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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.
Went to mail.yahoo.com to check my mail there (for the first time in months.) The landing page had nothing to do with mail and everything to do with piles of crap that Yahoo wants me to look at. Congratulations Marissa, that's the last time I'll even bother looking when you say "Look! We've changed." Next.
So we may still be seeing the old version. That said, they probably should have held off on the announcement until it was generally available.
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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.
With the new Gmail compose, you can... sort of. It will stack them at the bottom, but only show two "open" at a time (at least on my comp, with a fullscreen chrome window on 1900x1200, maybe you can have more open with a wider screen).
Not ideal, but better than it was at least.
It would be even more compelling if Yahoo start to offer free email service on custom domain as Google apps is no longer free. For the interface, I am not saying the new interface is bad, but even Yahoo! can make it as good as Gmail (forget the search first), still not a reason to switch..
A good part of the value (for Yahoo) is the branding. It's more important to them right now to remind consumers that Yahoo still exists than cater to a handful of geeks with vanity domains.
Having an @yahoo is embarrassing even for non-geeks.
It's 2012 and Yahoo Mail still doesn't use HTTPS. Shame!
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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?
I don't think the Yahoo spam filter works on an individual basis like the gmail filter does.
Anyone here who uses Yahoomail? Just curious. I stopped using them long back when they charged for some features while GMail still had them for free. Anyway, could anyone let us know how the new version is? I think my account has been deactivated due to inactivity (another irritating 'feature'). Their homepage doesn't clearly explain what has gotten better, and if it all, it is better than GMail. So would love to hea…