Currently, only with some of the emails I receive, in light mode, have a white background and black text. If I switch to dark mode, which I prefer, they change to a pale green background with a light grey text, which is very hard to read. I have friends and colleagues who receive emails from the same places who don't have this issue, so I believe it's specific to Yahoo.
I recently had my eyes checked. I don't need glasses and have very good eyesight, so if I am struggling with this contrast then others who are less fortunate with their eye condition, will find this harder.

can't read some emails well in dark mode

I’ve noticed that when using the app in Dark Mode, some messages become very difficult to read. This happens because the people who sent them used color schemes designed for Light Mode, which don’t adapt well to the dark background.

A solution that would greatly improve readability would be an option like “Dark Mode except Messages”. This way, the interface could remain in Dark Mode while messages themselves would keep a neutral, readable background regardless of the sender’s color choices.

This small change would make all messages visible and consistent, without forcing users to switch back to Light Mode.

Until recently there was a good contrast between unread mail items and read mail items. The unread ones had a lighter background, while the read ones had a darker one. Right now everything is using the lighter background, the only difference between the read and unread items being that the unread ones have a slightly bolder font, but not nearly enough to stand out.

I understand that you want to keep the color scheme as minimalistic as possible, but I see the above as a big setback from the previous UI iteration, and potentially even an accessibility issue affecting the visually impaired users.

When in Dark mode giving a better background to unread emails will make them more prominent. This isn't an issue in non dark mode as the boldness of the text easily stands out on the white background.

In Dark mode, it is not as easy to see which emails are unread as in Light mode. The purple dot does not stand out as much as it does in Light mode. I think if the preview bar on unread messages was a shade darker (or lighter) than messages that were already read than it would be easier to quickly glance and instantly see which emails are still unread. I prefer Dark mode in most applications, but because of this I am still using Light mode with Yahoo emails.

I'm having a hard time, at a glance, seeing which email lines are read vs unread. It would be nice if there was some other symbol or distinguishing feature to help me SEE it more easily. I run dark mode, am color blind, but don't think it should be so hard to see bold vs not bold. (?)

The dark mode in the new Yahoo Mail currently feels too dark, especially in the left sidebar with options like Mail, Send, Drafts, etc. The text there is gray, but I think it should be white for better readability. When an item is selected, it would also help to use a purple highlight, similar to the selected email style in the message list when opening a specific email.

Another important point is readability. Comparing the old and new interfaces side by side, the old Yahoo Mail lets me see more of the email content at once. In the new version, everything feels more zoomed in, which reduces readability. That is also something I noticed in Outlook, and one of the reasons I did not enjoy using it. Yahoo Mail used to feel easier to read.

There is also an issue with dark mode affecting the appearance of some emails. Sometimes the interface forces dark mode onto the email content itself, which can make certain messages look worse or harder to read. If possible, please add a toggle that lets the email body remain unaffected by the app theme, so the content appears as close as possible to its source formatting.

Please take a close look at the old Yahoo Mail interface and bring back the elements that made it work so well, especially the better readability and clearer visual hierarchy.

Also, if it isn't too much, add a slider for how dark the background is in dark mode, so we can tweak it if someone prefers the current look of Yahoo. Lastly, a hue slider would be great too, if not then similar to Discord's themes, they are very customizable.

please revert the changes or at least give the option to put it back as it was.
it's really hard to tell if an email is unread now and it makes no sense

its so hard to see which email are read and unread..

im on dark mode.. im not sure about other theme

it's not an idea it's just feedback. i just switched to the new yahoo mail and i'm annoyed that i can't mark mails as unread with one click like with the old. also, i find it much harder to spot the unread. note that i switched form light to dark mode at the same time.

also, kudos on your little unboarding for the new yahoo. i like that you actually asked me to pick what i want (which view, dark vs light) instead of showing mw how to do it but then having to actually doing it myself.

In your latest update, you've made using Dark Theme a pretty bad experience. I can no longer identify a message that has been read vs unread. Your little purple dot on the side is a terrible substitute for a subject line that is no longer identifiable as bold vs not bold. Please fix this.

Also, in the next update, will you please include the option to sort inbox and other mailboxes by Subject? Sometimes I have 20 emails in a thread and I'm not able to easily search them up without this capability. Thank you.

I'm not a fan of how the background colors of the read vs unread are the same in dark mode on PC.Now the only way to tell is to locate the dot. I'd rather have it back like it was where if it was read, the preview was darker then if it was unread it was lighter like a grey. Like how you have it with the mouse hovering over the email, it changes colors. Please turn it back or let me know in the settings how to fix it. Thanks.

I am on the dark theme, and read and unread messages are the same color. Unread have a small purple circle next to them, but it doesn't really stand out. If I hover over a message, it darkens that message, but I it would be more helpful to me if read and unread messages were different colors.

The dark theme was changed to the worse and now the only difference between read and unread mails is just a small purple point. Please set a whole row grayed out color for read emails and a black color for unread ones. It's like black is new (polished) and old are grayed out (worn). Thanks!

With the nonbold vs bold of the font for read vs unread emails, on my phone the background color is black so it is more noticeable but on the desktop the background color is more grey which does not distinguish the font enough to know what is read vs unread. This is not good for me to see the difference on the desktop. I feel like this changed rather recently and I do not like it at all.

When I'm replying to an email using dark mode, the previous messages are often impossible to read. They using a dark font, which when on a dark background are almost invisible.

Please make the previous emails in the chain use a light font against the dark background asap.

Hello,

When I use dark mode in the new yahoo mail version, it is very tough to identify which are the read emails and which are unread. Also, the count of Spam emails are not shown against the spam folder name. To check if there are any spam emails, we need to hover on the spam folder.

I am using yahoo mail's latest version.
There is a error in mail box, When you apply dark theme
You can not find the new mail due to the color of background.
Please do something for it.

Now the only indication in dark mode that an item has been read is the dot to the left of a message is no longer visible. It would be great if the item was black instead of gray similar to the hover action. I believe this was the case in previous versions. The class that changes when hovered is here: #Atom .j4_n:hover
{
box-shadow: none;
}

If this would happen when read that would help with readability.

Thanks,
Sam
qsopht@yahoo.com