat coz it has amazing features, but i have no contacts with a yahoo account, so …
Here’s what David says:
#2. David | October 15th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
The integration with MSN is great, but it often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)
November 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Could you make it possible to set a picture other than an avatar? Chat is great, but this feature would make it sooo much better, as I can’t see other people’s pictures (from MSN etc.) when I’m talking to them. Thanks!
November 25th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
it works on my computer fine but on windows live messenger people it always says they are offline why?
November 25th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
would like to avail of yahoo messenger…
November 25th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
when i chat to people on yahoo messenger it works and says they are busy or whatever but when i try to chat to someone on msn it says thy are offline why because it lets me talk to them.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Love the improvements….but … we used to be able to ‘buzz’ our contacts if they not online to let them know we wanted a chat with them, now we can’t – miss this facility. Also the print is a bit too small to read comfortably as I have visual difficulties due to glaucoma, larger print would be a big help …. can u do anything about this please?
Regards
B.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
superb !!!! this is cool .
November 26th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Wow! I’m still surprised that YahooMail is still FREE! Great job and keep up the “freeness” Oh and maybe you could add an EXTRA hot pink background colour? eh? I’ll let you think about it..lol.
Love you all and I love Y♥h☺☺!! wooo!!!
Ten thumbs up
November 26th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Cool! but is it suitable for under 18’s?
November 26th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
i love it it’s fab i can talk to my family in Aus!!
November 26th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Yahoo has made a break through in internet messages and charting more easy than ever, I love that so much.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
It’s great! I like being able to chat and check mails all together..It’s good too because I can do it at work and my boss doesnt know about it! Sneaky sneaky lol
November 26th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
speechless! speechless!! speechless!!!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Really apreciate this new yahoo window because its easy sending messages as well as receiving them.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Hi,
I am discussing at the moment with y!mail support (Us, I assume). For the ‘Add user’ bug with Msn/ Messenger contacts, it seems I have solved my problem with using the Mail option/ Spam/ Block chat messages only from the people listed below: (With an empty list). It seems to work. I can receive AND REPLY with my Msn Contacts. I consider that as a workaround, of course. Bruno
November 28th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Great! Thanks a lot. But sometimes a meet the same problems as David described in his message. “”The integration with MSN is great, but it often does not work. People can see me online, but I can not see them. Every time they try to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to their chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list (which I have just done!)”"
Any how, Thanks again, it help me to join to my friends by jumping over the hurdle of our system administrators.
I love Yahooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
November 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Woooow!!! Yahoo chat is great but pliz show us how to insert an image or picture to my chat ID
November 29th, 2007 at 11:54 am
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw, that is so interesting and wonderful, i liked it
November 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I am trying to load Yahoo chat from my email but as soon as i try any of the 3 methods for loading chat it just displays Loading Chat for hours and hours and goes no where. Perhaps my office PC has a firewall that prevents it from loading. So is there any way where I can load Yahoo chat on my PC?
November 29th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
its great yeah
but we cant chat to the older versions of MSN
they can see us but we cant see them
November 30th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Its great!!!!!!!!!!!!! but some it takes longer time toload & it get hanged any solution to this problem., than again i need to check my mails in yahoo classic.
Could you include yahoo voice services to this also.
November 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
not bad,
but wats wrong with msn messenger?
they should make more browser integrated chatting thingys though because then you dont have to download and install them, like on msn messenger.
its realy kool though because i can chat on the scool computers with out than ennoying filter stopping me doing wat i want .
thanx yahoo team
November 30th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
It’s great! I like being able to chat and check mails all together..It’s good too because I can do it at work and my boss doesnt know about it! Sneaky sneaky lol
December 1st, 2007 at 12:41 am
Re comment no. 173:
Hi Andrew, I just thought that when I write in English or French and am not sure of the spelling I check in a dictionary. It only takes a couple of minutes. I am all for “globilisation” or “mondialisation”, whatever you call it in English. But I like to think (and hope) that my kids would take the trouble to spell check before pushing the button…
December 1st, 2007 at 6:51 am
This is one of the best features of YAHOO MAIL. I love it and thanks for telling me how to get on with it, because I’ve been waiting for someone to tell me how to start this and now I don’t have to ask becuase I know how to find everything in this page alone.
SO THANKYOU ONCE AGAIN.
SANDUNI.
