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Right Side Panel (Contacts, Starred, Etc)

There should be a way to remove the contact box on the right. This feature is useful when two windows (one is yahoomail) are displayed side-by-side. During these situations, window real estate is valuable.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    There are other ways to see Contacts and starred emails. Why waste 20% of screen real estate with something that can already be done elsewhere.?

  • Cynthia Freeman commented  ·   ·  Report

    Totally agree. Would rather use the real estate for seeing more of the message preview.

  • Phil Reichel commented  ·   ·  Report

    The starred/contacts column is of no use to me and I would greatly appreciate the option to remove it so only two columns show.

  • Amine Ramer commented  ·   ·  Report

    Right side panel is distracting and reduces the preview panel size, it's so pointless and annoying should be an option to minimize it or remove from main page.

  • K Ruffing commented  ·   ·  Report

    Amen. There are exactly two options for "Layout" in Settings. No matter which we choose, we get this split screen. It takes up valuable real estate and keeps me from reading certain messages (especially listserv digests) that aren't formatted for such a narrow window. I DON'T NEED TO SEE "STARRED" OR "CONTACTS" AT ALL TIMES. Give us back our space!

  • Donald W. Dickerson Jr. commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please remove the empty box next to the email listings. It serves no purpose, the email listings should extend to the edge of the window.

  • Donald W. Dickerson Jr. commented  ·   ·  Report

    Okay, sorry guys, totally hate the new UI - I've been with Yahoo since the '90's, and I can adapt pretty easily to most changes, but this one? Ugh... Okay, my suggestion for the main screen, PLEASE remove the useless empty box next to the email. The one with Starred, Contacts, and a More dropdown with a what...!?...Calendar and Notepad!? Stuff we already have apps for? WHY!? Please remove this empty and useless box from the screen and push the email listings out to the edge of the window. Thank you.

  • Richard Yznaga commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am an older person and have limited vision. I need to have a larger area for my emails and need to have that useless box on the right that is taking away from my emails!! My emails are in constant use and the box on the right is almost NEVER used!

  • Bill Rabello commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed. We need more ability to choose what we want to take up our screen space. The ability to turn that off should be an easy addition.

  • Daya Bill commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't use starring of messages. Why can't I turn off the side panel of starred messages in inbox view? This is wasting 1/3 of my screen.

  • Jane McIntosh commented  ·   ·  Report

    I totally agree. I'm 73, have vision issues and this panel just makes it more difficult to read/see what is in the middle section of email titles. I have the most difficult time getting through this. I don't "see" why Yahoo decided to do this without considering end-users with visual issues. There is NO fix that I can find. I'm about to end my account and switch unless this can be adjusted to help those of us out here who need the help. The font is way too small and can't be changed in the write email area.

  • Linda Knight commented  ·   ·  Report

    The right-side panel makes the page too cluttered. Please allow an option to hid this panel.

  • susan chylek commented  ·   ·  Report

    Right side panel is a waste of space. User should be able to minimize it

  • Janet Glaeser commented  ·   ·  Report

    I absolutely HATE the fact that this right side panel cannot be removed. It is absurd that Yahoo thinks that someone's idea of what MY screen should look like is forced on me with NO option to remove it. If it wasn't such a pain to change email accounts I would probably go to a different provider.

  • Savanna Rhodes commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree with this. I really have no need for a side panel just for starred emails and contacts. it takes up way too much space

  • Mark Copley commented  ·   ·  Report

    please remove or make it configurable to remove the "Starred/Contacts" window - it is taking up over a third of the web page but provides no value whatsoever. But it does case almost all subjects in the inbox to be truncated.

  • Jennifer L Turner commented  ·   ·  Report

    the space on the right of the screen is just a waste. I would rather read my mail there. Can that panel be removed??? I need to view my email with a larger font, I don't like to have to scroll left and right to simply read my mail. In the former interface I didn't have to scroll left and right.

  • J C commented  ·   ·  Report

    Remove Starred/Contacts box. Takes up 1/3 of the screen. Or at least let me collapse it.

  • J C commented  ·   ·  Report

    The left hand folder list and right hand "Starred" box need to be collapse-able. The email list is now limited to 35% of the screen.

  • Jonathon Hess commented  ·   ·  Report

    For people who use portrait mode to view emails, the third column (star, calendar, contacts) is completely unnecessary and uses up valuable screen real estate to be able to view the 2nd (main message body) column. Email is now unusable.

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