Stupidity doesn't help much. If something isn't broken, why try to fix it? This new change, the mindless programmer and IT manager both thought, "This is the next best thing to happen to Yahoo. "Let the people decide, and don't try to imagine and enforce what you people think is best for the users. I strongly believe that, as always, there will be people who praise the change, but you will also find people who believe this is not the most functional change for Yahoo Mail.