December 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I’d like to:
a) be able to let some contacts know I’m available, but not all of them. i.e. switch some on and others off. There are times we don’t want everyone to have access to us. And being ‘invisible’ is a blanket solution, there are times I want some (not all) people to know I’m available.
b) I don’t like it when I add someone to contacts (by using add) it automatically tries to contact them to ask permission to add chat. I add some emails of people who may be useful business contacts in future. I don’t necessarily want them to think I’m going overboard about them. Again some control would be useful.
c) I like to type in paragraphs, like this post. Chat has problems with that. Some of us like to type a lot.
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
i like it but it takes a looooooong time to charge and my freinds say they cant se my avatar but that grey smiley thing!!!!!!!!i have saved ut and all but it doesnt work.
S.O.S
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:51 am
I trying to use this new feature of yahoo at my work but i could never make myself ‘available’ for chat. I t keeps on trying and gets cancelled automatically. How to make myself available for my contacts? I trust my pc is behind a firewal.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:43 am
Really appreciate this new yahoo window because its easy sending messages as well as receiving them.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
This is way too cool. I really need to chat with my homies n new guys. !!Cheers!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Great in theory, but like some others i can’t add MSN people to my online list even though i keep on clicking Add. I can see their chat’s but can’t reply. Oh and Yahoo mail help is a waste. I’ve had 5 answers just saying click add tick the box under windows live in contacts. IT DOESN’T STAY TICKED!. Seems very unstable. Please get it sorted ASAP.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am
yahoo! is great but it takes too much time to load.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
This is fantastic! I would like to know if it works only in Yahoo Beta?
December 4th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
i love the new messenger
December 4th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Can u please change the shortcut for a new chat mail and a new email as when I am chattin in messenger and press either of these keys (N or C) it opens either a new email or chat!!!, which is really frustrating when you are in mid conversation wit someone.. PLEASE SORT THIS OUT as I have complained to ye about this before!!!
December 5th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Yes it is good now you can see who is on line.But I have always a problem when it come to chatting using webcam.my friend can only see me but can hear me,especially if Iam using yahoo and they are in MSN.So please what is wrong???
If I use MSN to chat with friend in MSN or Yahoo to Yahoo, I dont get the problem:
December 6th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Ooh! Pretty good idea. Then we don’t have to have so many programs flooding the screen =D
December 6th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Great idea, now i can chat with my friends back home
December 7th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
very nice to look at and very easy to use. I like it so much keep it up to give new things out! whooooooooooooooooow!
December 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Nice to have the option to chat. Use it @ home & work. Just had a chat with a chap I work with in Vietnam. Nice. Also good when trying to do overseas customer support. Get on-line and ‘chat’ them through the fix. Language can be a problem on the phone but when type it’s a lot easier and smoother.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Any news on when we we will be able to send SMS from Yahoo Mail for those of us in the UK? Many thanks
December 8th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Yahoo chat doesn’t work properly, very slow , loading in a long period of time, disconnect many times.
Yahoo have to work on these problem.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:22 am
i love it, so cooooooool, yet another brilliant assett, YAHOOOOOOOOO
December 10th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Marvelous ! its easy to use and nice. thanx
December 11th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
I cannot add people from MSN on the desktop messenger. I add people and save it, but when I click on show all contacts, it doesn’t show me the people I have just added. I love Yahoo! Mail nut, is there a solution to my messenger problem?
December 12th, 2007 at 2:28 am
wooooooooooooow.. i really like that
December 13th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I add people and save it, but when I click on show all contacts, it doesn’t show me the people I have just added.It shows me “There are no contacts in this view” IIs there a solution to my messenger problem? Perhaps because of my location?Eastern Europe?
Thank you.:)
December 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Did exactly what was instructed but no contacts show up – even when I know that some contacts are on line. Dunno what the matter is but so far I wait to be impressed :-(
December 13th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
its really great i think am gonna tell others abt it lots off thanx
December 14th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
what a wonderful tool. being a busy journalist and having the nokia e61 PDA phone. just a great idea
December 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
hey!! this is really great guys, thanx. i gotta ask, can i chat with moe than one person??
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Hi Rita,
You’re not the first person to ask if you can chat with more than one person at a time. The answer is yes. You can chat to more than one person at a time. When you start separate chat sessions, they will open up in different tabs.
Hope that helps.
Andrew – Yahoo Mail Team
December 14th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Cool and easy !!!
