Yahoo! Mail Blog

No, Kate Middleton didn’t commit a fashion violation (is it just me or is her post wedding style flawless?).  The newest version of Yahoo! Mail is out of beta and ready for you!

We’ve got over 50 million users actively using the newest version of Yahoo! Mail and we want you to join them in this faster, safer, easier experience.  In the coming months you’ll be asked to upgrade to the latest version of Yahoo! Mail, but you don’t have to wait.

Simply go to http://overview.mail.yahoo.com to upgrade now and reap the benefits:

Faster: This version of Yahoo! Mail is 2x faster than our previous versions of Yahoo! Mail, even for those of you who have slower internet connections.

Safer: Yahoo! Mail blocks over 550 billion spam messages a month and our advanced SpamGuard technology  and anti-phishing platform have helped us reduce spam reports by 60 percent.  Here’s to a clean inbox!

Easier: Getting things done in Yahoo! Mail is even easier with features like rich photo slideshows, inline video viewing, chatting with Facebook friends, instantly responding to messages with the reply bar and tracking online purchases through the All My Purchases app.

We listened to your feedback over the last 7 months, fixing things and releasing new functionality every few months. And, we verified that 89% of users were able to complete key tasks before we removed the Beta label as well as links to the previous versions of Mail. We also put together these tips to help you during the migration process.

Finally, even though we’ve taken the Beta label off, we will continue to improve Yahoo! Mail.  There is a long list of features and functionality we’re tackling in the coming months.  We’ll continue to update you here on the blog, so please stay tuned.  In fact, it’s an awesome feeling to read your feedback, build something our users want, post about it on the blog and read that you guys love the improvements.  It motivates our team here even more, so thank you for that!

We’re constantly listening to your feedback, so  if you’re posting on Twitter, please use the hashtag #newyahoomail.

Yahoo! Mail now provides a new way to quickly reply to messages from your friends and social network. The reply bar appears at the bottom of your email messages and lets you easily reply to the sender or a group.

I’ve been using the reply bar for a few months now, prior to us turning it on for you. One thing I’ve noticed with my own usage is that it has really increased my engagement with my social network and speeded up my response time to personal messages.

I get a lot of Facebook and Yahoo Groups email notifications about activity happening in my social network. I had been in the habit of reading my Facebook notifications and then making a mental note to respond later. I did that because I didn’t want to take the time switch outside of my email, go to Facebook, wait for a page to launch, and then, after context switching over to Facebook to reply, having to then switch back to Yahoo mail. It was too distracting for me so my interactions suffered.

Now, I simply click into the reply bar at the bottom of my message, type my message, click send and I’m done. Now on to my next message. It’s simple and fast.