Andy Abramson on Yahoo Messenger For Mac

 

The long anticipated Yahoo Messenger for Mac is rumored to be imminent, acoording to Andy Abramson:

[from Yahoo Messenger for Mac]

I heard through the grapevine that the in production version of Yahoo Messenger, that is being rewritten from the ground up, for the Macintosh will include Video.

I’m also hearing that the USA launch of VOIP with Y! Messenger is likely within the next month or so, and certainly before VON in March. It seems Yahoo has internal promotional programs that new product releases need to fall into.

Looks like you can download it from ca.yahoo.com, now.

I was out to visit the Yahoo folks a few months ago, talking about their big picture thoughts about VoIP, and I was peeved that Mac stuff is released months later than Windows. Glad to see them get there.

Om Malik riffs on Andy’s post, disclosing that a new Mac sensibility may be at work in Yahoo. Apparently, the new CPO, Ash Patel has switched to Mac, at least as a companion to his Windows machines.

I believe this will be the year of the switch for Mac, especially once they work the kinks out of the duo Intel architecture, and get a foolproof means in place to run Windows apps natively.

[Update: 10:09am PT — I downloaded the Yahoo for Mac from the Canadian Yahoo. Has a webcam button, but I don’t have my iSight with me to experiment.