14 DAY TRIAL // Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista was showcased as a pre-release version at CES 2007 in early January. Since the official webpage for Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista states "Coming soon!" it seems that Microsoft and Yahoo see eye to eye on the variable timetable set by the term "soon" and the associated interpretations. Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage team promised to deal "soon" with the 2099 Vista Crack in January, and six months later, the activation workaround for the operating system is still valid. Much in the same manner, after the initial January introduction of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, mid 2007 has not yet delivered the final product. This is "soon" in all its splendor, but by all possible interpretations and stretches of the imagination, the term should not imply a period of time that spans for more than six months. And there are others, such as Long Zheng which also question the Yahoo Messenger for Vista project.
"Yahoo! wanted to create a next-generation version of its instant messaging client that would capitalize on the visual depth of Microsoft Vista. With the advent of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Yahoo! saw the potential to create a more dynamic interface for its messaging program than ever before, one that would offer its users an extensive array of beautiful, engaging features. frog's technology team built and refined the entire user-interface layer of the application, while Yahoo! developers moved ahead with the functional service layer. This process of overlapping work streams enabled the application to be built in a dramatically shorter timeframe than possible in the traditional software process," reveals a message from frog design, the firm that's developing the graphical user interface for Yahoo Messenger for Vista.
Version 8.1 of Yahoo Messenger is compatible with Windows Vista, however, it features the now traditional, Windows XP GUI. In this context, Yahoo joins Microsoft in the arena of broken promises. The Redmond company let down Windows Vista Ultimate users with the superficial offerings via Ultimate Extras and Yahoo and frog design have spent over six months working on and implementing a Vista look and feel user interface for the instant messaging client, and results are yet to be revealed.