Yahoo! Mail - Yahoo! Mail (2011 Release)

Yahoo! Mail (2011 Release)

The new version of Yahoo! Mail, codenamed "Minty", was first announced on September 16, 2010 on the Yahoo! Mail Blog. It included a new interface, enhanced performance, improved Facebook and Twitter integration, the ability to watch YouTube videos straight from your email, improved search, and more.

It is possible to switch back to the old version by disabling JavaScript in any browser and trying to load Yahoo! Mail. With JavaScript disabled, there is an option to return to a previous version.

The first public beta began on October 26, 2010. In May 2011, beta testing for the new Yahoo! Mail stopped, and the new Yahoo! Mail became the default interface for Yahoo! Mail.

As the new Yahoo! Mail became mandatory for users, a number of previously satisfied users of Yahoo! Mail started to report slow typing speeds with the new Yahoo! Mail, running contradictory to Yahoo!'s claims that the new Yahoo! Mail would perform "2x" faster. Yahoo! offered no resolution to the problem as of September 12, 2011, and continued to advertise that Yahoo! Mail "provides performance that is 2x faster than the previous versions of Yahoo! Mail" and runs at "lightning speed." Further slowing down user productivity, users cannot copy and paste email addresses from the sender box but must navigate to the Contacts tab and search for a contact to be able to copy and paste an email address. This is because now recipient email addresses convert to the name of the recipient highlighted inside a box, without an immediate option for accessing the email address to copy and paste like in traditional email clients. Although it is not mentioned, upgrading to the new version disables the use of the secondary addresses provided in the previous version. Thus users will not receive emails sent to a secondary address any more. The new interface overrides the browser's right mouse button (e.g., making functions such as opening mails in new tab windows unavailable).