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Differentiation Between Unread and Read Emails

It is much harder to differentiate between unread and read email. The background color for read emails should be a higher contrast tot he unread ones.

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  • Callum Mackintosh commented  ·   ·  Report

    It seems wrong at the moment that read messages have grey background and unread messages white background. To me it seems more logical as the other way around. The dark theme has it right with grey as unread and black as read.

  • Jennifer Erickson Crayton commented  ·   ·  Report

    While there is a lot that I like about the new Yahoo email, there are two things that I find very visually distracting and it's make me crazy. 1. Is there a way to NOT gray out messages that have been read and do it the same way it was in the old Yahoo email? 2. Is it possible to opt out of the colored circles with the 2 letters next to the email header?
    Thank you!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please change back to the old style where unread emails were in bold and were marked. The new theme makes it hard to visually tell which emails are unread.

    For example if you are using top-view and all emails are either read or unread in the current position, there is no indicator as to whether they are all read, or all unread.

    Arguably the read style (black, when using dark mode) looks more like it should be unread, than the unread style (gray when using dark mode)

    There is no difference in font boldness, and no mark next to the emails to indicate whether they are read.

    It is simply awful to use. Thanks.

  • Vladka Green commented  ·   ·  Report

    The read messages in grey are difficult to read. The style before with the bold letters was easy to see which message was read and which was not. I can't even see the starred ones which makes it difficult to find the important messages. Is it possible to change that?

  • me you commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not like how my messages are all in grey now. I have no idea whats read or not. Maybe you should ask if we want our experience ruined.

  • Emily Ingersoll commented  ·   ·  Report

    I've tried the 3 different modes. There is not enough contrast to see if a message is unread or not. The old yahoo mail had other colors, like purple. Made it much easier to read.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Greying out read items is still dizzying and of little value. Boldface v. normal text was easier to read and decipler

  • sophia li commented  ·   ·  Report

    It’s hard to distinguish between read and unread emails in both themes. Could you make them easier to tell apart?

  • J umpstart commented  ·   ·  Report

    There's only two appearance modes: light or dark. Dark is too dark, light is too bright. Also grey background colour to distinguish read from unread is unnecessary when you bold unread messages in a darker black. We don't need two contrasts it just competes with each other.

  • Frank Lin commented  ·   ·  Report

    The new display method for the inbox is extremely confusing and difficult to read. At a glance, it is not clear what is "read" vs "unread".
    Shading is not the appropriate method to identity unread/read. Go back to bold text for unread.

  • D_M commented  ·   ·  Report

    The new design that highlights read (opened) emails with a grey background makes the inbox harder to scan.

    The previous layout, with all emails on a white background and using Bold text for Unread emails and Regular text for Opened emails, was much easier to navigate.

    Please go back to that cleaner and more readable format. It made managing emails much more efficient. This is a big one for me and would be a deal breaker.

    Thank you.

  • Ken Bolen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Row shading of SELECTED email matches shading of ANY READ message. Confusing to know what email I am reading in the preview pane when going back-and-forth between preview and the Inbox navigation.

  • Lauren Colston commented  ·   ·  Report

    The unread and read icon indicators seem to be reviewed. A closed envelope means that a message is unread, and an open envelope means that the message has been read.

  • Kevin Brennan commented  ·   ·  Report

    Colour scheme for light does not make sense. Once a mail has been read it is highlighted in grey, they stand out more than the unread ones. Unread ones should be grey with bold text, read ones in plain white, standard text

  • tony ashford commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ditch the Grey background. IT MAKES IT DIFICULT TO READ.
    To be honest I don't know why you have to change things. You get things right then make a mess.

  • Miriam Shingle commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please create the option to show read emails WITHOUT the grayed-out look - just un-bold it like before. A white background is cleaner and easier on my eyes. When it's not a white background, I feel disorganized. A grayed-out email is difficult to spot when I am looking for a specific email. If this isn't changed soon, I may need to go back to the old email. (I would prefer not to because with this one, I can finally underline words.)

  • susan thomas commented  ·   ·  Report

    please get rid of the horrible grey shading of read messages! I can't stand what this does to my experience. This is my second note because it bothers me so much. I have NOT gotten used to it.

  • m k commented  ·   ·  Report

    when I look at my inbox, the distinction between READ and UNREAD messages is not clear enough. need more visual (like the old blue circle I think, or more highlight difference). I rely on looking at unread vs read on the same time to scan the inbox. its just too similar.

  • Leslie L Sargeant commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can't tell read from unread. Graphics not obvious. I don't like your new format!

  • Vincent ZANINI commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi
    I started using the new interface. It's a bit disappointing at the beginning but there are new nice features and I globally like it.

    What still hurt and I do not like like it is the UI of the inbox which affect the UX and my efficiency .
    > Unread message : light gray
    > Read message : gray
    I would do the opposite ... having all the rows in gray is not pleasant , uncommon ,....

    > selected message / line in the grid : remains gray ( not specific colour syntax to clearly highlight the selected row )
    There is this new a little blue / violet shape color in front on the row , but that's too subtle and not pleasant / efficient when scrolling , deleting messages ,,,,

    I tried to get used to it , but after 2 days I feel that's less efficient than before or compared to other mail boxes ( outlook , gmail ..)
    I'm pretty sure it's not only a personal feeling / perception.
    A little rationalisation / improvement of the UI/UX part would make this new version fantastic.
    At least being able to choose the background colour of the "read / unread / selected" message

    Best Regards
    Vincent

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