Yahoo! Messenger 3.0 Beta 4 Build 178870 / 2.5.3

Major Features:

1. Communication:
   • Instant Messaging: Send text messages in real-time to your friends on Yahoo! Messenger.
   • Chat Rooms: Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics.
   • PC-to-PC Calls: Make a voice call to another Yahoo! Messenger user for free (microphone and speakers/headset required).
   • Phone Out (PC-to-Phone Calls): Call friends on their regular or mobile phones from Messenger for as low as 1¢ a minute (Phone Out account required).
   • Phone In (Get a Phone Number for Messenger): Get a new phone number that allows you to receive calls in Yahoo! Messenger (Phone In account required).
   • SMS (Text Messaging): Send text messages from Messenger to your friends mobile phones for free.
   • Webcam: Plug in your webcam to share live video with your friends on Yahoo! Messenger.
   • IM Conferencing: Instant message with many friends at once in a conference room (includes voice capabilities, where available).
   • IM with Friends on Other Networks: IM with friends who use Windows Live™ Messenger, Reuters Messaging, and Lotus Sametime — right from Yahoo! Messenger.
   • File Transfer: Send files instantly to a friend while you IM (2 GB limit).
2. Productivity:
   • IM Forwarding to Mobile: When you sign out of Messenger, have new IMs sent to your phone as text messages.
   • Contact Search Bar: Quickly find a contact to IM, call, SMS or more.
   • Stealth/Privacy Settings: Make yourself appear online to some friends, and offline to others.
   • Call Forwarding: Have incoming calls to Messenger forwarded to another phone number, even if you're signed out (Phone Out account required).
   • Yahoo! Mail alerts: Get notified when new a new Yahoo! Mail message arrives.
   • Voicemail: When friends call you on Yahoo! Messenger, they can leave you a voicemail if you're unavailable.
   • Message Archiving: Maintain a private archive of your IM conversations.
   • Tabbed IM Windows: Reduce desktop clutter by organizing multiple conversations into a single window.
   • Buzz Alert: Get your friend's attention with a click of the Buzz button.
3. Fun & Personalization
   • Emoticons: Express your feelings with these animated, smiling faces.
   • Avatars: Represent yourself with a stylized, graphic image where you can choose the hair, clothing and more.
   • Display Images: Display an image to represent yourself to your friends.
   • Custom Status Messages: Tell your friends what you're doing, seeing or feeling by customizing your online status message.
   • Customizable Fonts & Colors: IM with a font, color and style that suits your personality.

Enhancements:

• Free voice conversations with other Messenger users on both Mac and Windows.
• Cheap PC-to-phone calls: make calls from Messenger to landline and mobile phones at low rates with Yahoo! Phone Out.
• Receive phone calls: get a phone number for your Messenger and start taking phone calls on your computer with Yahoo! Phone In. Plus, choose your area code!
• Forward calls and voice conversations to another phone number.
• Get voicemail by email.
• Numerous improvements to stability and user experience.

Requirements:

• A connection to the Internet.
• An active (free) Yahoo! Account.
• CarbonLib 1.5 installed (if running Mac OS 9 or older)
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