Comments on: Yahoo Beta Mail For All http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: An Oddpost Reunion Of Sorts - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-877247 An Oddpost Reunion Of Sorts - GigaOM Wed, 07 May 2008 15:04:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-877247 [...] one of the co-founders of email startup Oddpost, which in 2004 was sold to Yahoo and became the Ajax-y interface for Yahoo’s Mail. I first met Ethan that same year, when I was researching my “The New Road To Riches” [...] [...] one of the co-founders of email startup Oddpost, which in 2004 was sold to Yahoo and became the Ajax-y interface for Yahoo’s Mail. I first met Ethan that same year, when I was researching my “The New Road To Riches” [...]

]]> By: bill http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65085 bill Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:44:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65085 <p>I would like to be able to make sub folders of folders to store my mail. Can you do that with old mail? Can you do it with beta mail. I won't go to beta until the ads are fixed. I don't mind ads for free mail but the box to close it should be easy. If I am interested I will click on the ad and if I am not why make me frustrated and thinking about my old mail ID. I still keep it just in case yahoo gets to be too much agravation.</p> <p>Bill</p> I would like to be able to make sub folders of folders to store my mail. Can you do that with old mail? Can you do it with beta mail. I won’t go to beta until the ads are fixed. I don’t mind ads for free mail but the box to close it should be easy. If I am interested I will click on the ad and if I am not why make me frustrated and thinking about my old mail ID. I still keep it just in case yahoo gets to be too much agravation.

Bill

]]> By: AD http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65084 AD Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:56:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65084 <p>Two Comments: 1) Agree: Yahoo Mail Beta is a total disaster. Who cares about the new functions! The Message space is down to the size of a postcard, and the vertical positioning of the message space(surrounded by ads) makes it a pain to use! The bulk of space is now devoted to Ads which I find to be a total distraction. The whole layout greatly diminishes any good contributed by the new "services". I've had a Yahoo Mail account for several years, but will drop it fast if they switch to the new version. 2) Over the past 5 years, I have primarily used Fastmail, which I've found to a very good service (www.fastmail.fm). They occasionally run into server problems, but spam filters are great, and most of all, the user interface, while simple, does exactly what I want it to do. No ads if you pay a small annual fee, and very limited ads if you don't.</p> Two Comments:
1) Agree: Yahoo Mail Beta is a total disaster. Who cares about the new functions! The Message space is down to the size of a postcard, and the vertical positioning of the message space(surrounded by ads) makes it a pain to use! The bulk of space is now devoted to Ads which I find to be a total distraction. The whole layout greatly diminishes any good contributed by the new “services”.
I’ve had a Yahoo Mail account for several years, but will drop it fast if they switch to the new version.
2) Over the past 5 years, I have primarily used Fastmail, which I’ve found to a very good service (www.fastmail.fm). They occasionally run into server problems, but spam filters are great, and most of all, the user interface, while simple, does exactly what I want it to do. No ads if you pay a small annual fee, and very limited ads if you don’t.

]]> By: haleru http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65083 haleru Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:11:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65083 <p>You computer illiterates who still use Outlook and Web Mail like Yahoo (for anything other than popping your mail, unless you are an Outlook asshole user) deserve what you get. Why don't you use a REAL email program for the 21st century like Thunderbird (Firefox's email). You guys have no idea what is going on in the computer world and there is no excuse. Outlook! What a piece of total shit. Talk about slow. And you just let Microsoft tell you what to use, because it's easy. IF you have to use it at work, well, OK, I forgive you, but otherwise, you suck. </p> <p>Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail - what, are you nuts????? </p> <p>I don't have ads in MY mail. Why? Because I use a REAL email client. Of course, it is too hard for you dummies.</p> You computer illiterates who still use Outlook and Web Mail like Yahoo (for anything other than popping your mail, unless you are an Outlook asshole user) deserve what you get. Why don’t you use a REAL email program for the 21st century like Thunderbird (Firefox’s email). You guys have no idea what is going on in the computer world and there is no excuse. Outlook! What a piece of total shit. Talk about slow. And you just let Microsoft tell you what to use, because it’s easy. IF you have to use it at work, well, OK, I forgive you, but otherwise, you suck.

Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail - what, are you nuts?????

I don’t have ads in MY mail. Why? Because I use a REAL email client. Of course, it is too hard for you dummies.

]]> By: Bob Miller http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65082 Bob Miller Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:15:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65082 <p>After reading these posts, I'll hold off on signing up for beta yahoo until the reviews improve. Yahoo's log in page is strongly pro beta and its hard to find the tiny line that says "remind me later" to sign up for it.</p> After reading these posts, I’ll hold off on signing up for beta yahoo until the reviews improve. Yahoo’s log in page is strongly pro beta and its hard to find the tiny line that says “remind me later” to sign up for it.

]]> By: Lisa http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65081 Lisa Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:56:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65081 <p>I hate the yahoo beta mail! It is all advertisements. You cant read your mail because of the advertisements. Yes it has some fantastic new features, but I am not willing to have it on my computer until they either fix it or get a few less ads in the way of reading my mail.</p> I hate the yahoo beta mail! It is all advertisements. You cant read your mail because of the advertisements. Yes it has some fantastic new features, but I am not willing to have it on my computer until they either fix it or get a few less ads in the way of reading my mail.

]]> By: aswini thummala http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65080 aswini thummala Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:28:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65080 <p>plz send the path to join in yahoo beta mail for me… and also the web site for yahoo beta mail</p> plz send the path to join in yahoo beta mail for me…
and also the web site for yahoo beta mail

]]> By: Subhas Chandra http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65079 Subhas Chandra Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:51:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65079 <p>Well … to me it seems that Yahoo must have partnered with rediffmail.com because rediffmail.com changed the presentation of their email at least 3-4 months back and Yahoo mail looks exactly same. I wonder whats going on?</p> Well … to me it seems that Yahoo must have partnered with rediffmail.com because rediffmail.com changed the presentation of their email at least 3-4 months back and Yahoo mail looks exactly same. I wonder whats going on?

]]> By: Le blog de LostInBrittany http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65078 Le blog de LostInBrittany Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:45:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65078 <p><strong>Yahoo Mail Beta nouveau?…</strong></p> <p>La nouvelle m'a pris par surprise, je dois l'avouer. Lorsque j'ai ouvert mon agrégateur ce matin, j'ai eu l'impression de ne comprendre rien. Tout le monde en parlait : TechCrunch, Om Malik, Niall Kennedy… </p> <p>La nouvelle était que la sort…</p> Yahoo Mail Beta nouveau?…

La nouvelle m’a pris par surprise, je dois l’avouer. Lorsque j’ai ouvert mon agrégateur ce matin, j’ai eu l’impression de ne comprendre rien. Tout le monde en parlait : TechCrunch, Om Malik, Niall Kennedy…

La nouvelle était que la sort…

]]> By: Tech Beat http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65077 Tech Beat Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:38:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65077 <p><strong>New Yahoo Mail: Wish I Liked It Better…</strong></p> <p>Even more, I wish I could get to it. I was overjoyed a few weeks ago when I was accepted as a beta user on Yahoo's new email service, which sports more flexible, desktop email-like features like dragging and dropping…</p> New Yahoo Mail: Wish I Liked It Better…

Even more, I wish I could get to it. I was overjoyed a few weeks ago when I was accepted as a beta user on Yahoo’s new email service, which sports more flexible, desktop email-like features like dragging and dropping…

]]> By: Lisa http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65076 Lisa Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:42:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65076 <p>It's a disaster compared to gmail. Everything basically is.</p> It’s a disaster compared to gmail. Everything basically is.

