YTK Lite - Free Yahoo! Messenger Enhancement Addon

[Torseq Tech.]

NOTE: YTK lite does not work at present but it's bigger counterpart the pro version does, Please visit the Programs official website for details! - Staff

YTK Pro's little brother, YTK Lite, will be coming around the block (visiting for Christmas I suppose). Here's what YTK Lite can offer FREE OF CHARGE to all Yahoo! Messenger users:

* External Activity Logger with image identification of events
* White Alert Bar for Full Notifications of Blocked Activity
* Audible Alerts (for signing in, signing out and other events)
* Launch at Windows startup
* Automatic Font Resizing (auto-scales messages to 10 pt size)
* Automatic Font Effect Stripping (eliminates Alternate and Faded text effects)
* Embedded Chat Room Event Logger *Chat Window Enhancement* with 5 lines
* Option to Disable Messenger from Auto-Voicing in Chat Rooms
* All Advertisements in Yahoo! Messenger can be Optionally Eliminated
* Friend & Safe List Join & Leave Chat Room On-Screen Notifications
* Blocking of Valid URLs
* Blocked URL Catcher for Chat Rooms (saves links that were blocked for later viewing)
* Automatically Ignore "Voice Bots" when Voiced
* Flush DNS Resolver Cache Entries
* Voice Ignore Count Status in Tiny Even Logger for Voice Users
* Instant double-click Voice Broadcaster Ignoring w/ Crosshair Cursor (with or w/o sound, choice of binning or just voice ignoring)
* Auto-Ignore Wildcarding Capability for ID and Nickname Content
* Chat Screen Background Color Chooser (color palette selection)
* Custom Clear Chat Screen Hotkey Combination Setting (works with global scope)
* Enlarged Chat Room Text Input Area
* Enlarged (widened) Chat Room User List Area
* LaunchCAST Song Broadcasting to Chat Rooms
* Alias Auto-"Cloaking" for Anti-Boot
* Flood Cap Control (half and full) for Anti-Boot
* TCP Voice for Chat Rooms and Conferences instead of default UDP Voice
* Blocking of Yahoo! Messenger (YMSGR Crash Links involving the URI Handler
* Global Ignore Bin (only limited to physical memory) w/ Search Capabilities
* Global Safe List (only limited to physical memory) w/ Search Capabilities
* Chat Room Filtering for Flooding & Auto-Ignore (half slider level control)
* Auto-Ignoring of Chat Room "Bots" with Similar Names (half slider level control)
* Bounce Bot Protection in Chat Rooms (full slider levels)
* Enhanced Voice Ignore Support (Stronger than Messenger's)
* Show Contents of Blocked Chat Room Messages in the Activity Logger
* Logging of YTK events, Connection events, PC-2-PC Calling events
* PC-2-PC Calling option: Allow Call only if you've Called the Contact
* Block all P2P Connectivity
* Disable Messenger Local Logfile (used for troubleshooting and a security risk)
* Ability to Clear Authenticated PMs
* Working Deny-A-Buddy for Yahoo!
* Send Frequent Keep-Alive Packet to Improve Client Uptime

Full Group-based Management via Zones for ALL Invitations and PMs!!

Note: Some of the extra PM functionality won't be available in YTK Lite but only in YTK Pro.

- 4 "Zones" Created for PMs: Friends, Safe List Users, Chat Room Users and Unknown users.
- Allow, Block, Allow only if Contacted, Strip IMVironment Content from PMs, Block "ASL" inquiries, Magic Word Spam Challenge Check Verification all Independently Enabled/Disabled per Group "Zone"
- 4 "Zones" Created for All Invitations

Allow or Block independently per Group the Following "in-session" Types:

- Add Buddy Requests
- Voice Chat Requests in PM
- Webcam Invitations
- Game Invitations
- Chat Room Invitations
- Conference Invitations
- File Transfer Requests
- Send Contact Details
- Request Contact Details
- Buddy List Sends
- Photosharing Requests
- Audibles
- IMVironments
- Plug-ins

* "Offlines" Management based on 3 Groups

Allow or Block independently per Group the Following "Offline" Types:

- Offline Add Buddy Requests
- Offline PMs
- Offline Send Messenger Lists
- Offline Send Contact Details
- Offline Request Contact Details

