Yahoo, yes (that Yahoo) made some significant changes to their main web site. While this angered some, to those I say this: Yahoo is not Google, and I’m glad it’s not. If you’re expecting Y! to be another Google clone, it isn’t. And it shouldn’t be.
The first thing I do on Yahoo is switch over to the compact view and change the color to blue (just my preference). This is located at the far right:
From there, Y! is slim and trim, the way I like it:
For those using 1024×768 displays, yes, Y! is still very friendly to that resolution (even in Y’s "full" mode).
Above: Adding in (or removing) favorites is easy. And yes you can add in non-Yahoo sites.
You will notice that at least in compact mode, Yahoo.com does not scroll-scroll-scroll down like it did before. It’s been cleaned up considerably and yes it is easier to use.
My only immediate complaints are these:
No links are underlined
I’m a fervent believer in having as many links underlined as possible to there’s no guessing whatsoever, especially for the color blind who cannot distinguish black text from blue.
Should have more my.yahoo.com features
My.yahoo.com has things like tabs and moveable boxes. The main Y! site should have this also.
If you’re going to have a logo color change, it should be universal
Pick a color and stick with it, Yahoo. Yahoo.com has a purple logo now. My.yahoo.com has a red logo. Mail.yahoo.com and several other Y! services still have the red logo.
If you’re going to commit to the purple, then, well.. commit.
Are you a Yahoo?
Many of you out there use Yahoo.com as your home page. Are the changes welcome or should Y! have stayed with the old format?
yeah, the new yahoo caught me off guard but its not so bad I just dont like all the extra crap I gotta go through to check my mail now………….but ILL adapt.. always do
The mail link moved to the right on the main yahoo.com page. Same crap as before, just in a different spot.
Yahoo needed some sort of a facelift, a little spicing up. Speaking of which, perhaps some day they’ll do something with that absolutely awful mail system.
Don’t like the new web site format. Should keep original or both and give a choice too choose beween them. Which is the way it is now I think.
I like the yahoo email system, its better than gmail with its labels crap and doesnt delete my emails after 30 days like AOL and doesnt get as clogged up as spam as hotmail addresses. Their website update was much needed and long overdue, google is still my homepage as i use it to search and get what info i want but I do use yahoo for news and email.
I honestly dont even see the front page, I still use http://mail.yahoo.com to access mail, and http://games.yahoo.com to access games etc etc like I have for years.
there are lots of yahoos like my yahoo, yahoo web and yahoo itself , you just have to pick one that best suites your personality