Yahoo Mail Beta Review
Ok so I’m in. As an Oddpost user, I’ve got an account with access to Yahoo!’s new mail beta. Click the image at right for a screenshot showing an interactive drag-n-drop of a message into a different folder. You can’t see the cursor, but the little green tick changes to a cross when you can’t drop the message.
Initial thoughts: the implementation is just as slick as Oddpost, with full drag-and-drop email management, right-click menus, and asynchronous updates. The most amazing thing is that it works equally well in IE and Firefox. As someone who dabbles in websites with a fraction of DHTML behaviour, I can understand the miracle that they have pulled off here.
There’s a few funky differences to the way that Oddpost works, the main one being that Yahoo! Mail does not spawn a new window when you log in. This is a Good Thing, because you still have access to your regular browser menus, back-forward behaviour, etc. They’ve managed the multi-window behaviour in a very slick way too. The image below shows what happens when you double-click a message to open it: you get a pseudo-window using tabs. Flicking back and forth between the folder and message is nice and quick. I presume they’ve used iframes or something.
The one thing I don’t like is the super cartoony colourful icons and interface. But I guess the kids love that sort of stuff these days.
I’m still discovering the features and behaviours, and will update anything particularly interesting as I stumble across it. Feel free to ask any questions and I’ll attempt to answer them.
More screenshots after the jump.
Search results:
Right-click menu:
Contacts view:
Adding a new contact:
Prompt to add a contact after sending a new message:
Popularity: 6% [?]
It wouldn’t be iframes, but more likley some DHTML/JavaScript trickery. I love seeing web apps like this, the talent that these designers and coders possess astounds me.
Nice review and screenshots. I’ve had a Yahoo email account since about 1995, and I sure am looking forward to the new interface. Even though I am mostly a Gmail user, I have a hunch I might be moving back to Yahoo Mail again once its made available.
Thanks for your review
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How do i update my mail to yahoo mail beta?
I’m pretty sure it’s an invite-only thing at the moment. Staff from Yahoo! or Oddpost have to invite you.
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I was invited by Yahoo to use Beta now. BUT, I had to download latest version of Mozilla, or Firefox, which I did. But then, I couldn’t get back to ‘my invitation! … See a Laptop float … at … FloatingDesk.com … it’s finally here.
please help me switch my account to yahoo mail beta…please……………..!!!
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I want to update my yahoo mail accout to YAHOO MAIL BETA version…please help..
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I want to update my yahoo mail accout to YAHOO MAIL BETA version…please help..
HI…alll
I want to update my yahoo mail accout to YAHOO MAIL BETA version…please help..
HI…alll
I want to update my yahoo mail accout to YAHOO MAIL BETA version…please help..
Hey please help me to upgrade. I’ve had a Yahoo email account and I sure am looking forward to the new interface. Even though I am mostly a Gmail user, I have a hunch I might be moving back to Yahoo Mail again once its made available.
how can i update my existing yahoo account with BETA version??
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You can login into beta version of yahoo with bellow mentioned URL
http://login.yahoo.com/ and select check mail option.
I am not getting the original mail inbox.. i want to update new yahoo mail beta version
How to update new mail beta version?
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