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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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  • Mary Geisenhoff commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would like no differentiation between read and unread. I liked it the way it was before. It is very confusing that some emails are gray and others are white. Plus half of my emails for my work are showing up in my spam.

  • Salman Ghani commented  ·   ·  Report

    Bold for unread and non-bold for read works best.

  • Babette McCormack commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please don't fix something that wasn't broken. The new design is very unpleasant!

  • Joe Vazquez commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please don't phase out the basic design option. I was glad to see I can still use basic, this new design is hard to tell read from unread. The basic design in this regard is perfect, no need to change it. I was considering getting a new email over this issue. Thank you

  • Scott Perry commented  ·   ·  Report

    this is absolutely horrendous design that you guys have done.

    Stop trying to make it look like everything else. Your visuals were fine before, now everything is harsh and difficult to see. No matter which them you use.

  • Stefaan arryn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please go back to the bold/not bold and keep it all one background color.

  • Calvin Sale commented  ·   ·  Report

    What's with putting a gray background behind our emails and making them harder to see, then making ads easier to see with the standard white background? Oh wait...I get it. Silly me.

  • GaryB commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree with Joseph Zimmerman on this one. The Inbox is a visual mess as I tend to have a mix of read and unread. I don't always immediately file or delete read emails.

  • ionut petrovici commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just as a suggestion, it would be nice if there was another way to differentiate the new e-mails received from the old ones because at least on the dark theme it is not the most noticeable in the world, the old look with the dot of a different color was enough obviously

  • Joseph J Zimmerman commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm so confused on this one because some people are saying there's too little contrast, so they can't tell which ones are read... which I really don't understand. Maybe configure your monitor's gamma correctly or something? If anything, there's way too much contrast, which is just causing it to look like a visual mess (especially if you have a good mix of read/unread piled together), which is what some others are saying.

  • Colin Bay commented  ·   ·  Report

    When arrowing through the inbox, it's very hard to see which is the currently selected item. The overlaid icons on the right (move, star, etc.) are subtle compared to the visually overwhelming white and gray marking read and unread messages. As a result, arrow-keying through the list is more trouble than it's worth.

    Please make the list selection more noticeable (e.g., background is a color other than white or gray).

  • Paul C commented  ·   ·  Report

    In dark mode it's very hard to differentiate between read and unread messages.

  • Annie Krause commented  ·   ·  Report

    PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF... I CAN'T SEE WHICH MESSAGES ARE NEW.

  • Konrad Kowalczyk commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'd like to see more contrast between read an unread emails. Maybe even a tab at the top that would filter unread emails. At least more contrast please. Thank you for your hard work lovely people at Yahoo. Keep up the good work =)

  • Annie Krause commented  ·   ·  Report

    Whether it's a light or dark background, I agree that it is extremely difficult to differentiate between read and undread mail. I am not a fan of this new look at all. The original layout was just fine.

  • Maria Mertz commented  ·   ·  Report

    this is very important to be a more clearly and visible Differentiation Between Unread (new) and Read Emails

  • Rachel Adams commented  ·   ·  Report

    This one is a bit tweaky for me too. When I use the white background, I can generally tell whether something is bold or not, but having the font even more bold would be preferable. However, when I use the black background (which I especially prefer if I am in a poorly lit area), I almost have to have an unread and read email right next to each other to tell which is which. On the dark screen, having the 'unread' email font even more bold that it currently is has moved from the preferable category into the necessary category.

  • Maura Bishop commented  ·   ·  Report

    The gray is unattractive and for me, doesn't provide enough contrast to read. Then having, the unread and everything on the sides white is too bright and ******* the eyes. I really dislike the new design from a color perspective.

  • Steve Miller commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree with some of the comments on read vs. unread emails. I think the gray vs white concept is okay, but for me, the gray is way to contrasty, making the inbox a visual mess. Bold vs not bold was easier on my eyes, but if the gray vs. white continues, please soften the gray several shades dimmer.

  • Sage Damian commented  ·   ·  Report

    The messages have a grey unattractive background.

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