All new Yahoo Messenger v 9.0
is now officially launched and can be downloaded for Windows XP and
Vista, apart from the new visually appealing interface the software now
lets you embed Flickr images, videos, and even maps right in your chat
window.

The most notable new features in this release are:

• New Pingbox
  feature lets you embed a flash chat widget on your social network
  profiles, blogs, or website and Chat privately with visitors, You can
  even customize the Pingbox to your taste using various backgrounds,
  different sizes, colors, greetings etc.
• Three New skins: Silver, Ruby Red, Mystic Black.
• Return of the older original emoticons with addition of new ones.
• Inline video & picture viewer: When a friend sends you a video
  link from a site like YouTube or a link to an online photo, they will
  show up right in your IM conversation. For videos, a full player
  appears; just click the play button to watch it right it in your IM
  window.
• Import Contacts wizard: easily import contacts from address books
  of your other online services like Gmail, AOL, Hotmail and Orkut etc.,
  supporting over twenty services in total.
• Call forwarding & new voicemail delivery: Now you can forward
  incoming calls from Yahoo! Messenger to your mobile or regular phone
  via Phone Out account, now new voicemails are delivered as MP3
  attachments to the email address you specify.
• Yahoo! Games are back: Just click the “Activities” button in the IM window to choose a game to play with a friend.
• Two different views for your contact list – detailed view with
  larger display images, full status with updates or compact view with
  smaller images, one-line name and status.

You can download the official online installer stud sizing 423 KB from here
which will download and install the software on your computer, or you
can get the Yahoo Messenger 9.0 full installer from the direct download
links below and install on multiple computers without being online all
the time.

• Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Full Offline Setup [14.10 MB, Fast NonRapidshare Link] >>