September 6, 2007 11:50 AM PDT

Yahoo Messenger for Mac adds archiving, smiley faces

Yahoo Messenger for Mac 3.0, which remains in beta testing, received new features today. Mac users now have a full set of emoticons to express their inner smiley, monkey, or other faces. In addition to allowing you to save chats to a hard drive, the IM client enables direct access to Yahoo Chat rooms. The Mac-friendly Messenger also organizes multiple conversations within a tabbed window.

And as with the Windows edition, the free Yahoo Messenger for Mac allows users to chat with contacts who use Windows Live Messenger. The application requires Mac OS 10.4 or later. Yahoo hopes to complete the finishing touches in the first quarter of 2008.

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Yahoo Messenger for Mac adds archiving, smiley faces

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