Yahoo! Mail Beta open to the public

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Yahoo! Mail Beta open to the public

by Ryan Carter Sep 18th 2006

According to Read/Write Web, who has an exclusive podcast with Yahoo! Mail product manager Ethan Diamond, Yahoo released its new Mail Beta to the public on September 13th. The AJAX powered application is one of the best I have seen on the web to date. It functions much like Microsoft Outlook and includes a built-in RSS reader. Ethan Diamond has a quick screencast so you can see the type of features the new Yahoo Mail has. I have been beta testing it for some time, and I agree that it is very good. Tabbed messaging is something not even the new (2007) version of Outlook has, and Yahoo does it well.

Tags: beta, mail, public, Yahoo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

immorak said 12:02PM on 9-18-2006

I really like the RSS Feed feature.
It's the only thing missing from my gmail account.

christopher said 12:03PM on 9-18-2006

It doesn't allow for Usenet-style quoting for replies, instead opting for the Outlook-inspiring top-posting technique, which I hate. I've tried the beta three times over the past year, always switched back, never trying it again until they allow me to quote properly.

-C

ZipperSeven said 12:03PM on 9-18-2006

I've been using the new beta since the UK Beta hack a while ago. While I don't use it for my primary (daily) email, I do check my Y! account once a week or so, and I really dig the new interface.

Brian said 12:03PM on 9-18-2006

I really like the new interface. I have been using it for a number of months now. One thing I don't like is that it seems to run considerably slow than the "old" interface. So much so that I am going to switch back to the original version. I use this account mainly for registering at websites that require an email account so most of my time in Yahoo mail is spent deleting "special" offers and getting rid of the spam that manages to get through the filters.

A bit off subject but I'd like to mention that I think the Yahoo spam filters do a very good job of removing a large majority of the spam that comes my way.

Wendy said 11:25AM on 9-19-2006

I used the Beta for a while then switched back. I didn't like that there weren't any of the check-off boxes next to the messages. I also use Yahoo for signing up on websites. The first thing I do is running down the list of messages and putting checks in the boxes to delete. That's a must for me.
Also, I don't like the Outlook-type interface, it takes up too much screen space, I want to see more emails at-a-glance.
And another thing, I hope it doesn't become too much like Google, I hate tags. I love my folders and a clean inbox. I want my inbox to be just what I haven't read yet.

Sean said 11:19PM on 9-20-2006

In response to Wendy's comments:
Checkboxes: You can do something similar with the Yahoo! Mail Beta; just hold down the Control key as you click on a message, and you can select multiple messages as once (like with Outlook or other email programs). Then you can delete all of 'em at once.

Too much screen space: You can turn off the reading pane by pressing the letter 'v' on your keyboard, or going up to the View menu and turning off the reading pane. Opens up much more screen real estate.

tina said 9:59PM on 10-04-2006

For some reason when I attempt to check my yahoo.mail..i am getting a message page cannot be displayed..I attempted to remove all my yahoo info from the computer and downloading yahoo mail fresh but I am still getting the same message...I can however get in at the computer at school so it is definitely a problem with this computer...Is this something that you can help me with

Concetta J Hudson said 4:23AM on 2-06-2007

yahoo email does not work i think yahoo mail was removed from my programs although yahoo mail works and messenger works and im works i am just not able to get email to work i have been able to recieve emails but not sent=d them

Concetta J Hudson said 1:07PM on 2-06-2007

i cannot access yahoo email i think it got deleated although i c=have recieved emails i can't access email im works but not email

amaan_shelly said 6:43AM on 2-14-2007

Im unable to access yahoo quick tools

Apoorva said 4:01AM on 2-18-2007

Wendy Taylor said 2:51AM on 6-18-2007

AL said 1:17AM on 8-26-2007

This new Beta Mail is awesome

jean hampton said 1:05PM on 10-01-2007

no comment

Don said 6:13PM on 10-06-2007

I have been having trouble with the email not loading and then it locks up the mail account. The only way to get it off is rebooting the computer. This just started this last week.

essammousa2000 said 12:25PM on 10-14-2007

thank you for mail beta to increas my mail

hyder said 12:41AM on 10-19-2007

dear sir.

beta mail for easy delete for huge mails, just pick!

mahmoudelshazly said 4:52AM on 11-01-2007

please my mail from yahoomail classic to yahoomail beta please

jt1ynj said 12:10AM on 2-13-2009

pls, i need download yahoo mail beta, now my yahoo mail classic

Christy said 9:29AM on 12-11-2007

I like Yahoo! Mail Beta. The problem is, some of my friends are having problems getting their emails through to me. They receive failure notice too many times. Spam protection works well for real spammers, but not for personal emails...

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