]]> By: Scott K. http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65075 Scott K. Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:17:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65075 <p>I have been using the Yahoo! mail beta for about six months. It is slow to initially load, but other than that it is great. I am not sure what the other users are talking about, I have found that I actually use it in place of Outlook. </p> <p>For me it runs great in Firefox, I use a nifty little Firefox add-in that automatically checks and notifies me of new mail. Clicking on that automatically logs me in and drops me in my inbox. </p> <p>The new calendar "ticker" at the bottom is great too. Despite what one user says, there is a preview pane.</p> <p>There is always room for improvement, so Yahoo!, if you read this my recommendations for improvements would be:</p> <ol> <li><p>Some AJAX type calendar (in addition to the calendar ticker) with:</p> <ul><li>intergrated evite style event creation</li> <li>Flag for follow-up with date and display in calendar. </li></ul></li> <li><p>Also have a calendar feature that allows the user to "jump to" or display of mail from day (in day mode or week mode)</p></li> <li><p>Full blown Blackberry intergration </p> <ul><li>email sync</li> <li>calendar sync</li> <li>contact lookup / sync</li></ul></li> <li><p>Advanced mail search, by date range, by author</p></li> <li><p>Mail tags, with drag and drop support to/from the left navigation bar. Folders are so old-school</p></li> </ol> I have been using the Yahoo! mail beta for about six months. It is slow to initially load, but other than that it is great. I am not sure what the other users are talking about, I have found that I actually use it in place of Outlook.

For me it runs great in Firefox, I use a nifty little Firefox add-in that automatically checks and notifies me of new mail. Clicking on that automatically logs me in and drops me in my inbox.

The new calendar “ticker” at the bottom is great too. Despite what one user says, there is a preview pane.

There is always room for improvement, so Yahoo!, if you read this my recommendations for improvements would be:

  1. Some AJAX type calendar (in addition to the calendar ticker) with:

    • intergrated evite style event creation
    • Flag for follow-up with date and display in calendar.

  2. Also have a calendar feature that allows the user to “jump to” or display of mail from day (in day mode or week mode)

  3. Full blown Blackberry intergration

    • email sync
    • calendar sync
    • contact lookup / sync

  4. Advanced mail search, by date range, by author

  5. Mail tags, with drag and drop support to/from the left navigation bar. Folders are so old-school

]]> By: Robert Franklin http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65074 Robert Franklin Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:25:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65074 <p>Interesting to hear that Yahoo Mail Beta feedback has been that it is slow. IMHO, it is painfully slow and at times I have to revert to the old mail interface to get things done. E-mails take a long time to open. I love the desktop feel and the features are a huge leap forward but until the performance gets better, I cannot recommend it.</p> Interesting to hear that Yahoo Mail Beta feedback has been that it is slow. IMHO, it is painfully slow and at times I have to revert to the old mail interface to get things done. E-mails take a long time to open. I love the desktop feel and the features are a huge leap forward but until the performance gets better, I cannot recommend it.

]]> By: avneron http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65073 avneron Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:24:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65073 <p>after using their beta for a while i decided to move to gmail.</p> <p>the new interface is still buggy. is very slow on firefox. and they take way too much real-estate for the ad space.</p> <p>i have been using yahoo! mail for years, and now they just made me abandon it.</p> after using their beta for a while i decided to move to gmail.

the new interface is still buggy.
is very slow on firefox.
and they take way too much real-estate for the ad space.

i have been using yahoo! mail for years, and now they just made me abandon it.

]]> By: Roy http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65072 Roy Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:02:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65072 <p>One more thing (a big thing!): You can't select multiple messages by a check box. Only via holding control button. That's VERY web-tech geeky. They need to move back to checkboxes.</p> One more thing (a big thing!): You can’t select multiple messages by a check box. Only via holding control button. That’s VERY web-tech geeky. They need to move back to checkboxes.

]]> By: Roy http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65071 Roy Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:58:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/yahoo-beta-mail-for-all/#comment-65071 <p>You may like it, but I don't like how it opens up new windows for each message. It gets confusing easily. Why not provide a preview pane? They're going for more page views and not thinking about how the end user would want it set up.</p> You may like it, but I don’t like how it opens up new windows for each message. It gets confusing easily. Why not provide a preview pane? They’re going for more page views and not thinking about how the end user would want it set up.

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