Comments on: Chat with your Facebook friends on Yahoo! Mail Beta

By: me

me — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:55:40 +0000

I don’t want to be confrontational (I understand this is a free product for most of us), but I am completely baffled that there is so much development going on with Yahoo Mail, Calendar etc. yet I cannot wirelessly sync my Calendar and Notepad with my Blackberry. I don’t know who wants “dynamically generated content” (my guess is businesses that engage in borderline spam) or “cool fonts” (I’m guessing people who create chain letters based on urban legends), but the average end user wants their email and calendar, at minimum, to be up to date no matter where they access it. That is the very basics of email today. The only reason I haven’t switched to a better service is inertia (11 years! with Yahoo). Please address this.

By: Debi

Debi — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:49:17 +0000

Trying Beta now. One thing that’s a major downer for me: not having a scroll bar on my folders list. It’s hugely inconvenient. (Same with the filters list, but I use that far less often. Drag & drop sorting for filters would be awesome, too.)

Thanks.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:39:49 +0000

I just received an e-mail telling me that I will be “asked” (in other words, “required”) to change to the new Yahoo e-Mail within a few months. I am content with the current e-mail and would prefer not to change, but here is my main question: Why are we being forced to convert to a Beta product? Will it be out of beta by the time we are forced to convert? I much prefer using stable production software that is officially supported, not software that a company calls “beta” (i.e., isn’t prepared to stand behind as a fully debugged “production release” product).

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:02:51 +0000

So far so good with Ymail Beta. I like the way it looks and feels. I have experienced no issues at present. I have been using it now for about 2-3 weeks.

I have question about the calendar. When will it be getting updated. The last I tried the new one, I went back to the old because the new wouldn’t sync with Outlook.
Thanks,
Gene

By: MiriamG

MiriamG — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:26:56 +0000

We have defaulted users to a view that does not have a preview pane. To get the preview pane, you will have to go to options->mail options->Scroll: and select “Each page on the pane individually.” This enables the mode where the preview pane is visible. When in this mode, you will see the show/hide preview button and the shortcut key “v” is enabled too.

By: MiriamG

MiriamG — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:25:36 +0000

By: sherrytorres

sherrytorres — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:38:52 +0000

i would like to have all of my friends from facebook to chat with me on yahoo not facebook

By: Frank Fleming

Frank Fleming — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:53:55 +0000

The changes to my E-mail e.t.c. are a big improvment and i am very happy with Yahoo. Simple and straightforward. What more do you want.

By: abdullah

abdullah — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:12:54 +0000

I think this is a step in a positive direction

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:42:05 +0000

Maybe I’m missing it but I sure miss having a message preview. I can’t stand having to double-click a message to read it, and leaving the inbox behind. Yes I know I can scroll from one message to the next but that will take some getting used to.