Not liking the new look of the email at all. My biggest complaint is that there is too little contrast between read, and unread messages.

Also not liking the lack of any color choices. I want my old appearance back.

The new (Oct 2026) Mail redesign does not provide ample contrast in the Inbox between read and unread messages. The new design only uses bold to distinguish between read and unread messages and this is not sufficient under good UX design. In addition to the bold, PLEASE bring back a light gray background shading to distinguish the unread messages in the inbox. Thanks.

The bold is almost identical to the non-bold, and I cannot tell what is unread vs read. Horrible UX

I do not like the new interface, it's harsh on the eyes, but more importantly it's near impossible to differentiate READ vs UNREAD email. The little dots do not help much.

The previous version of Yahoo Mail made it very easy to differentiate between emails that have been read and unread. The current/new version makes this extremely difficult. The only difference is a small purple dot on the left hand side. Please go back to bolding the unread and not bolding the read.

Thank you

visually it is very difficult to distinguish between the read and unread emails. Needs more contrast

There needs to be more contrast between read and unread messages. Just having the unread messages in bold is not enough. The entire line needs to be shaded to provide adequate distinction.

Also there should be an option for a tighter viewing. I don't need so much wasted space between emails. A more compact setting would be appreciated.

In essence, the older version was better. I've been with Yahoo since 1995 and all your redesigns have been miserable, except may one of them. Seriously. Gmail has looked the same for ages. Stop the redesigning. It's maddening.

The current text makes it very difficult to tell unread messages from those already read. PLEASE correct that!

Your new layout makes it almost impossible to tell unread from read emails in the inbox. Please make it easier to differentiate them.

Please make the fonts easier to read like the old email, particularly more bold print for unread emails with wider spacing between emails so they don't run together as much. The new email bold print is too close looking to the read emails, making it more difficult to differentiate between the two. The spacing also contributes to this issue. Dots on the side are useful, but it is difficult to retrain to look for dots vs looking for clearly apparent bold unread print. Thank you for your time to read this and have a great week.

I find the new format more difficult to navigate -- the read emails are just slightly lighter in color than the unread. Need to make the difference more clearly visible.

Previously the whole row would be a different color. Now it just looks like its either bold letters or not. Not sure if its a bug or intentional.

With the latest update it is very hard now to see what emails have been read and which have not. Also I am used to seeing the reply show not the original text. Can you make the differences more noticeable? Maybe even a different color? And please let me see it I did a reply. without having to go back through the message.

This is not to say I don't appreciate the work you do. I just have old eyes and older memory.

It is difficult to see the unread emails with the new "Light" or "Dark" them only.

Just having them bold is not enough to make them noticeable. No I would not like to use filters

This new updated version is very difficult to see if message is read or unread.
And a line between days would be great as well, like the previous.
But I need to be able to quickly glance at my screen and see what messages are new and unread compared to already read. They currently are barely distinguishable.

Left panel and right panel too wide
central panel which contain mail too narrow

hard to differentiate from read and unread mail, "bold" not very clear

How to change to old style mail ?

New inbox only marks unread mail with a small purple dot next to the sender, and the dot disappears once I open the message. The rest of the row looks the same whether I've read it or not, so it's hard to scan for what's new. The previous version darkened the row for read emails, which made unread messages stand out at a glance. Would appreciate this feature as an option in settings.

Visually, I think the newest Yahoo is bright, bland, and boring. We're visual creatures. One bright page of endless emails with little contrast between them is bad design. If you don't fix that, there should at least be a darker line between each email.
To me, this looks like a programmer's idea of an "upgrade," without knowledge of the principles of design or how to maintain a reader's attention. I've worked in advertising for many years. Contrast or variation on the page is basic knowledge even junior-level designers know. I'm disappointed with what you've come up with so far.

Unread and read messages are way too similar looking - especially in dark mode. The visual information is just harder to parse at a glance. Unread messages should have a different colour background like they used to