Introducing the New Yahoo Mail • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by wheels » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:31 PM UTC

Nux wrote: post #11

I'm really sorry to say, but: too late. Literally 99% of those I know used to be a Yahoo Mail user (Y! Messenger still biggish in Romania, though loosing ground quickly to social networks), but a big part of them are using GMail now. Big, ugly ads and an "anti"-spam engine that makes SpamAssassin look good; what's there to come back to? Plus everyone has a smartphone/tablet now and what's that without a Google/GMail…

Don't let reality get in the way of your anecdote about what your friends use!

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/resources/will-it-work/email-...

Yahoo Mail is still more popular than GMail.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by mtgx » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:31 PM UTC

Nux wrote: post #11

I'm really sorry to say, but: too late. Literally 99% of those I know used to be a Yahoo Mail user (Y! Messenger still biggish in Romania, though loosing ground quickly to social networks), but a big part of them are using GMail now. Big, ugly ads and an "anti"-spam engine that makes SpamAssassin look good; what's there to come back to? Plus everyone has a smartphone/tablet now and what's that without a Google/GMail…

I was very reluctant to switch from Yahoo to Gmail in the first few years of Gmail. But eventually I did it, and couldn't believe how much better Gmail was at spam filtering than Yahoo - like an order of magnitude better. I never looked back.

Recently I stopped using Yahoo Messenger, too, because they've been adding a lot of nonsense to it lately.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by donretag » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:32 PM UTC

Gmo wrote: post #18

Nux wrote: post #11

I'm really sorry to say, but: too late. Literally 99% of those I know used to be a Yahoo Mail user (Y! Messenger still biggish in Romania, though loosing ground quickly to social networks), but a big part of them are using GMail now. Big, ugly ads and an "anti"-spam engine that makes SpamAssassin look good; what's there to come back to? Plus everyone has a smartphone/tablet now and what's that without a Google/GMail…

Obviously, this just 1 datapoint but ... I still use my original yahoo mail account, and my gmail account did not replace it. Besides, my yahoo spam filter is not worse than my gmail spam filter (I would even say that it has less false positive).

Two data points.

I've been using my Yahoo account for over a decade. Why should I switch? I would have to change all the services that use the email. I never get spammed on Yahoo, despite it being a very old account.

I actually prefer Yahoo over Gmail since it has tabbed emails. I can open several emails at once and compose several at a time. Can't do that with Gmail.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by yawn » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:36 PM UTC

Since no one is really posting about the apps: I just updated to the new Android version and it blows the old Yahoo Mail app away. The app feels more like an Android app, it looks better, it's snappier, the ads are gone, and is overall a much better experience. If this is representative of the type of improvements we will see, I am excited.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by prawks » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:39 PM UTC

Nice interface, and I enjoy the tabs. My YMail account is still just crud for fantasy sports and spam, but it's a nice interface nonetheless. Much more responsive than I remember it being as well.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by debacle » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:40 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #19

Damn it, where's Yahoo for Linux? And I'm hoping Marissa Mayer decides to integrate it with Google Talk contacts eventually. And who uses a chat app full screen (like the Windows 8 one)?

Use the Internet? Windows 8 was mentioned here because it is a mobile OS.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by salimmadjd » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:42 PM UTC

Now, fix all the chat spams we get all day.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by aidenn0 » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:43 PM UTC

mtgx wrote: post #22

Nux wrote: post #11

I'm really sorry to say, but: too late. Literally 99% of those I know used to be a Yahoo Mail user (Y! Messenger still biggish in Romania, though loosing ground quickly to social networks), but a big part of them are using GMail now. Big, ugly ads and an "anti"-spam engine that makes SpamAssassin look good; what's there to come back to? Plus everyone has a smartphone/tablet now and what's that without a Google/GMail…

I was very reluctant to switch from Yahoo to Gmail in the first few years of Gmail. But eventually I did it, and couldn't believe how much better Gmail was at spam filtering than Yahoo - like an order of magnitude better. I never looked back. Recently I stopped using Yahoo Messenger, too, because they've been adding a lot of nonsense to it lately.

This surprises me. I don't remember the last time a spam message made it to my inbox with Yahoo. Maybe 7 years ago?

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by moderation » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:46 PM UTC

infynyxx2 wrote: post #17

It's 2012 and Yahoo Mail still doesn't use HTTPS. Shame!

I just logged into my old account and couldn't believe the lack of SSL. Mindblowing. I entered https:// manaully and the page loaded after going through the Chrome certificate warnings.

Re: Introducing the New Yahoo Mail

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Post by nchlswu » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 4:48 PM UTC

richardlblair wrote: post #3

The windows 8 app looks hot. It looks a lot like outlook.com (from what I can see on that small picture), but it looks hot.

It (from a screenshot) looks exactly like the Windows 8 Mail app, which is an interesting consequence of going "full metro"

I'm very curious how fully functional it is.