downloadsquad.com — Yahoo's new version of web mail is, without a doubt, one of the coolest and most fluid Ajax applications we've seen to date. For the average user it offers every major feature that you can find in Outlook or Thunderbird, and it does it with style. But that isn't all, the Yahoo team also took the time to layer the app with embedded tricks
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Closed AccountMar 17, 2007
loco:>LOL then you and your computer must be extremely lame. It takes about 2 seconds for me to reach my inbox screen (Yes, the AJAX version) from login. And I'm hardly on a blazing fast connection.I thought I'd try it again since you claimed this. I watched the little drummer man for 21 seconds, and it was a full 32 seconds before I even got (not to my inbox) but to the various news headlines and crap.So whatever you're using, it ain't this crap.
shm0edawgMar 17, 2007
@bigdavediodeWhy would you want to do that? How long would you wait for Outlook to open? More stuff == more wait. It's a trade-off. I'd rather have Yahoo! and have support in case I need help than a beta version of an email service without any of the advanced features of Y! Mail. Also.... Gmail really isn't that stable. If you don't believe me, look in the forums.BTW.... once you load it the first time, you don't have to wait as long on all consecutive tries until you dump your cache. Why measure wait time from a clean browser when you'll only get that wait time once?
shm0edawgMar 17, 2007
When in Y! Mail, click help, then "send feedback." They do listen.
shm0edawgMar 17, 2007
Everyone is bashing Yahoo! But if you take a look at comscore.... yahoo gets more pageviews per month than google and youtube combined. they also have half a billion unique users. people complain about the ads.... ads pay the people that write the pretty ajax mail and all of the other yahoo sites. if you don't like the bulkiness of www.yahoo.com then use search.yahoo.com. a company with the world in mind can't satisfy everyone. people will be ignorant, or informed and opinionated. i can bet i know why gmail became popular very fast.... can anyone guess? because you had to be invited. it was like a secret club, limited to a select few. ooooohhh.... you HAD to get an account, otherwise you weren't super awesome. i'm not saying that Y! > google or google > yahoo. I'm saying that yahoo catches flack way more than it should.
carzorstelatisMar 17, 2007
They can have all the shininess they want. The sync program that they advertise hugely DOESN'T EVEN WORK! gg retards.
locojonesMar 17, 2007
"Go into it and measure it on a computer that hasn't cached anything (or maybe even on a computer that has cached it)."I tested it on my setup, a 1.8gHz AMD connected via wireless to a 1Mb/s DSL. Cached, I was at the inbox in 2-3 seconds. With the cache and cookies cleared, it was 6 seconds. So there ya go.
versionistMar 17, 2007
I'm sorry, but why the f**k would you want ">" before every line? What is this, 1989? It makes it so unreadable, especially with a long series of emails.>First reply>>Second reply>>>>>>>>>>Tenth reply.f**king annoying.
Closed AccountMar 18, 2007
I'm a cheap ass. I guess I won't be using Yahoo. I don't like to spend money on stuff that should be free.
sremickMar 20, 2007
I used to use Yahoo. I even got my own domain and paid for Yahoo Plus to get rid of ads and get more features. But then I discovered the beauty of IMAP, and since Yahoo doesn't support IMAP it was bye-bye Yahoo, hello Fastmail.I've tried Gmail but although its interface is faster than Yahoo's, I still like IMAP (so I can have a dedicated client) and I don't like how I can't pay to rid myself of ads. I spend too much time in email to tolerate my email client being used as an advertising medium. I am willing to pay to not have ads, but Google doesn't want my money.