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[cse-icons]

hi friends,

Yahoo is supposedly testing its new interface for Yahoo Mail. It looks more like MS Outlook with the folders etc in a left pane, the mail box on the top half of the right and preview on the bottom.

Also a tabbed view if multiple mails are open. Just like Lotus Notes for those who have used it.

http://patcavit.com/...ta-impressions/

http://yahoo.weblogs...234000380058717

The Email wars are heating up and the end users are getting newer and better features. Finally something is happening in the Email world since Gmail coz otherwise the thing was stuck up with MSN and Yahoo and no major improvement or competition since a long time.

Yahoo has form for those interested in joining the beta test(not sure when they would be able to), but this would add u as an interested beta tester.

http://surveylink.ya...x/p0473306.aspx

Cheers.

[eXtreme]

Looks like a nice clean interface, good work from Yahoo.

This is new for me, I didn't know Yahoo was planning to redesign their email interface, but of course it's good news, from what i saw of the pictures.

Indeed the email industry really needs another big change since Gmail came online with it's HUGE email capacity, cause now users are seeking good looking and easy to use features to make the task of sending and receiving emails more easier and relaxing.

And yes, Hotmail really needs to change..

[shigajet]

I just took a look at the beta upgrade for Yahoo Mail and it looks much slicker this time around. I especially like the tab features and the "Outlook/Thunderbird" feel to the new design. Good on the folks at Yahoo!

[mayank]

Well I think you are right It started happening after GMAIL came into the picture otherwise till that time we all used to get 2 MB or 10 MB now a days we are getting 1 GB from yahoo and 250 MB from hotmail....now after GMAIL it seems to me that yahoo and hotmail want people to stay with them but popularity of GMAIL is not allowing them to do so...so they thought of coming up with better interface....I am happy with HOTMAIL's interface and it functionalities and YAHOO's new interface is also looking promising..but I wanted to join the beta testers thing..but saw that it is only available for those people who are using @yahoo.com address not for others. One thing is for sure that GMAIL's interface is nice and simple but it lacks lot of functionalities for e.g. Calendar, Notes, Address book's advanced features like export, mailing list........I think these are some of the features which GMAIL will have to bring in fast..so as to stay at the no. 1 position of the email service providers.

[OpaQue]

SWEET! ITs only because of this interface, many people used Outlook express and other pop3 clients. Good thinking Yahoo! I hope this mail will again throttle up the no. of people using Yahoo Mail.

[Tyssen]

OpaQue, on Sep 20 2005, 07:35 PM, said:

I hope this mail will again throttle up the no. of people using Yahoo Mail.

Why? After Hotmail, Yahoo's already the biggest spam magnet on the planet. The more people who use it, the worse it'll get. I'm not particularly excited about the changes as the only thing I use my Yahoo account for is to sign up to things I think there's a high likelihood I might get ancilliary spam from.

[atomicnacho]

Anyone know if yahoo is going to offer pop access with this new mail system. That is the best thing about gmail. I do get my y! mail with YPops but it was slightly more painful to set up.

Just wondering if they were going to follow suit with gmail and let people download their mail if they want to.

[dontmaimyourself]

Yeah so its a fairly nice interface and all but who needs Yahoo anymore, we've all got Gmail accounts, right?. it looks like their all at it first Microsoft did it and I assume even Google will do it an take inspiration from pretty much every emial client ever, and bring in the 3 pane look, while I dont think this is a bad thing, I personally like that way of organising my messages, and It does look as if Yahoo has managed to implement it very well, we should consider one thing, within a few months (if not sooner) Google will have done it better.

[[i]_R_Crazy_Idiot]

Looks a lot better, sort of following the simple is better is ethic. I feels a lot better. But I'll stick with gmail.

[Adrian]

I can't wait to browse my mails through that interface! It's very cute! I guess it will load faster than the old one. At least I hope so. Good work guys!

[nelimitat]

I'm really curious about the new interface of Yahoo Mail. I'm going to visit the link right now and tell impressions about it. There are a lot of nice pictures on the address that is above. Can we test this new interface at yahoo mail. The last beta interface that was used by google could be tested out by enabling an option from the general preferences. I'm going to access my account and see if I have such an option again. The Interface is very clean and I really like it. It looks very similar to the Yahoo Messenger interface.

