Yahoo stopped the development of Vista-specific version of instant messaging software

Friday, Yahoo said it has stopped a Vista-specific version of Yahoo Messenger development.

A spokesman for Yahoo Terrell Karlsten said in a statement: "Yahoo has made a strategic decision to no longer continue to release Vista-specific version of the external Yahoo Messenger, will focus on working to provide users with a unified Windows experience . This decision will help Yahoo improve efficiency, for Windows users with a consistent, all-purpose solutions, whether they are using XP or Vista. "

Yahoo announced in December last year, Vista-specific version of Yahoo Messenger public preview version, in March this year also launched a test version. Has been downloaded versions of these users can still continue to use, but Yahoo will not provide any upgrades.

Kars-teng said: "Looking ahead, we hope that Vista users to download full-featured Yahoo Messenger 9.0, the version compatible with XP and Vista."

Yahoo also said it will continue to carry out the experiment Windows Presentation Foundation.