I end up looking at the gray read messages first since they stand out more. There was nothing wrong with the "classic" version just having unread messages in bold font.

I'd like to have the "read" emails appear the way they used to, namely, not "highlighted" as they are now, but rather just with normal (not bold) text on a white background. The new way "highlights" ALL the "read" emails and, at first glance, it looks as if I have many "unread" emails.
By not "highlighting" the "read" emails, when a new email comes in, and it's in bold, it's easier to see

Go back to what it was before. Looks like a kindergarten coloring class has been reading my mail!

Go back to the bold and unbold. The color fill is ridiculous and hard to look at

While browsing the comment section, it came to my mind that the average Yahoo Mail user is between 40 and 55 years old, myself included. With that in mind, please keep the layout as simple as possible—there’s no need to overcomplicate things.

I’m really frustrated with the way the Inbox and Unread sections are separated. What criteria determine this distinction? When I read an email in Unread, it disappears, and I can’t locate it anywhere! Some of those emails were important! This is extremely inconvenient—please address this issue as soon as possible.

The fact that emails that have been read (or at least opened) now have a gray background in the Inbox makes them seem as if they are totally taken care of and/or no longer important. That is usually not true (otherwise they would be deleted). Another way (even the former way) of differentiating read/opened emails from unread/unopened emails would be better. Please don't gray out emails that have been read/opened.

We did make some changes to make unread and read easier to read, but we can see it didn't help. We will go back to the team and share this feedback and make it better. Thanks for your patience.

This new format is terrible. The font is small and i can't figure out how to change and it's terrible to read.
Why do I need a summary of the email at the top? Can't I just read the email?
That summary only adds to the busy visuals of the page. There is so much there that my brain doesn't know where to look. It's like a "Where's Waldo" just trying to find the information I need.
Also- I can't differentiate between read and unread emails.
The whole look and layout is terrible .

This new gray/white designation for read/unread is a disaster. It buries the unread emails. Please let me be able to control and turn this off. I'm with the comments here that I'm going to dump yahoo if this isn't reverted/fixed.

Bring back the classic email. This change is not for the best.

Agreed I don't like the gray highlight on read emails. Easy enough to put this option in settings - don't force this on people. Super distracting.

Seriously......it was fine the way it was.

PLEASE REMOVE THIS LATEST UPDATE. THE 2 SHADES OF WHITE TO SHOW READ AND UNREAD IS TERRIBLE.

I can't use the new dark-mode because I can't tell the difference between read and unread messages. Read messages should use light gray text on black background while unread messages should be bold-white on dark-gray background.

I am lost with this new format. It's way too confusing. My unread emails aren't marked noticeably anymore, and there's no longer a count of the number of unread messages. Even those that I have read still look the same -- there's no obvious change in marks or appearance. This new format is terrible. Change it back, or I'm dumping yahoo mail.

Bring back CLASSIC! Get rid of color circles and who highlights read emails, *** backwards!

Agreed. It's very confusing. I can't even think of any other program that highlights things you've already read. It's backwards and really, just unnecessary design.

I do NOT like the highlighted grey read emails. Please give an option to either go back to old version or at least to not have to view the grey highlighted background. My eyes and brain skip over those.

Classic was better, this new version stinks!