December 15th, 2007 at 8:03 am
this is parametaphysical in a visible manner. its kool!!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Same as David (2nd. October 15t.) I cannot reply to people who are on MSN. Any idea what to do? Otherwise, this is really very convenient.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:49 am
yahoo is the best of all but the prolem is it takes so long to load and why is it that i can’t send emails to my friends who are not in yahoo uk? please work on that. but otherwise everything is ok. i like so much.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:47 am
Firstly I could use messenger intergrated, but now suddenly i can not sign in.
Somebody help me pls, thx alot
December 17th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hi guys, this is great!!!! at lest I can now strat saving de money I have been useing for phone cards. Thanks a lot guys.
December 17th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
why did my msn contacts apear on line now none show
December 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
it is ok but the new chat cant view archived chat messages still unlike in the yahoo messenger you can still view that chat messages you had with a friend the previous day. how can you add that service to the new yahoo mail chat
December 18th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Did exactly what was instructed but no contacts show up – even when I know that some contacts are on line. Dunno what the matter is but so far I wait to be impressed
December 19th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
thnx yahoo crew….now i am able 2 chat wiv friends secretly wivout others knowin ;) thnx agen guys!!! :D
December 20th, 2007 at 10:22 am
this is fantastic,Yahoo! is the best and will stick to it.i just love the new look and its easier for me to work with.thanks for great job.i could not attach a picture during my chat
December 20th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
its a shame you need Flash 9.0, i have it @ home but not at college. >(
December 21st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I like yahoo chat line a lot because:
a.} You don’t have to have a membership like hotmail.
b.}You can talk to more than 2 people.
c.}They tell you when other people come on.
d.}What I don’t like about it is that when you click”enter”your message will be sent but you want to go to the next line.
December 24th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Thanks to all the yahoo crew and HAPPY XMAS and HAVE A HAPPY BLESSED NEW YEAR I didnt realise that this was really fantastic
December 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
have been getting problem with chating with ma friends and now every thing is simple.Thanks yahoo better
December 27th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
is there a beta way without installing a flashmedia cos I dnt av it on my system and it requires it.
December 29th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
If I put messenger on, (coloured smily face bottom right near clock)and try to set to available, it tells me I have been disconnected as messenger was added by another computer or device. AND IT WASNT. It just will not let me have both on at the same time. If the messenger is off (face gray) THEN I can be available. HELP PLEASE.
Thanks. Si.
I Have exactly the same problem as Si, What causes this? Why do you have to cause all this confusion?? I was told that I was offline and had to open a dial up connection
December 29th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Why does this stupid box shrink as I am using it?? I ended up with a vertical line about 2mm thick.. Were you trying to tell me something??… New Messenger is good BUT Far to complicated.. how do I use my Webcam?? No instructions anywhere?? MSN Messenger is still so much easier to use… let me know when you get it right… USER FRIENDLY.. is the correct expression .. or is it KISS… Keep It Simple Stupid… why are these programs designed by people who have never lived in the real world??.. Design it, Give the Beta to a 12 year Old then ask him to write the instructions… John :O)
December 30th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Whilst the chatting option adds an important diversity, I hate the new yahoo mail format. To begin w everyday it claims it is taking longer than usual and would I prefer to revert to mail classic. In the last six weeks not once has it NOT ‘[taken] longer than usual’, it’s a complete joke. Hopw can I request to have it go directly to mail classics so I’m no longer forced to wait to see a format that doesn’t even work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Alex,
I’m sorry that you’re experiencing difficulties with the new version of Yahoo! Mail. You can always switch back and forth between the two versions. If you want to switch back to the classic version, you can read about how to do it here: http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/11/01/switch-to-classic/
Thanks,
Andrew
December 31st, 2007 at 11:17 pm
yahoo is great for me…i can keep in touch with all my friends and loved ones.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I can not send any messeges to one person on my on line list. That person is lisa_eastburn@hotmail.com. Every time she trys to chat I have to click “add”, but then I can not reply to her chat as it tells me I must first add the user to my online list, which I have done lots of times. Could you please help me.
