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* Webcam * Use a webcam to share live video with your friends and family. File Transfer * Drag and drop files right into the IM window to share instantly with your friends. Emoticons * Express your feelings over IM with these animated smiling ...
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158 of 166 people found the following review helpful:

can't boot Yahoo messenger 2.5.3 with osx 10.3.8, Tue Mar 01 2005
Reviewed By: Linda Barwick

Older versions used to work but 2.5.3 doesn't. There's a thread on macfixitforums about this. Yahoo should upgrade this if they want to recruit mac users.

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127 of 139 people found the following review helpful:

Piece of Garbage! (YM for Mac), Sat Feb 26 2005
Reviewed By: Tom

Yahoo Messenger
When Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 2.5.3 first came out I was so excited because I could use my webcam with OSX. But then suddenly I noticed one little thing...When I used the old version for OS9, I was able to transfer files to and from Window's users. But I could never get this to work with this version. All of my friends who have Yahoo! Messenger for Windows keep asking me if I can see their photo in the chat window and I say "what photo, where is it supposed to be?". They then think that my version is a very old version and that I need to update it. But the Mac OSX version 2.5.3 is the latest update and has been for about 4 years now. You'd think this is rediculous since the Window's users get frequent updates. They have IMvironments and I love those...but its not available in version 2.5.3 for Mac OSX. Plus they get games, avatars, a lot more emoticons and voice chat. Yes, they get Voice+Video chats and all we get is Video with no sound at all. Most webcams come with microphones these days as well. Also, there is so tech support for Mac users. There is limited help documentation on it. Frequently there are connection problems, freezes, and crashes very often. Plus sometimes the video sometimes stops working in the middle of a chat. You can't get support from Yahoo!. You write to them and they send out the same response to everyone. They say something in the way of them recognizing the demand for Mac support and they are working on it. But they have been using this same response for 4 YEARS!!! I speculate that Microsoft is giving them a large sum of funding and has had Yahoo! fire all of their Mac tech support. So, in my opinion if you have plans to get this program...I hope you will reconsider it and get something else. Its not worth your time and headache to bother with downloading this one.

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51 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

Yahoo's cross-platform support is the best, Mon Feb 07 2005
Reviewed By: Joel Natividad

Even though it still trails the Windows implementation, the Mac version is still eminently usable and implements all the major features.
My main IM on the Mac is iChat, what with its Rendezvous support and ability to chat with AOL.
If I have to chat with my yahoo messengered friends, I fire this baby up.
And when I must, I grudgingly still use the severely feature-limited, MSN Messenger :(

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42 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

I want a version same like the Windows version..., Mon Apr 25 2005
Reviewed By: Roly

Why it isn't the same like messenger for Windows?

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42 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

yahoo/msn messanger, Sun Aug 21 2005
Reviewed By: sofia bukhari

i bought this mac osx cause it was really impressed that how nice and sleek it looks , it has alot of qualities that window's doesn't seem to have but my biggest disapointment after finding out the yahoo messanger and msn messanger was nothing like the window's that i used for past 5years it has no microphone to chat with my yahoo or msn messanger friends there is no webcam no msn. all i can say is i'm really disapointed by macs responce to this matter . it would be great if u could kindly improve yahoo and msn mesasanger as i use them everyday and from a year i have been using my old windows so i could voice chat with my friends here and abroad. Thanking u in advance......

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12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Yahoo Chat rooms, Thu Feb 22 2007
Reviewed By: Mozomo

Yahoo Chat rooms
how does one log on to Yahoo Chat rooms using Mac Book??!!

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11 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Yahoo Messenger, Mon Sep 12 2005
Reviewed By: Ron Ferguson

Well - Changes Have Happened
Okay here we go. I have been always happy with Yahoo Messenger until 2005 because MSN was so pathetic. Yahoo was the only messenger to allow me to see others cams and that was a bonus. I too have written to Yahoo about the problems and get back that useless reply thanking me and saying how friendly they are to Macs. Really!!

Yesterday, quite by accident I found the new version if MSN just released around Sept 2005 that allows you to have your own pic on display and other features, but no webcam. I must say that I am impressed with the new MSN Messenger 5.0.0 even though it lacks the quality Windows users have. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=msnmessenger

Tonight I discovered the new Yahoo Messenger 2.5.3 which was also the name of the one for several years!! I was over the moon when I read what it would do. You must all look at this and see that it is labelled Step 1 then Step2 then Step 3. http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php;_ylt=AuNMJQgYLTRUcEJu._AfzLKPyckF Click on Take the tour in the top right. The Yahoo page is woeful. It pretends to be for Max OS but is in fact all that the Windows version has. All those features are in Actions which is a Menu bar item for the Windows version.

It has improved though. You seem to now have the ability to use webcams but I dont have one so cant prove it. You can now file transfer and you can still see other webcams I think better. I still have to do more searching to see what may be extra.

Recently I was introduced to Adium. What an interesting chat program. You can bring together all your contacts on MSN and Yahoo and AIM and others and can have them all on display. You must see. www.adium.com

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

This could help if u wanna see what window users see on yahoo, Sat Jul 15 2006
Reviewed By: candy

YAHOO MESSENGER 4 MAC
all mac users should go here and download this messenger for yahoo
i just found it and OMG i'm soooo freakin happy i could finally see what my friends are talking about when they say " could u see me picture?" Don't worry it's totally free ... THANK GOD!

http://www.pure-mac.com/irct.html#yahoomess

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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

what should i use to have a vedio and audio converdation in mac with pc users, Tue Jan 23 2007
Reviewed By: shadw

i just got this apple macbook and this it my first time using it , i also installed windows XP on it so i can run bought systems at the same time, now my question is, i installed msn in both mac and pc and it seems like mac dont support video conversation, on the other hand the windows version does support the audio conv but it will not recognize the camera. so i downloaded yahoo for mac i can start the camera conv but no audio .. does any one know what should i do ...i appreciate any help

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2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Looks fancy schmancy but really lacks, Sat Sep 02 2006
Reviewed By: Sarah

Okay so a new interface and a limp attempt to support mac users while omitting chat room access etc? Yahoo! really stepped up to the plate with this "client upgrade" ... not.

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