Hey, Rick In a different forum I'd posed the same question, where there was a response asking if the new Safari beta (the one for Mac, not windows) had been installed on the same host computer. Apparently, the other guy was experiencing the same problem I was. It shouldn't be too much of an issue un-installing beta 3 of Safari, and it'd be a small price to pay to get !Y Messenger to work right again.
I'd seen Adium before. Even downloaded/installed it on my MacBook but for some reason never used it. I'm gonna give the above suggestion a whack first but if it doesn't prove to be the silver bullet I'll give Adium another go. thanks again, Rick. Hi Charlie, I don't mean to bad-mouth Y!M too much. After-all, you can get some great video conferencing that way. But for general text messaging on the Macintosh, I prefer using Adium X. http://www.adiumx.com/ Adium is an excellent open source IM program developed for the Macintosh. It works with all of the IM servers out there simultaneously, so you can see your friends on MSN, AIM/iChat, Y!M, Jabber, etc., etc.; all at once. Your list of names is on the IM server, so you won't be losing your buddy's names. You merely have to remember your users name/sign-on and password to access this. Adium isn't able to have video or voice conferencing, mainly because that is proprietary technology of the various servers, but for what it does, it does it well. I would recommend you downloading and using this instead. At least until Yahoo! can improve their client program for the Macintosh. I have heard talk about their being a Y!M update in the works for the Mac that will even allow for chat rooms, so something is coming soon. Best of luck to you. --Rick