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Can’t add some Windows Live users to my Online List, no matter how many times I try or I click the box…
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Can you please tell me whats going on….. Sometimes i can read some of my mail and others i cant. I click on it and it shows me an empy email. i can do this to all my mail and they are empty. I have to sign out and back in again to read them. Also im a bit worried about the new style. If we get an email that has a virus we can accidently open it as we go through the emails one at a time. I get over 100 emails a day and if i delete an email the next one opens up automatically.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
to increase font size you just press ctrl, shift and +.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:52 am
It doesn’t save the message history , now does it? that’s dissapointing
January 7th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Doesn’t work at all with windows live contacts..it keeps saying first you must add them to your online list which I already have! Problems with other yahoo users such as not showing them as online even when I am live chatting.All in all pretty disappointing service.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Why irresponsibly promote a tool that allows users to “discreetly” chat with other users ostensibly in violation of company policies. Would Yahoo condone such activities by its employees? I think not.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE my new YAHOO! email layout, the quick keys like ‘k’ then the number of my folder makes sorting out my emails so much easier. Thank you for that! im curious about the windows msn on here, shall have to try it out at work…hehehe fabulous!
Thanks again Yahoo! you guys are awesome!
ps i wear glasses to read and the text is a perfet size
January 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Yeah that’s great news but it’s a pity we can’t chat with people who use aol like my girlfriend, but even so I think it was a brilliant idea
January 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
The only difficulty i encounter here on this new mail (Beta) is how to share photos during chatting. My friends who always request for photo sharing find it difficult to get my pictures viewed. All the same, I want to commend the effort of Yahoo team for innovations and creative ideas. I love the yahoo beta.
Secondly, I can no longer gain access to my photo album. Could you please tell me what to do because i don’t have copies of most of those pictures.
Thank you
January 10th, 2008 at 1:23 am
luv the new version of yahoo mail so simple and easy to understand. keep up the gud work. yahoo team.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Would be nice if you can see and chat to your MSN messenger contacts whilst in your mailbox. Up to now it is not happening in my Yahoo mailbox….don’t give me an option to load them either…So now what do I do….or do you have to fix it ??
January 11th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I have the same problem with the ‘Add’ feature. It works on one account but I can’t add people on the other one. It tells me to add and I do, when I try to chat it says’ I need to add. So frustrating w=because otherwise this would be a superb feature.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:31 am
How do add MSN contacts from Yahoo Address Book in Bulk
I got lots of my MSN contacts in my Yahoo Address book, to add them one by one via the Ajax Interface is just TOOOOOO tedious and slow, is there anyway to bulk add MSN contacts rather than one by one? Cheers
January 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
My yahoo Messenger exits as soon as i enter a yahoo ID and password in the space provided for the same in two text boxes of Yahoo Messenger and click “Sign In”. What is the likely problem?
This yahoo messenger integrated website is wonderful.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Please put me back to Classic Yahoo. This new thing is terrible. It gives me no chance to write an email. Give me back “compose”. It was perfectly good for years. Why fix if it’s not broken. I am completely frustrated by it!!
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Please put me back to Classic Yahoo. This new thing is terrible. It gives me no chance to write an email. Give me back “compose”. It was perfectly good for years. Why fix if it’s not broken. I am completely frustrated by it!!
January 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
How do you stop unwanted sex related offline messages ?
Until you click on the offline message tab you cant see who it is from.
Both my messengers [msn windows and yahoo] are set to keep my profile hidden from this sort ot thing so I feel this should not be happening.
Any ideas ?
January 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
The new Yahoo has incorporated a lot of new features, but it still needs to be improved as user friendly to avoid problems like the voice not heard on one end,and the need to adjust the speaker every time, etc.,
January 26th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
This is great i can chat 2 all my m8tes without it costing anything
January 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Thanks for the info. I will try and use this even in Canada.
Regards, Ken
January 30th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Its simply great and so convenient. You can check your mail and chat at the same time.
But you cant have a conference chat, if that too were possible, it would be just awesome
January 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Hi,
I use yahoo chat religiously, however up until now it was flawless, its just used to pass through as a http data. and none of the security systems used to pick it up.
A new implementation of Aladdin’s eSafe Gateway paicks up “IM and Chat suspected packages and blocks the site, therefore your mail gets blocked too. Not only does block Yahoo Mail but it also automatically logs you out.
eSafe Gateway is the only type od security measure that i have personally come across that can pick up such technology implemented by yahoo.
Cmon yahoo! do something about it!
DOWN WITH ALADDIN ESAFE GATEWAY!!!!
