The Unofficial Yahoo WeblogThe Unofficial Yahoo WeblogY! Mobile Mail Beta available- June 30, 2006 Even though my actual cell phone isn't listed on Y! Mobile, I can still access the website just fine from the phone's browser.Today, when I connected I came across a link to a Beta of the Y! Mobile Mail service. We all know it takes far less than that to convince me to activate download a beta application...Instead of the Folder list of old, you are now presented with the Inbox messages at the top. You can still get to the rest of your Folders further down the page. As with the Y! Mail Beta,...http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/30/y-mobile-beta-available/ How do you get new cell phones on Y! Mobile- June 30, 2006 I have to admit - I do love new toys, and cell phones are no exception...I recently dropped my old phone due to poor service and replaced it with a shiny new Samsung A900. I did get to transfer the number, so all I really wanted to do is tell Y! Mobile about the change in the handset.I go through the registration process and discover that Y! doesn't have my model listed as available - the nearest is the A700 which isn't really the same.Does anyone out there know how to get the newer models...http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/30/how-do-you-get-new-cell-phones-on-y-mobile/ New Yahoo! Toolbar for Firefox released (v1.2.1.20060626)- June 30, 2006 I noticed last night a new update for the Y! Toolbar for Firefox extension has been released, taking us up to v1.2.1.20060626I don't notice anything that's significantly changes, maybe our readers can help me out there (or the devs themselves).As usual, either grab it from the Y! Toolbar site, or just have Firefox check for updates.Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Commentshttp://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/30/new-yahoo-toolbar-for-firefox-released-v1-2-1-20060... Y! Photos beta access and Y! Mobile issues- June 30, 2006 From the comments to my last post, it looks like I'm not the only one that's taken longer than the 10 days to get into the new Y! Photos beta.It appears that there is a bug with Y! Users that also have tied their ID and Phones together on Y! Mobile. Maybe it's related to the Y! Photos Mobile beta that I posted about before.I'm told that this is why my access is delayed, how many others have the same problem is unknown.The good news is that the developers are aware of the problem and are...http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/30/y-photos-beta-access-and-y-mobile-issues/ Yahoo! Messenger Gets Gamechannel Plugin- June 29, 2006 While visiting the Yahoo! Messenger with Voice landing page, I noticed a plugin being promoted that I saw real value in using. It is the Gamechannel plugin. For those of you who haven't heard of Gamechannel, it is a feature of Yahoo! Sports where you can open up a small browser window that streams real-time data about whatever game (baseball, football, etc.) you want to keep an eye on. It's pseudo animated and relies on eye-catching graphics to provide as much information as is possible in.http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/29/yahoo-messenger-gamechannel-plugin/ Yahoo! Releases Beta Messenger for Apple Mac Users- June 28, 2006 Today, Yahoo! opened a public beta for the new, rebuilt from the ground up, version of Y! Messenger for Apple Mac users. It requires OS X and includes many things the Windows version has had for some time such as Avatarsdisplay images (not just smilies anymore), new sounds, webcam support and changeable status messages. It is equipped to be interoperable with Microsoft Live (MSN) Messenger when it and Y! Messenger open the gates (no pun intended). I recently found myself with a Mac with OS.http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/28/yahoo-releases-beta-messenger-for-apple-mac-users/ Yahoo! Mail getting free IMAP access- June 24, 2006 According to this post on Yahoo! Next, the Yahoo! Mobile folks are testing some new feature that get you directly from your cellphone to some of their services - IM, Mail, Address Book.Of particular interest is that Mail access is done via IMAP and appears to work on any IMAP email client - including Thunderbird. Non-web client access has been a Plus feature for a long time now - and is arguably why so many people subscribe to the upgrade.Just plug the following into your client and use your Y!.http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/24/yahoo-mail-getting-free-imap-access/ 10 Business days later - Where's my Yahoo! Photos Beta- June 24, 2006 As we've posted, the new Yahoo! Photos has gone into Closed Beta. Some of us have been lucky enough to get on the new version earlier than others.When I requested the beta access, it mentioned it would take 7-10 business days to convert me - well that was yesterday and I'm still not there.I'm guessing that demand was greater than the capacity, but I would've liked being told that when I signed up.Any of our readers actually sign up and get converted yet I'm going to stick with my Flickr Pro...http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/24/10-business-days-later-wheres-my-yahoo-photos-beta/ Are Yahoo! Email and Messenger users experiencing login problems- June 21, 2006 I've been encountering problems with logging in to Yahoo! last night and again this morning. Sluggish to get into mail and I have been unable to log in to Messenger at all this morning. I thought it may be an isolated problem until I noticed a huge amount of TUYW traffic hitting Jason's post from two years ago which asks the biting question, "Is Yahoo IM and Yahoo email down for anyone"Seems it may be. Can a Yahoo! from the loginregistration group or elsewhere shed some light on this for the..http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/21/yahoo-email-and-messenger-login-problems/ Yahoo! opens up Messenger to 3rd Party plug-ins- June 19, 2006 Yahoo! Messenger is about to get a significant new feature in the upcoming Yahoo! Messenger v8.0 beta that's to be released real soon now.Consistent with other things on the Yahoo Developers Network, this release will allow 3rd parties to hook directly into the Messenger client to provide functions not currently available. Plug-ins will be held in the Developers Gallery that Yahoo! is moving all it's add-ons to.Plug-ins can interact with Messenger in a couple of ways: Tab plug-ins will...http://yahoo.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/19/yahoo-opens-up-messenger-to-3rd-party-plug-ins/ |