New Yahoo Mail beta

[brinke]

Looks cool.

http://features.mail.yahoo.com/


I had to go hunting for it, and found that link. Having a AT&T Yahoo DSL co-branded account, it takes us forever to get new features- even tho we pay for the service, and everyone else gets it free.

[Omega X]

Looks a lot like old Yahoo Mail. Except with shiny purple and gold parts.

[patrickjdempsey]

I don't get what's the big deal? Yahoo mail has been chat-integrated for ages. And it's always been annoying because it makes my desktop chat client go haywire and slows down how long it takes to get to your EMAIL.

[couldabeen]

One thing it isn't is fast, as claimed. At least it's not for me. It also won't import my addresses from Thunderbird exported ldif files. I haven't tried the 'Desktop' application import yet, but I don't expect it to work any better.
It took about 10 minutes for it to 'read' my inbox and folders when first opened.
IF I can get it back to the classic without problems, I'll stick with it. Should have known better than to believe Yahoo's hype.

[patrickjdempsey]

I suppose having been a free customer for 15 years, Yahoo is in no hurry to rush my "upgrade".

[brinke]

Heck, I have had my Y account since May 97---gotta be one of the first I guess. I have PAID for their AT&T DSL for 8 years. I didn't get any invite or notice, I had to go out and look for it. I've already found a bug- any mailto link you click on once you're using the new beta..immediately changes mail back to prior version. nice!

[couldabeen]

Won't take ldif files but will take .csv's as imports. Lot of 'tweaking' to do after however.
Still can't get the silly thing back to 'classic'!

So, I guess I'll try to get it back using a mailto link as suggested in the post above.

[brinke]

if you click HELP dropdown, you should be able to change back.

[patrickjdempsey]

You know, I was pretty sure I had a Yahoo email account in 96 although Wikipedia claims it didn't open until the end of 97. I did have a Lycos account in 96 (which I still use) that was required when I signed up to build a free Tripod website. I did start using AIM and Yahoo Messenger almost immediately after their introduction as well. I'm guessing they will keep the "Classic" option as they have kept it for a long time... although I'm betting they won't maintain the Ajax site for long after the official release of this one.

[brinke]

Hmm, I had a Y! account May of 97. When I got my first Dell. My dad said, you wanna get a 'yahoo' account and a 'hotmail account.' I didn't, at the time..know what those WERE.

[couldabeen]

I went looking at some of the saved emails I kept from early on, and the earliest I have for my yahoo account is late November, 1996. That one was the notification of account registration. Why I still have it, I don't know.

[RNiK]

They are still using "browser sniffing" and Firefox 4 beta isn't recognize by default.
No HTTPS site.

Sorry Yahoo! you're still far away from Gmail.

[Omega X]

For a company that has a huge investment in Javascript frameworks and resources, it sure fails to practice what it preaches.

[brinke]

How can you add the new Yahoo Mail Beta to the mailto: settings in FF? If I click the compose button, it reverts (correctly) to the last version of yahoo mail, since there is no application link for the new beta. right?

[patrickjdempsey]

Are you blocking cookies from Yahoo mail? Maybe you need to allow a cookie so it can keep the beta turned on?