[cse-icons]

yeah, I too am curious to try out the new Yahoo Beta.. but it is not available to everyone. Moreover even if you want to register as an interested beta tester, you need to have a "yahoo.com" email address.
So guess, I have to wait till a wider release is available or beta testing is available for other yahoo mail domains.

Till then, if nyone of u get to test the beta, please do post here a few screenshots and also more importantly about all the new features there are available.

Cheers.

[unicornrose]

It is my opinion that yahoo is loosing way too many users to GMail. Once gmail users started having more and more invites all of a sudden Yahoo has 1GB of storage and now they are working on a more sleek and ingenious design. I am not surprised. Mail is a comodity that more and more people need and use as the world continues to evolve and become more technologically dependent as well as based. So much more can be done with the use of email and electronic conferences. In order to be competative the email clients out there have to grow and become better with the times and the technology. For Yahoo the less users they have the less the advertisers will be getting and the less revenue that yahoo and other email account providers will be getting. I think its all about the dollar because if they don't provide a great service then the consumer will go somewhere else and <- snipped -> there.

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[goldinero]

Competition is good. I'm glad to see Yahoo! is trying to be innovative. But it gets more and more difficult as a company gets bigger and bigger. My bet is on Google and Gmail for future growth. Although I am a Yahoo! mail subscriber and use that service regularly.

[[i]_R_Crazy_Idiot]

I thought that Yahoo has so many freaking users for all it's other services that it's email is not that important anymore. I guess I'm wrong.

[Danieluchis]

Well This Mail War is no-ending xD but i think it's better for us, i really liked the interface =D!

[ZPGames]

Wow, that looks so awesome. I cant wait for them to roll it out. Nice clean easy to navigate interface from what I can see in the pics. It's nice to see the email wars to heat up again. I love being the end user

[freesoul]

I had got interested in the topic sometime back and read user as well as professional reviews on the new yahoo! interface. One guy (who happens to be a programmer) was saying that he was jealoys at the folks at google 'coz of this layout and one other professional was saying that this interface has the potential of getting Yahoo! an edge over Gmail and a strong fotthold in the business. I've long been a Yahoo fan but always wanted their email interface to change and now they've done it. There will also be option to go back to the old interface if ppl are not liking the new one. Yeah rite, that's gonn be a less used feature!

[LeAnn Rimes My Angel]

It doesn't look much different than the current one. If they step up on additional security and ease of use, then it will be a great move to stay competitive against Microsoft Hotmail and Google's Mail (beta). Free e-mail sites are a wonderful tool for everyone to have!

[Arigato]

I'm impressed by this new interface, it looks alot better and on the surface seems to look much easier to use than other web based email clients that are available right now. I hear that hotmail is doing the same thing as well in terms of making an desktop application-like interface. Pretty soon I won't bother with using a desktop application as a web version will be just as good. With AJAX the gap between desktop application and web application just keeps getting smaller and smaller.

[itssami]

Wow ...it looks good...But is there any way to get invitation to use that YAhoo Beta ?

[freesoul]

Yea, I'm very excited about it. I read some professionalk reviews and some programmers are even jealous of the way the guys at Yahoo! have coded it! You won't believe this but there is drag and drop functionality within the new Y! mail interface and messages can be opened in tabs! I've signed up for the beta testing which is available only to yahoo.com members but haven't recieved any word from them yet! Hope you have better luck.

[fffanatics]

Yeah i cant wait for this interface. However, i am and always will be a fan of Gmail. I have used it since it started and i love it. Everytime i log in and check it a new feature is up and those always make life even better. I like its interface and i think Yahoo! should copy it. It rocks

[wild20]

It looks awesome to me. Google was leading the way for a while. No one else challenged it. Then of course Microsoft's Live! came into play and this just heats up all the other email services and it all works out toward our advantage Soon we'll have paid level email for free!

All are competing. I would love to test it, but of course, they have to invite you. so I will just wait. Great topic though by the way.

[arnz]

From what I hear, the interface is very similar to Outlook/Outlook express. I may have not tried it yet, but going by experiences with YahooMail, which had a lot of spam problems in the past (and Hotmail). I probably will be sticking with Gmail, much more easier and the search function helps find a lost post I may search for one day.