25 Apr 2006

Yahoo mail beta

Please note: This post was written some time ago (18 years ago). My perspectives, knowledge, and opinions may have evolved significantly since then. While the content might still offer valuable insights, I encourage readers to consider it in the context of its publication date.

I used this awesome trick to get on the yahoo mail beta. it is pretty cool. a nice rich interface for mail. I don’t like it as much as gmail - but it is really nice. I think gmail seems snappier - but it may just be the amount of color and “chrome” that yahoo man versus the minimal interface that gmail is offering.

If anyone would like to try out the beta themselves just follow these instructions:

How to change your content preference:
log in to Yahoo Mail
click Options
select Account information from the left panel
go to Member Information, General Preferences, Preferred Content
select, for example, Yahoo UK
click Finished
go to Yahoo Mail
you'll see a page that says "It's the New Yahoo! Mail Beta... and you're invited."
click on "Try Beta Now".
Then do everything again but change your preferred content back to US
Done!

So there. Not hard. It took me 5 minutes to switch to the beta. Check it out.