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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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  • M Ruby commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please consider returning to the "blue dot" preceding an un-opened email. It was much easier to distinguish between a "read" and "unread" email. The contrast color is not quite enough. Thank you!

  • Danny Shaw commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why was so many changes allowed at once? After having Yahoo over 25 years why would this many changes be approved? You see how many of us do not like your so called improvements?

  • MICHAEL HAUCK commented  ·   ·  Report

    Reverse the color scheme. White for read, gray for unread.

  • erik reny commented  ·   ·  Report

    I honestly like the "old" version better than this new style. Emails were set in daily/weekly/monthly modes. Now is just one continuous with grey shade behind.

  • Tyler Kemmis commented  ·   ·  Report

    It is nice to have better differentiation of new (unread) emails. The old version had a blue dot. I think having something than a slightly lighter or darker shade is better. Unread messages should have more "pop" to get your attention.

  • Vijay r Chheda commented  ·   ·  Report

    I does not want background shadow for read messages. It should be normal as it was in your previous version.

  • cathy mallen commented  ·   ·  Report

    I truly hate this new layout, especially the gray background for read emails. There was nothing wrong with the old look -- unread emails in bold, read emails not bold, but everything with the same background. The new look is much harder on the eyes. I keep going back to the classic version but getting annoyed that it doesn't automatically refresh and then switching to the new version and getting annoyed about everything -- the background, how it doesn't separate emails by days anymore, the AI summaries at the top of each opened email (there is NO need for this). This was an unpleasant surprise this week.

  • Jason Ryan Summa commented  ·   ·  Report

    The old email had the messages separated by week and month. This was a huge help to me for searching. There are times I can't remember the subject matter or sender but do remember when I received it. With all of the gray, it just blurs together. The other thing is I can see those with anxiety having issues with the solid wall of gray. An easy fix for the problem is to color coordinate the email by date of received. The only catch with this is for the color blind people so the colors would have to be something easily recognizable. Other option is to return the date break lines the old system had.

    Another issue I have is I had my Google account tied to Yahoo. It seems my Google email has been disconnected. If there is a way for me to reattach it, I would appreciate it.

  • Dan Welborn commented  ·   ·  Report

    I thought the way it was before was just fine: unread emails listed in bold font, and "read" emails listed in normal font. I really hate the way it is now with grey backround on the row of the "read" emails. When looking at emails in a folder, they're all "Read" so the whole page is grey, it's a terrible look. So much for a "Fresh" look. Looks pretty dreary to me. Hate it. Really stupid idea. It's like a bunch of high school kids are doing this as a class project.... people with insufficient design or user interface/experience experience.

  • Dan Welborn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Putting grey background on "read" emails in list is a terrible idea. When looking at a folder, most if not all the emails are already "read", and so the whole page is grey, it's a terrible look, it's hard to read. What was wrong with the way it was before? Which was: "unread" in bold, "read" in normal font. That was much better. There was no reason to change. It's like you guys are starting from scratch, it's pathetic.

  • Mandy Page Mayfield commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree! Hate the new layout! I switched back to classic view, but then it doesn't automatically refresh anymore. The unread bold does not stand out enough.

  • Guy Ministeri commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't like the color change PLEASE bring back the old format. Don't show the message and the site to go to on the same page. NOT liking this at all

  • E C commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would prefer to have a darker background for the unread emails and a lighter background for the read emails. Having a lighter background for the read emails makes them blend with the rest of the page sending me the message that no attention is needed while the darker background unread emails would stand out grabbing my attention. Currently it's the exact opposite sending the wrong message.

  • Babette McCormack commented  ·   ·  Report

    Still finding this new design unbearable. Please give option for the old design.

  • Matt chmelovski commented  ·   ·  Report

    the old system was fine if you are making large changes, please give the option to maintain the old one.

  • 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.

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