By George Norman
Added on 17 Nov 2009(922 Views)



At the time of writing this, the newest version of the Yahoo! developed instant messaging (IM) application is Yahoo! Messenger 10. This new Yahoo! Messenger version comes with several enhancements (a full list is available below), but what I would like to draw attention to is the new option to sort contacts by recent activity.

In Yahoo! Messenger 10 there are 3 different ways in which you can sort contacts:
Sort by Name – all your Yahoo! Messenger contacts are listed alphabetically
Sort by Availability - all your Yahoo! Messenger contacts are listed according to their availability status; available contacts at the top, followed by Busy contacts and last by invisible or offline contacts.
Sort by Recent Activity – the contacts with the most recent updates are displayed at the top of the contacts list.

Here is what you have to do to sort contacts by availability in Yahoo! Messenger 10:

Step 1. Launch Yahoo! Messenger 10

Step 2. Use your login credentials to sing into your account.

Step 3. In the main Yahoo! Messenger window you will notice a big button that says Contacts. Click it.

Step 4. Now click the down arrow (the right hand side of the button).

Step 5. A dropdown menu will appear. Click Sort by Recent Activity and you’re done.

Tips and warnings
As promised above, here are the bits and pieces you can expect to get from Yahoo! Messenger 10:

- Windows 7 support
- High quality video calls.
- Y! Updates, an alternative contacts list view that displays a stream of updates, in real-time.
- Enhanced language support. On the sign-in screen there’s a language menu that lets you pick from 16 different languages. Alternatively you can switch from one language to another from Messenger -> Preferences -> Language.
- Enhanced Yahoo! Insider that encompasses the following: Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! news, Yahoo! Weather, and Yahoo! Search.
- Updated IM window icons.
- Enhanced Yahoo! Updates controls that let you choose if updates from certain contacts will be displayed or not.
- If you make a call to a friend and he does not pick up within 20 seconds, the call will be automatically terminated.
- If your internet connection cannot support a full video call, it is downgraded to audio-only.



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