Sunday, November 23, 2008

Google's beloved web-based email client has always been ripe for third-party design customization (we've always been partial to the Gmail Redesigned skin in Better Gmail, for example), but now Gmail is officially riding the interface customization train by offering 30-some new themes to spice up your inbox. Keep reading for a screenshot tour of the cool new offerings.

Ninja

Graffiti

Planets

Candy

Shiny

Mountains

Terminal

You can check out some of the other new options in the preview grid below.

Unfortunately I still don't see the Themes tab in my Gmail settings, but Google is an expert of the slow rollout, so we can all expect them sometime in the next few days. I'm partial to the ascii/Terminal theme, though it's probably a touch on the impractical side. Other than that, a lot of the offerings actually look really nice—especially compared with some of the lame duck skins Google offers in iGoogle. Let's hear which themes you like best—and whether or not they're actually enabled in your accounts yet—in the comments. Thanks Mark

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

New Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta - Download

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 0 Comments

Yahoo introduced its Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, the next version of a popular IM software for Windows. This new version has a whole new look and feel, along with some great new features that make it well worth the upgrade.

In Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta when you paste a YouTube video URL in chat window, your friends can watch the video clip inline without having to visit the YouTube Website.

You can easily share photos from your Flickr.com account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

Another useful feature - if you are going Offline, you can configure Yahoo! Messenger 9 to forward all the Offline IM message to a your mobile number as SMS text messages.

You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger (Phone Out account required). Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached.

To download the latest version click here.
http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
Yahoo! Messenger 9 is only available for Windows XP and Vista. A localized Hindi version of Yahoo! Messenger 9 is also available for Indian users.

Here’s a brief video that demonstrates the new features of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0:

The new Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 also offers localized versions in six new markets: Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India (Hindi), and Vietnam. With these additions, Yahoo! Messenger is available in 25 international markets.