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February 20, 2008 at 2:23 am #28363Jeff HesterKeymaster
Matrix Mode expands on the tabbed conversations feature in Yahoo! Messenger for Vista. Tabs are handy for keeping your desktop free of multiple IM windows, but sometimes staying on top of all your conversations can be tricky.
Inspired by the grid in the opening credits of the Brady Bunch, hitting Ctrl + Alt + Shift + b on your keyboard will turn your tabbed conversation window into one single window with a matrix of boxes, each showing an IM conversation.
Once you’re in Matrix Mode, just click on the conversation you want to jump into and start typing. A white box around the conversation indicates which one you’re in. As you’re in one conversation, you can easily see messages coming in on the others, so it’s easy to read and respond quickly to IMs. As more conversations open, the layout will adjust to accommodate them.
To activate Matrix Mode, start a few IM conversations and then be sure to condense them into one window as tabs. You can do that by dragging the bottom tab of one window into another, or hitting Ctrl + , (ctrl plus comma) on your keyboard. Once your conversations are in a tabbed window, hit Ctrl + Alt + Shift + b to enter Matrix Mode.
February 20, 2008 at 1:35 pm #167351Doris KenneyParticipantThat IS sweet! Once they get voice conference working – I’m gonna be all over that one! No more windows squished all over the screen and trying to find the blinking light in the taskbar! Thanks for sharing that one Jeff – I’m going to really be looking forward to that!
-Doris-
February 21, 2008 at 3:05 am #167348imported_Ven0mMemberTo be honest, I’m not too impressed with this. I really wish Yahoo would focus more on fixing issues with their own servers, than releasing a feature that not many people can use (unless of course, you install the latest .NET Framework on XP and run the Vista Messenger).
Just my two cents.
February 21, 2008 at 2:42 pm #167352Doris KenneyParticipantI play games on Yahoo and I like to shrink the windows so I can have my game and IM’s side by side. But when I get too many going on – they get stacked all over the screen and it becomes difficult to maneuver between them. I know I could close out some of the IM’s and just admit I can’t handle more than 4 tasks at once…but what fun would that be? So, I for one am looking forward to it.
BUT…I agree totally they should get the server issues fixed ASAP! There have been so many inconsistancies going on recently in all aspects of Yahoo that it’s becoming quite an annoyance. The new features won’t be any good if people can’t get connected, stay connected, and have voice! So in that respect, I agree the server issues should be priority #1 just now!!
-Doris-
February 22, 2008 at 8:07 am #167350PhilipModeratorpatndoris;226946 wrote:BUT…I agree totally they should get the server issues fixed ASAP! There have been so many inconsistancies going on recently in all aspects of Yahoo that it’s becoming quite an annoyance. The new features won’t be any good if people can’t get connected, stay connected, and have voice! So in that respect, I agree the server issues should be priority #1 just now!!-Doris-
Ven0m;226938 wrote:To be honest, I’m not too impressed with this. I really wish Yahoo would focus more on fixing issues with their own servers, than releasing a feature that not many people can use (unless of course, you install the latest .NET Framework on XP and run the Vista Messenger).Just my two cents.
Perhaps Yahoo can, and should, learn a thing or two from Microsoft in this respect. Look at how Windows Live Messenger is evolving. Microsoft never releases beta (or even alpha) versions just “for the heck of it.” In fact they went the other way and really clamped down on the beta version of WLM9 when they found out that it was leaked on the Internet.
I feel this is the correct way to go. To release beta versions which are severely crippled (like YM for Vista) and with hardly any features and tons of bugs isn’t very becoming of Yahoo. Sorry, but that’s how I feel. Give me WLM any time.
February 22, 2008 at 2:50 pm #167349YahooliganMemberPhilip;226961 wrote:Perhaps Yahoo can, and should, learn a thing or two from Microsoft in this respect. Look at how Windows Live Messenger is evolving. Microsoft never releases beta (or even alpha) versions just “for the heck of it.” In fact they went the other way and really clamped down on the beta version of WLM9 when they found out that it was leaked on the Internet.I feel this is the correct way to go. To release beta versions which are severely crippled (like YM for Vista) and with hardly any features and tons of bugs isn’t very becoming of Yahoo. Sorry, but that’s how I feel. Give me WLM any time.
I don’t think they released beta version of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista “just for the heck of it.” It was demoed to the public over a year ago, and wasn’t released until 9 months later.
Microsoft doesn’t really do public beta testing. They do private beta testing, then expand it to a larger and larger circle of testers. By the time it leaks out to the general populus, it’s really more of a release candidate than a beta version.
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