I'm just forwarding the below message from Yahoo. It starts below my sig. Don't shoot the messenger. :-P
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Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Yahoo! Alerts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Y! Alert: Yahoo! Messenger Blog Yahoo! Alerts Introducing Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2009/08/24/introducing-yahoo-messenger-10 -beta/ (See above link for full article, pictures and more links) Warm up your webcams because the all-new Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta has arrived! This latest release is full of great new features. Without further ado, here's what you'll find inside (and don't miss the demo video near the end of this post): High-quality video calls We've completely redesigned our 1:1 webcam feature (under the hood too). Now you can make a high-quality video call to a friend with synched audio, right in the IM window. Features include the ability to swap video windows, position the video windows side-by-side, mute the call or place it on hold. You can even go full-screen with your video call. To get started, click the new "Video Call" button in the IM window. Note that the friend you video call has to also be on Yahoo! Messenger 10. And these video enhancements are just for 1:1 video calls; broadcasting your webcam to multiple viewers (with no audio) has not changed. New "Y! Updates" view of your contact list People are busy these days, doing all sorts of interesting things online. To help you keep up with your friends, we added an alternate view of your contact list that shows a real-time stream of their updates, including Messenger status message changes. If they've opted-in to share their updates via Yahoo!, you'll be able to see what they're saying on Twitter, reading on Yahoo! Buzz, listening to on last.fm, and more. More about sharing Y! Updates Just like in the regular contact list view, you can easily IM a friend, start a video call and more, right from the Yahoo! Updates view. Or use the contact action bar to quickly find a friend without switching tabs. We also added additional features for how and when you see your friends' updates. When a new update comes in, a "toast" alert will pop up in the lower right corner of your screen. If you want to disable these, go to Messenger > Preferences > Yahoo! Updates. You can turn alerts on and off and even update preferences by contact or by type of update. Download Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta Find more to chat about Within the new "Yahoo! Updates" view, you're sure to find more to talk about with your friends. To make it easy, we added a hover menu that lets you quickly IM a friend about their update. When you do, the update appears inline in the conversation window, so when you start your IM with "I can't believe you said that!", your friend will know what you're talking about. Note that your friend needs to also be on Yahoo! Messenger 10 to see the update inline. All-new Yahoo! Insider For a lot of our users, Yahoo! Messenger is one of the first things they fire up on their PC in the morning. When they do, Insider is there to get them started. But we thought a new design was long overdue. This new version looks a lot better and includes your Yahoo! Mail, a ton of news (Today, headlines, local news), weather, and Yahoo! Search (web, images and video). We even added a new Y! Insider button onto the main client window, so you can open it anytime to get the latest news or check your Mail or weather. View screenshot Change your language easily If you use the U.S. version but wish it could be in your local language, you're in luck. When you start up Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta, you'll notice a new language menu on the sign-in screen. Choose from 16 different languages and the buttons, menus and various parts of the interface will change to that language. If you're already signed in, you can also change your language under Messenger > Preferences > Language (you'll have to restart Yahoo! Messenger for it to take effect). New ways to sort your contacts We added a couple new ways to organize your contact list. First is by recent activity which will list your friends with the most recent updates at the top of your list. We also added the ability to sort by availability, so if you usually show all contacts in your list whether they're online or not, this will help bring the online friends to the top. Sort options are located in the drop down menu on the right side of the "Contacts" tab. New icons in the IM window We also added new icon designs to the toolbar in the IM window, and you'll also find specific buttons for video calls and voice calls. Watch the short video below to see the new features in Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta: As with any new release, we welcome your feedback about what's working well for you and what's not. After using Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta for a bit, go to the Help menu and select "Send Feedback" to get started. Download Yahoo! Messenger 10 Beta We hope you enjoy it! Sarah Bacon Product Manager
