New Version of Messenger?

I had lots of probs with yahoo msgr 5.6 and recently reverted back to the older 5.5 version. What do you suggest? Should I go for this update or not?

I am asking you guys, since it will save me the work of uninstalling, and reinstalling the older version again 😉

It’s not a problem, this is a feature Yahoo! have added. One would presume that this is a feature requested by Yahoo!’s users, but let me think, I have yet to see one positive email, forum post or chat post about this new “feature”. Nobody wants to lose their offline messages on closing the box. This is something Yahoo! have included to cover up bad coding (i.e. offline messages can boot you each time you login if they contain a boot code and are stored, at least now they are not stored, and so you are safe).

There are from what I can see, two pros to 5.6:
Auto Ignore – if a user posts too many posts in a short space of time, they are automatically ignored.
Mobile Functions – if you are a US mobile phone user, chances are there is a service for you. Not had any comments on this though.

There are more cons:
Offline Messages – no longer stored once read, or received.
Y!Tunnel – if you use an like y!tunnel it might not operate correctly. This is if course not really bad, because we should just discuss yahoo’s client, and not unofficial add ones, but if you use it, it will apply to you.
Font Support – a few internation users, especially those in asia who have different character encodings and character sets say the yahoo! server strips characters from their posts when using the new messenger.
Chat Transition Ad – before you can enter the first chat room, you are made to view an ad for a while. Nothing important is happening while this “progress” bar is moving, its just there to make you view the ad.
Bugs – Some major exploits are STILL existent. I have told Yahoo! in e-mail, and someone who works for yahoo!.

If you backup the install file and cutomisations (smileys,emotes etc…) to a folder such as your desktop, there is no hassle. Read http://www.freddys-utilities.co.uk/mess55.php for more info.

There is also links in this thread for disabling auto update.

I’m getting all these problems too, including that “Delete offline messages” prompt. Maybe I should just stick with 5.6 and wait for the big fix, rather than search for the old 5.5 install, since you’re saying the problems will persist anyway?

they have all the older versions of messenger here at http://www.freecreed.com :).
they have a lotta cool stuff on there too.