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Unreleased version of Yahoo Messenger 8.5.0.551
Today i received from a friend a beta version of the new Yahoo Messenger IM program. I wasn’t sure if I want to install it or not, but i said, what the heck, let’s give it a try. After pressing the last NEXT button all the necessary files were installed surprisingly fast comparing to the last version of YM. And the kit has almost 13MB. Well, i guess this is because it’s only a beta version, just for testers. But let’s see what extra features brings to us, the end-users. First of all, you can see the new look, which reminds me in a way of Pidgin IM (ex GAIM):
Now the avatars were moved in a right panel in the friends list, your groups will be displayed as a panel delimited section and your friends info’s will be on 2 rows. But if you don’t like the new look you still can get a compact old style Yahoo, almost like in the previous version:
As ?ou noticed, the Ads are still there and that’s not all, you will get Ads even in the chat window:
Also, if you are that type of person who writes one word per row and not in a clear sentence then your name will not be seen after every <enter> key pressed. The same thing goes for the friends too. As much as I tried, I couldn’t make the buttons smaller. And I noticed one annoying thing: when you make the chat window bigger, more Ads-buttons appear.
Lets go back to the main window and see what happens when you click on one of your friends:
And if you press that little left arrow you will get this menu also:
Which is the same thing when you double click on a friend. Not too many changes beside the new layout.
After installing it my first intention was to go to the preferences menu to see what’s new. Big mistake! You’ll get even fewer options than the old version. For example the appearance section which has no themes anymore. I hope this is only in the beta version, tho:
But you can still enjoy the new default status message:
which reminds me to exercise a little bit my body.
All being said, I hope you will get the right decision when trying to switch to the new version or not. I will keep the old one for sure. I don’t want more ads and more computer resources in use from the new version of Yahoo Messenger.
Thanks but NO Thanks!
PS: That Sunsilk Ad doesn’t help me with anything ’cause I’m bald 
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Aaaaaa! Eu sunt aia din poza cu zabiela si cu status “La baut”. Adica eu stateam la o bere cu pretenii, iar tu in acest timp stateai singur la calc si faceai printscreen-uri… some people have a better life.
Nu spun care. 
))
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
ah nu
nu avea nimeni status la baut! si daca ar avea asta ar insemna doar ca e o persoana alcolica si nu ca eu ma dedic muncii de IT-ist si testez si apoi a doua zi ma duc la munca de la 9 ca sa castig bani si sa ma distrez in alte parti mai bine decat la zabiela 
mwahaha!
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Ha!
)
August 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
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August 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
plz can anyone tell me from where can I download ths version …………. YAHOO MESSENGER 8.5 BETA VERSION …… OR YAHOO MESSENGER FOR WINDOWS VISTA ……PLZ THNX A LOT ,,,
Friends plz let me know on my email …
mr_fireghost@yahoo.com
vishal
September 18th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
thanks but i want to download it
please tell me how?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Hey how can i download this
September 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
devis1989@yahoo.com this is my adresse. is somebody can tell me how to download this
September 26th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
you will be able to download the new yahoo messenger from their own website very soon
October 13th, 2007 at 5:34 am
wonderfullllllllllllllllllll
October 14th, 2007 at 7:53 am
pls vreau si eu
October 19th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 am
i need new yahoo
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
it is very good
March 4th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
wonderfullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yahoo the best
April 20th, 2008 at 12:45 am
DarthMan vreau j yo pls mes 9.1.05 BETA plsplsplspls
da un prog la skimb dak e
April 20th, 2008 at 12:46 am
dau ***
April 20th, 2008 at 1:30 am
il gasesti deja pe site la yahoo
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
how do i download this??????????
April 29th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
its not Yahoo Messenger 8.5.0.551,it is yahoo messenger 9 beta version,lol
April 29th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
this is 8.5.0.551, i can asure you. it was an alfa version, now it appears online as 9 beta. and 9 beta has more features than this one.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
fine, so can u give me the link 2 installer if its okay,my yahoo gets hang every time,may b this would do
April 30th, 2008 at 12:22 am
yes click here