http://persistenceunlimited.com/2006/04/hack-how-to-get-yahoo-mail-beta/ Goal Setting and Productivity for People Who Like Technology Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://persistenceunlimited.com/2006/04/hack-how-to-get-yahoo-mail-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Melana Martel Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:26:28 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/?p=456#comment-711 Before there was Yahoo Beta, there was a great webmail service called Oddpost, which I was happily subscribed to for a number of years. Yahoo bought Oddpost in 2005, and all the features of Yahoo Beta (Outlook like interface, integrated RSS feeds, trainable spam filter, integrated calander, etc.) My personal view on this e-mail interface is: Oddpost was awesome, and Yahoo has not (yet?) come close to providing the same level of product. Unfortunately for those of us former Oddpost subscribers who had to switch to Yahoo Beta, the "new" Yahoo version does not include many of the most attractive features of the old version, including the ability to create subfolders, some cool customization options, and most importantly, . . . SPEED. In the last couple of weeks, speed has been improving, but they have a way to go before I'll feel like my service is as good as what I had before. But I haven't given up on it yet: maybe things will improve by the time the new interface is officially released, and maybe Yahoo will incorporate more features from the Oddpost interface in time. If so, I'm sure it'll be great. Before there was Yahoo Beta, there was a great webmail service called Oddpost, which I was happily subscribed to for a number of years. Yahoo bought Oddpost in 2005, and all the features of Yahoo Beta (Outlook like interface, integrated RSS feeds, trainable spam filter, integrated calander, etc.) My personal view on this e-mail interface is: Oddpost was awesome, and Yahoo has not (yet?) come close to providing the same level of product. Unfortunately for those of us former Oddpost subscribers who had to switch to Yahoo Beta, the “new” Yahoo version does not include many of the most attractive features of the old version, including the ability to create subfolders, some cool customization options, and most importantly, . . . SPEED. In the last couple of weeks, speed has been improving, but they have a way to go before I’ll feel like my service is as good as what I had before. But I haven’t given up on it yet: maybe things will improve by the time the new interface is officially released, and maybe Yahoo will incorporate more features from the Oddpost interface in time. If so, I’m sure it’ll be great.

]]> http://persistenceunlimited.com/2006/04/hack-how-to-get-yahoo-mail-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Brad Isaac Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:56:15 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/?p=456#comment-710 Glad it worked for you. What do you think of the service so far? Glad it worked for you. What do you think of the service so far?

]]> http://persistenceunlimited.com/2006/04/hack-how-to-get-yahoo-mail-beta/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Ricky Spears Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:45:02 +0000 http://persistenceunlimited.com/?p=456#comment-709 Thanks Brad! I signed up for Yahoo! Mail waiting list months ago and I've never heard anything. This worked perfectly, even after I changed my settings back to Yahoo! US. Thanks for sharing! Thanks Brad! I signed up for Yahoo! Mail waiting list months ago and I’ve never heard anything. This worked perfectly, even after I changed my settings back to Yahoo! US. Thanks for sharing!

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