

# Several bug fixes, including some related to our new video call feature.I've got to hand it to Yahoo: although it has a Messenger client for OS X that routinely gets eschewed for a certain program involving a duck, the company keeps chugging along with the new OS X version of Messenger. 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). Choose from 16 different languages and the buttons, menus and various parts of the interface will change to that language. When you start up Yahoo! Messenger 10, you’ll notice a new language menu on the sign-in screen. version but wish it could be in your local language, you’re in luck. Note that your friend needs to also be on Yahoo! Messenger 10 to see the update inline. When you do, the update appears inline in the conversation window, so when you start your IM with “I can’t believe you like this song!”, your friend will know what you’re talking about. To make it easy, we added a hover menu that lets you quickly IM a friend about their update.

Within the new “Yahoo! Updates” view, you’re sure to find more to talk about with your friends.

You can turn alerts on and off and even update preferences by contact or by type of update. If you want to disable these, go to Messenger > Preferences > Yahoo! Updates. When a new update comes in, a “toast” alert will pop up in the lower right corner of your screen. We also added additional features for how and when you see your friends’ updates. 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. 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. People are busy these days, doing all sorts of interesting things online. # New “Y! Updates” view of your contact list To get started, click the new “Video Call” button in the IM window (your friend also needs to be on Yahoo! Messenger 10) You can even go full-screen with your video call.

Features include the ability to swap video windows, position the video windows side-by-side, mute the call or place it on hold. Now you can make a high-quality video call to a friend with synched audio, right in the IM window. We’ve completely redesigned our 1:1 webcam feature (under the hood too).
