Yahoo! has released production version of Yahoo! Messenger 7.5 (v7.5.0.811), as beta users will know the main leap for this version is "voice" which allows users to make cheap PC to Phone calls at reduced rates (http://voice.yahoo.com/) and for phone in calls you can get your very own phone number (http://voice.yahoo.com/phone_number.php).... what has snuck out the door with this release is a new smiley....

which can be generated using the following key combination...

keep in mind this will only work if both users if have v7.5.0.811 (it wont work if you :o3 to a user on the previous version releases). They have also renamed some of the smiley files... this will cause some 3rd party smiley generators to either fail to work or show the wrong smiley... give them a bit of time to correct their utilities :) another point worthy of a mention... check out your smiley folder C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Media\Smileys and you'll notice our smileys now come with .gif, .bmp (if used on the drop down menus) and .swf files... seems Yahoo is getting all fancy on us ;)

We'll be doing our best to update our Yahoo Messenger section.. this will take some time though so if you wish to comment on their latest release feel free to post to our WackyB.co.nz forum or equally so, swing by WackyB.com and share what's on your mind :)