Yahoo! Messenger 9 is here

Yahoo! has released new version of the Yahoo! Messenger IM client. Yahoo Messenger 9 supports Windows XP and Windows Vista only and should be more or less bug free. Yahoo! Messenger 9 is a wonderful upgrade for users who regularly share web videos and photos with other IM friends.

The new Yahoo Messenger 9 introduces several new features that make the upgrade worthwhile. The whole software has a new look and feel with large avatar pictures of your contacts, new skins and emoticons. Flickr was integrated into the messenger making it possible to share pictures from your account with contacts or save pictures that have been send to you to your Flickr account. You can also view Youtube videos in your Yahoo! Messenger chat window just by pasting the URL of the video. In the new Messenger, you can configure Yahoo! Messenger 9 to forward all the Offline IM messages to a your mobile phone as SMS text messages.

Overall, Yahoo! Messenger 9 has a lot more in store now and the new features are cool and definitely worth trying.
A localized Hindi version of Yahoo! Messenger 9 is also available for Indian users.

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