Comments on: Need help managing that Preview Pane?

By: Nad

Nad — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:26:36 +0000

Well Lately the inbox is taking ages to load and it is not loading.. I think it is a java error update when i updated my java lately .. .. yet it is not nice to rely on this email while u cannot open .. Gmail is much better and never let me down…

By: Kobus

Kobus — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:35:03 +0000

I have been using the Beta, happily. Got a new laptop, loaded Firefox, no emails, IE7 no emails,just sitting loading, telling me to try classic, well, there it is a mess too.Have been playing with cookies and security issues but no luck. I am running AGV anti virus but always used it before as well.If I cant get it to work, I will migrate to something more friendly that works.
Why not implement a simple interface like Outlook?
Also, no help available on the website.No feedback about the problem either.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:27:31 +0000

I was very reluctant to use the new yahoo mail at first. I had been a classic user for years, and I didnt NEED all those features. Well, after using it for 3 months, I am sold. I tried going back to classic (to do something I couldnt do in beta) and I found if very cumbersome. So keep up the good work!

By: Joe Pringle

Joe Pringle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:05:54 +0000

I cant find any other place to ask this>>>
About 2 weeks ago aLLLLL of my that I had read but did Not delete, was gone
Is there a way to have it recovered.
I had depended on Yahoo to keep it for me
I had like 200 items as read but not erased
Now I need because it was my way of keeping a history of where I was and what I was doing as well as some very important imformation .. Please help

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:05:04 +0000

I agreed with Charles 100%. I also want to get rid/turn off the pane that appears to the right of my emails, and the advertising. I only want to read my emails, and I do not be solicited. I want it off permanently, and not just to hide it. Its very annoying. Please post something that will help me make the changes or encourage yahoo to do the changes.

Thank you

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:48 +0000

Hi, I’ve been asking Yahoo since beta came about to have the option to shut off the dang confirmation boxes when deleting mail in the spam folder. Now there’s two! Classic mail just lets me delete them or empty the folder without being interrogated. Why do they need to make it more complicated. I know what I’m doing when I click on the “Delete” button. “Do you really want to delete those files?” “Are you sure?” Next they will have “I don’t believe you so I’m not going to delete them”. I have had Plus for over two years and everytime I try the new Yahoo mail I switch back.

By: Franki

Franki — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:42 +0000

I agree with Dave … the preview pane should be on the side, not the bottom. I hate my new wide-screen monitor (just not used to it yet), so maybe I would like it more if it actually had some purpose. Plus, the mail would be easier to read.
I’ve had NO problems with my Yahoo mail EVER, and I’ve been using it for 10 years. And, by upgrading to Mail Plus for a very reasonable $20 a year, I don’t get ads and my email home page is what I want it to be, and not what the totally free users get. Lovely.
As for possible viruses in the open preview pane … I’ve not had any problems with that. Maybe it’s my Norton cleaning things up, but any suspicious content goes straight into my spam folder.
One previous poster said to disable Norton and your firewalls … DO NOT do this or you are just asking for trouble.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:06:34 +0000

I like having a preview pane, but the layout and usability of the current implementation leaves much to be desired. These days, many of the screens in use (e.g., laptop and desktop monitors) are widescreen. It would be a much more efficient use of screen space for the preview pane to be on the right or left of the inbox list, rather than below it. As currently implemented, I can’t view much of the inbox or the email being previewed. If the preview was on the right, I’d be able to see the full email as well as a much longer list of inbox items.

Microsoft Outlook and Entourage both implement capabilities to show a preview pane on the right of the inbox list. Why not do the same with Yahoo?

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:58:05 +0000

It appears Yahoo has been compromised or compromised itself. After much searching I found that Yahoo owns most of RightMedia who is placing the redirect at Yahoo login to ad.yieldmanager. I think this is unconsconsionable and is not part of the agreement we all signed with Yahoo to allow our info to ne used by Yahoo. Never had a problem until this year with Yahoo. but this is the limit. I dont want my Email redirected thru any site by anyone for any purpose

By: Robert D. Johnson

Robert D. Johnson — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:41:11 +0000

To first commenter, Nelda ( http://ymailupdates.com/blog/2008/02/05/need-help-managing-that-preview-pane/#comment-25329 ) do you see the big “Forward” button between the Reply and Spam buttons? How do you have trouble forwarding?

For those people who have Yahoo Mail hang or start up too slow… Try toggling the Yahoo Mail Instant Messenger status to Offline (you are signed out of chat), rather than Available, Busy, Invisible. That way yahoo will not waste time starting up Instant Messenger. This status is located just to the right of the big Yahoo!Mail logo and your id, and above the buttons for Signout, My Account, Mail Classic.

I use the Preview Pane all the time. Most of my spam still goes nicely into the spam folder. I find it quicker to read mail than without the Pane.

Ryan, I am asking again, can we improve this comment area by allowing responses to be grouped beneath a particular comment? (Like the comment sections at rocketboom.com.)