I finally decided to go ask Tim Hatcher (of Colloquy fame and now Apple employee) and he had the answer for me. Justin Wood (Creator of Proteus)-negative, working for Apple now. Adam Iser (Creator of Adium)-nope, he is busy with another large company.
#Adium yahoo messenger mac
I looked for folks I knew were involved in the Mac IM projects in the past. I thumbed through my rolodex in search for who might be responsible for this program. I had a feeling that this new build wasn't done by any old Yahoo! employee: this was a new hire. The new client reminded me of the other Mac-only clients, clients like Adium, iChat, and Proteus. Gone was the once awful interface, replaced by a much more OS X-like user interface. Meanwhile, you can preview the video of Yahoo Messenger for Vista.When I first discovered the Yahoo! Messenger beta back in July of this year, I was pleasantly surprised. They will let you know when it’s ready.
#Adium yahoo messenger software
I’m not sure when the software will be available, you can now leave your e-mail address on Yahoo Messenger for Vista web.
#Adium yahoo messenger windows
Similar to Windows Live Messenger, you can now send a large animated emoticon which will automatically shrink to normal size. New EmoticonĪ rather obtrusive feature is the new animated emoticons. The gadget will then show whether that particular contact is available or not. The new Yahoo Messenger will include a custom Yahoo Messenger gadget which will allow you to drag someone from the contact list to the gadget. Hoo Messenger for Windows Vista will also take advantage of Windows Sidebar, a panel for Desktop Gadgets (a.k.a Widgets) located on the side of your Windows Vista desktop. You can now share your flickr photos right from your chat windows. So when you started a new chat with friends, a new tab will automatically appear. I hope Yahoo will allow users to set tab chat as the default chat window mode.
Drag a tab out of a window and the chat window will reappear. To turn a single chat window into a tab, all you have to do is drag the window and drop it onto another chat window. Similar to Adium, Yahoo Messenger for Vista will feature tab chats which will allow you to organize multiple chat windows into a single window. When you resize the contact list to very large, you will be able to see your friends status on Yahoo services such as Flickr, Yahoo! 360, etc. The first noticeable change to the contact list is your contacts’ info and avatar would automatically scale up when you place your mouse over on a contact.Īn iPhoto-like slider is available at the bottom of the contact list which would allow the users to resize the contact list depending on the users’ preferences. Some noticeable change would be: smoother animation, better looking animations, improved scaling and transparency. Windows Presentation Foundation will bring some significant improvement to the look and feel of the software. The new Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista will take advantage of Vista’s new graphical subsystem called Windows Presentation Foundation (It was code-named Avalon before). In preparation of Windows Vista, Yahoo has decided to rebuild its popular instant messaging software from scratch.
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