January 30th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
i am realy impressed with the way yahoo is upgrading,i realy enjoyed it the other day with someone special living in europe whiles i live in Africa,i have no doubt that you will have to improve and improve and improve again.Thanks for giving me the opportunity to express how i felt
January 31st, 2008 at 7:27 pm
This means is nice but it annoys me as it doesnt show peoples pictures as they are online .Even mine cannot be seen when they chat with me .the only advantage is that one can chat and send mails at the same time .Kindly trace wea my photo is and let it b reflected on the screen.My firends with their photoes too.Return me to my former yahoo in which my photo appears andso do my friends .Keep them shown when they are in line .I dislike this Yahoo because some messages dissapear as the owners sent to do not receive them .Kindly i wish to resume to my previous yahoo whereby i can chat to several people at atime .Thank you .
February 14th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Thats COOOOOL for Simple chat , I like It.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Yahoo! is great technology implement service, which offers their regulars to use without frustration. I have been using yahoo for several years, it has been improving their services to utmost satisfaction for the Yahoo oriented users.
This new feature of chat not only easy by letting others know that we use chat messenger, but also a great arrangement as, when we try to open messenger in other public computer some times we need to install the chat messenger.
Nevertheless, this time Yahoo! has fixed all in one without any other extra installation. This gives an extra boost to run without annoyance. Yahoo! is great in time saving, user friendly and accuracy with great Atmosphere.
I wish Yahoo! a very best of services they provide. “The Great Yahoo! live longer, let’s improve longer”.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
this time Yahoo! has fixed all in one without any other extra installation. This gives an extra boost to run without annoyance. Yahoo! is great in time saving, user friendly and accuracy with great Atmosphere.
February 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am
oioio i love this chat its wkdx
March 18th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
When I chat with Windows Live contacts they can see when I am online but I can’t see if they are online, so I prefer using yahoo messenger more than yahoo mail with chat but can you fix this? :(
March 18th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
This chat is the best but it’s easier to chat with yahoo contacts than msn.
March 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
It is cool but would rather have yahoo messenger itself
April 17th, 2008 at 9:20 am
When I sign into Yahoo! Messenger, I get an error message saying “You have been disconnected from chat because you have signed in to Yahoo! Messenger from another computer or device.”
But I have done no such thing! Does anyone know how to get rid of this?
Thanks.
May 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I have been using this format but i noticed that the lists of my contacts are not usually displayed. Also atimeswhen I click on the chat status, it remain on cancel even though I’ve clicked on available. Other times, it will give me messages like, you have been signed out because you have signed on another user or something. Its really frustrating because I dont get to see my loved ones available on the chat list and they are also complaining even though I am on the net everyday.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
yahoo is great for me…i can keep in touch with all my friends and loved ones.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:45 am
i ‘ve looked @ the new yahoo classic & i find it interesting & easy to use.Thanxs
August 26th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
i like to chat in my e mail window but i cant change my status to available how could i do it pls help me so i have to set up or anything to downlod before im in beta mail but i reformat my pc and it disappear now i cant chat at the same time e mail my friedns. thanks
August 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
hi ! just wanna ask why my chat only says “loading chat” then after so long of waiting.. it won’t connect and will lead to signed off >.< is it because of the network? or any reason?
September 10th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
really its fine…
But we could not able to find the chat rooms..
is there any options for that…
September 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
hey is there a way that you can make a the mail yahoo messager like the regular yahoo mesange where we can see people and they can see us on the webcams?
September 30th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Does anyone know if the integrated chat feature in the NEW Yahoo saves a copy of all instant message traffic on the local PC???
Thanks!
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Hi Bobby,
The integrated chat feature does not save a copy of the instant message on your local PC. You will have to continue to use the stand-alone messenger client to save chat messages on your local PC.
Thanks,
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Team
October 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
i have been disconnected from chat and cant see who is online.it says i need flash 9 or above ,i have version 10 so whats wrong?.oh and it now takes 5 mins to sign in or out and load mail,but 9 times outta 10 my mails are empty grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.yahoo is fallin apart.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I have just done the latest Flash 10 download and now It Yahoo chat doesn’t work in IE or Firefox. I Keep getting the message “you need Flash 9 or later for this to work” message. Uninstalled flash completelty but the archived version of Flash 9 doesn’t work so now am stuck unable to chat. Is there a resolution to this so Browser chat will work with Flash 10?
Cheers
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
is ther a way to enter yahoo chat rooms while on mail beta??
other features are too good to be true……….