* Full Yahoo!, WLM, LCS and IBM Lotus Sametalk Network Support for PMs, Status Messages and Add Buddy Management!
* Added back Show Nicknames OR IDs in Chat Rooms
* Right Click Clear Screen Option in Chat Room Window
* Several Custom Menus Added for Full Integration and Convenience
* Remove Users from Chat Room List and Add to Global Ignore Bin
* Add Users from Chat Room List to your Global Safe List
* Refresh Chat Room User List (redraws room list entries only)
* Chat Window and Messenger Buddy List Window Transparency (offers 10% transparency)
* Ability to individually Remove User's Text from the Chat Screen
* Ability to Clear the Embedded Chat Room Event Logger
* SysTray Icon Packet Meter w/ Stats (Tooltip)
* Command-line Support in Chat Rooms (added YTK custom commands)
* Packet Profiling Technology (Advanced Malformed Packet Rejection System)
* Help File (Rich Text) and Community Forum Support
* Offers Full Compatibility with Messenger versions 7.02 through version 8.1 non-beta builds (up to the newest v8.1 Build 209)
* Supports Windows XP Pro/Home/MCE, 2K and 2K3 operating systems (32-bit support only with 64-bit support on the way)
* Ability to run in Limited Account Environments (does NOT require administrative privileges!)

YTK Lite is much more fitting than what calling it YTK "Basic" was. I'm sure nobody will disagree here. While YTK Pro has many more features the Lite version isn't a slouch when it comes to them. I hope you'll all enjoy it.

An early Merry Christmas present from Torseq Technologies! When YTK Lite is available it will be available for download at: YTK Pro - The Yahoo! Messenger-Integrated Chat Companion

For both YTK Pro & YTK Lite discussion you can register for the forum at: YTK Pro Community Support Forum :: Index

[Eagle_Kiwi]

Hi TT.
Hey, could you please limit your topic TITLES to just ONE line (i.e. about 7 or 8 words max) - like everyone else does ?

Really, I feel

YTK Lite Coming Home for the Holidays!! *FREE Messenger SUPER Enhancement*

is excessive (and makes it harder for us all to quickly scan all the OTHER posts.

[Torseq Tech.]

Not the reponse I was looking for but I'll take heed to that, Eagle.

Yes it was excessive but it's one you can't miss (which was the point). A free program is involved that can benefit a lot of users, I wouldn't want to scan past that.

[Cchris78]

Torseq, I like the Title. I am sure you will have it changed after the holidays anyway.

[Torseq Tech.]

To anyone that's actually interested in reading about the topic at hand and is curious when the release will be - we're thinking tomorrow for Christmas Eve.

While we can't offer full time user technical support for YTK Lite (being free when we also have Pro customers to tend to) we will offer as much support as we possibly can (staff allows) to you.

Chris, yeah after it's released I'll get it changed to a more suiting less lengthy title. Probably could've done without the asterisks description in the title but it appeals more to what the thread pertains to before you actually need to view it to get the scoop.

[Nessa]

Can't wait to check it out! Plus it'd be a nice Christmas present to release the Lite version that day! Two things stood out for me:

Global Ignore Bin (only limited to physical memory) w/ Search Capabilities

Being able to search through your ignore list instead of having to look through the list for one name! Love it.

Working Deny-A-Buddy for Yahoo!

Does it send them a message of denial?

And that's the only question i had! Looks great though, thanks for sharing with us.

[Torseq Tech.]

Hi Hated. The denial with a message is optional (though users on Messenger will still get the dialog if they're online at the time they're denied).






In the Pro version the Chat Networks you can "Deny" users on are Yahoo!, WLM, LCS and Sametalk. In YTK Lite the network you can choose is Yahoo! only (unless we eventually lift that restriction which we might).

[Torseq Tech.]

YTK Lite v1.0 beta build 120 has been released to the public!

Get it Here: YTK Downloads Section

Some features were added to the original feature list that I posted. Of those features are allowing for chat message content wildcarding (limited to 20 wildcard rules total) and Block but Save PMs (limited to 20). I'll be making these updates to the feature list on the forum.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas guys!

PS: For those of you who may've already downloaded YTK Lite before I posted this here, download it again as the first one uploaded didn't have the Global Ignore Bin search feature. It's there now. =) A small focus issue resulting in a freeze when you go to clear your Wildcard filter rules was fixed too and was slipstreamed into the current build 120 download. Noticed this one last minute.

[Torseq Tech.]

Some advice to the people that choose to run this software (YTK Lite). You will need to be running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, MCE or 2K3. The 32-bit versions of these operating systems are only supported at this time with the 64-bit support coming soon. You will also be required to use a non-beta build of Yahoo! Messenger version 7.02 through version 8.1 (current build 209). Non-beta builds aren't supported.

Install it and configure YTK Lite before you join chat or go about your normal Messenger activities. By default we don't set many options for you (hardly any at all) so you'll want to enable/disable them before you go any further.

[Ven0m]

I'd like to get everyone's opinions on YTK Lite. What do you guys think?