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  • Steve D commented  ·   ·  Report

    I prefer the old--or "classic"--format. My reasons are:

    (1) The master "Folder" no longer indicates if there are new messages in my sub-folders so I have to always scroll down through all my folders to see if there are any new folders.
    (2) The bold AD at the top of the first email in a folder is confusing because it looks like it's the first unread message in the folder...I don't like clicking on the ads
    (3) I'm not crazy about the new color scheme...but that's a minor issue

    That said, I do like the ability to quickly delete a message by clicking on the trash icon but it's not worth the new version. I vote to return to the classic view.

  • [Deleted User] commented  ·   ·  Report

    IT IS HORRIBLE I DONT WANT ALL THIS EXTRA **** I JUST WANT FUNCTIONAL MAIL .IT SAYS YOU CAN GET SWITCH TO BASIC AND I FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN WORK WHY CANT WE JUST CHOOSE WHICH VERSION WE WANT ? NO ONE SEEMS TO LIKE THIS OR WANT IT

  • Kristof Erkiletian commented  ·   ·  Report

    AGAIN yahoo has kicked me off of accessing this forum..See story below.
    PLEASE HELP ME AND COPY/POST MY INSTRUCTIONS HERE when you comment:

    TO GET BACK CLASSIC try this:

    1) Open and log into sh*tty new Yahoo email if you aren't already
    2) Copy this text: https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?action=mails
    3) Open a new Chrome browser window while keeping sh*tty one open
    4) Paste the text into new brower window
    5) Close sh*tty new yahoo browser window
    6) if it worked, BOOKMARK copied link in new window (this is important as it will become your goto-button everytime you log in to get back to Classic)
    7) Raise middle finger of victory and KEEP SENDING YAHOO YOUR SENTIMENT

    Some here know that i've been posting these instructions for some time now. Recently i had to take an unexpected break. But i'm back again now. To post on these message boards requires a minimum age of 13 years old. Apparently Yahoo got sick of me posting this hack around their awful new system and actually went into my account and reduced my age to below 13 (!) Tuff gig to justify given i've had my yahoo acct more than 20 years. Perhaps they're trying to tell me that i'm being, uh, childish about continually helping people get back to Classic mail? Whatever. Interestingly however, this is NOT the first time that Yahoo staff has directly gone into my personal account and made changes due to my continually expressing outrage at their absolute blatant disregard for customer requests. They know that nobody wants these changes. They know good and well. "Gathering Feedback"..ha, ya right. But the fact is, they simply do not give a rats fat one.

    Why? Well there are a few reasons. One is that Yahoo has become an overly corporate controlled mess full of so called leaders who really don't know much what they're doing and have to justify their over-compensated pay rates somehow; hence "improvements" by said "experts" MUST be made. Another is that if they push the garbage new system for free they can then offer to do you the "favor" of changing it back if you pay for their service now. Heck you've registered your email and domain names with them so all your social and business contacts are used to reaching you in a certain way, so they figure why not use that control they have over the contacts YOU'VE built up over decades to force new changes on you, right? I mean after all, if you don't like it they can sit back smugly and say that you have options: to move to a new "provider". At your own time and expense. At your own efforts to inform all the contacts you've built up over years to adjust to your new info. No problem.

    But that's not the ultimate reason. The most fundamental ultimate underlying reason for all these garbage changes is something they really really don't want you or anyone to know about. If they did, they would simply state why it is they are forcing everyone to endure these changes without explanation. The real reason has to do with a new system that is monumentally easier for everything in it, (and i do mean EVERYTHING...everything typed, clicked, and sent) to be MONITORED. The new system includes extreme monitoring capabilities; everything you write in an email or message, or even write then edit and finally send, can be tracked and searched for patterns. Coupled with advanced computing capabilities, such patterns can be used to deduce nearly every detail about an individual. Routines, interests, contacts, just about everything really. This can be used in a variety of ways: advertisements tapered specifically to you, knowledge of your daily routines for tracking purposes, terrorism and natl security threat detection, U-name it. And while a ton of excuses can be used to justify all of this snooping, what it really boils down to is just flat out CONTROL. Try having a deep conversation with a typical CEO and you'll get an idea just how much control-freak paranoia characterizes those running anything at the top level.

    So i think people can protest here until they're blue in the fingertips about how much they dont want yahoo measuring thru every inch of **** that comes out our butts. Ultimately yahoo cares not at all what we want. But again, since i obviously in Yahoo's eyes have the mental level of a sub-13 year old, perhaps i'm just a whiny child with nothing really worthy to say. Right yahoo? Guess they'll just keep on trying to figure out ways to censor me. Whatever. If thats how i'm viewed, i might as well keep writing like a child. Yahoo: suck mine and swallow all nine. Try not to choke on the bone, yo. Have a nice day.

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  • Angie Marie commented  ·   ·  Report

    STOP forcing this absolutely ANNOYING new mail format on us! We HATE it.... I want the old, classic and NOTHING ELSE. HOW do I get back to classic? This one takes up half the page on the right with ads. I have an ad blocker, so that whole section is wasted and I have to CONTINUALLY slide that section off. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give me back classic format !!!!

  • Josh M commented  ·   ·  Report

    you saved the day! I absolutely hate the new format. many thanks!

  • carol fusco commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yahoo - You suck !!!

    I copied the below instructions from another forum. It worked for me to get classic mail back, thank god!!!. Used it on 6-12-19 to revert back.1) Open and log into sh*tty new Yahoo email if you aren't already
    2) Copy this text: https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?action=mails
    3) Open a new Chrome browser window while keeping sh*tty one open
    4) Paste the text into new brower window
    5) Close sh*tty new yahoo browser window
    6) if it worked, BOOKMARK copied link in new window (this is important as it will become your goto-button everytime you log in to get back to Classic)
    7) Raise middle finger of victory and KEEP SENDING YAHOO YOUR SENTIMENT

  • julie brantley commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not like the bold font on this new format. I prefer the old.

  • Pamela Martin commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'll be leaving Yahoo! When I'm using my computer, I should be the only one making decisions about how it looks. This new format is hideous -- hard to read, inconveniently arranged, and just bad in general. Hello, Gmail and other options!

  • Michelle Morrisette commented  ·   ·  Report

    It would be wonderful if the old mail format was available once again. The new format is not as easy to read, nor as user-friendly as the previous. Thank you.

  • sherrie sellers commented  ·   ·  Report

    I HATE THE NEW EMAIL AND I HATE EVEN MORE YOU CHANGED IT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!!!!!!!!! LOOKS LIKE ITS TIME FOR ME TO CHANGE IF I DO NOT GET MY ORIGINAL BACK!!!!

  • James Kelley commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not like the new format, how do i get my old format back

  • Lenko Electric commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not like this new format and am very disappointed that it doesn't let me add "bullets" or "numbers" to items in a list. Please bring back the old faithful format!!!

  • Vic Vega commented  ·   ·  Report

    With every 'upgrade' (as yahoo calls it) your email gets worse and worse

  • Vic Vega commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree. This new 'format' looks like it was done by a 10 year old

  • Kim Atkins commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not appreciate being forced to change the look of my settings. Please make it available to switch back to the way its been for years. Thank you

  • Gianni Gilbert commented  ·   ·  Report

    If the majority is saying that the new format is bad. This is something that YAHOO can not ignore. At least give customers the option to switch back to the classic format. The new style is a negative for me, but I have so many important emails coming to this account I'm forced to adjust/non adjust with it. Otherwise, I would have easily deleted my YAHOO account altogether.

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