Hack: Tabs in Yahoo! Messenger (Updated Feb 26 - A new tool)
Problems with the current tabbed IM chat windows for Yahoo Messenger make it almost impossible to use: *www.wackyb.co.nz/vb/images/smilies/mazeguy/muted.gif
*www.wackyb.net/utils/TabFix_2.gif
*www.wackyb.net/utils/TabFix_3.gif
Download
* Some users may receive an error/warning during install, simply click 'OK' to ignore this.
2) Install and run from you start menu. *www.wackyb.co.nz/vb/images/smilies/mazeguy/wave.gif
Note: Ensure ALL IM windows are closed BEFORE starting WackyB-TabIM-Fix
WackyB-TabIM-Fix runs in the background taking care of your tabs, to exit click the icon in your system tray
Source
As you may have seen in the preview of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista, tabbed IM windows are coming soon. This feature lets group multiple conversations into one IM window and use tabs to navigate among them.As it turns out, there are several hidden features that are built into Yahoo! Messenger, which can be turned on with changes to the Windows registry settings. One of our Messenger engineers, Hung Nguyen, developed some code that when installed, adds tabs to Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 (on Windows XP).
To try it out, first close all the IM windows you have open. Then click the “Turn ON tabs in Yahoo! Messenger” link below. When the download window appears, click the “Run” button and follow the on-screen instructions to install it. The next time you’re in two or more IM conversations at the same time, you’ll see the tabs in action. To close a tab, just right click on it.
Turn ON tabs in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1
Turn OFF tabs in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1
Keep in mind this is a hack for Yahoo! Messenger that has not been exhaustively tested. There are some challenges with it so if you want to remove it, click the “Turn OFF tabs in Yahoo! Messenger” link above to download and run the .reg file (Yahoo! Messenger does not need to be running to remove it). I did experience some display issues with my IM windows initially, but a click and drag of the bottom right corner of my IM window corrected it.
Thanks to Hung for creating this and to our friends at WackyB for first making this available for download.
*blog.messenger.yahoo.com/images/tabs.jpg
Cool Man!!! Will be so helpful to reduce the clutter onscreen when chatting with so many people
Source : Yahoo Messenger Blog
Update utility for Yahoo Messenger Tabbed IM windows
Problems with the current tabbed IM chat windows for Yahoo Messenger make it almost impossible to use: *www.wackyb.co.nz/vb/images/smilies/mazeguy/muted.gif
- You have to have a IM window open to receive new IM messages
- You dont know which tab has sent you a new message
- you dont know if any new messages have been received if the Tab IM window has focus
- You have to resize the window each time a new message tab is opened
- Changing and closing tabs does not change the window title
- You have to run a reg file to enable/disable each time
- Enables tabbed IM windows when you start WackyB-IMTabFix
- Disables tabbed IM windows when you close
- New IM windows are displayed correctly
- Notification is given in window title when new message received
- Sound alert with new IM from hidden tab
- Changing tabs updates window title
- First IM received displays correctly
*www.wackyb.net/utils/TabFix_2.gif
*www.wackyb.net/utils/TabFix_3.gif
Download
* Some users may receive an error/warning during install, simply click 'OK' to ignore this.
2) Install and run from you start menu. *www.wackyb.co.nz/vb/images/smilies/mazeguy/wave.gif
Note: Ensure ALL IM windows are closed BEFORE starting WackyB-TabIM-Fix
WackyB-TabIM-Fix runs in the background taking care of your tabs, to exit click the icon in your system tray
Source
