Yahoo will upgrade Yahoo Mail, the most popular webmail service, making it run more efficiently than other web-based systems and nearly as fast as desktop email.
The new version of Yahoo Mail uses snappy technology to short-circuit the multisecond lag effect that delays any action taken in web-based email programs, and introduces email client features such as the drag-and-drop organisation of emails into folders and a message preview window that displays selected messages nearly instantaneously, as well as eliminating the need to repeatedly refresh a browser to open email, move messages into folders or take other actions that require the user to wait for the browser to redraw the page.
"The process of going through the inbox is much faster," says Ethan Diamond, product manager for Yahoo Mail and a co-founder of Outpost, the company which supplied the underlying technology used in the Yahoo Mail upgrade.
Yahoo seems to have a sizable head start over other major consumer email providers such as Microsoft's Hotmail and Google's Gmail in speeding up the experience of managing web-based email.
Yahoo Mail contains keystroke shortcuts that reduce the use of a mouse pointer, faster searching through email, and an autocomplete feature for addressing emails to frequent correspondents. Yahoo Mail remains free and ad-supported.
Users of Microsoft Outlook, the desktop email program that is the most popular way for office-workers to manage their email, will recognise many similarities between Yahoo Mail and the web-based version of Outlook.
The upgraded service will be offered first to big email users in the United States and then to all Yahoo email users in the next few months.
During a test period, users will be able to switch between the new version and the existing version of Yahoo Mail to compare features.
The new version of Yahoo Mail works with Microsoft Internet Explorer browser for Windows and Mozilla Firefox for Apple and Windows-based computers.
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The new version of Yahoo Mail uses snappy technology to short-circuit the multisecond lag effect that delays any action taken in web-based email programs, and introduces email client features such as the drag-and-drop organisation of emails into folders and a message preview window that displays selected messages nearly instantaneously, as well as eliminating the need to repeatedly refresh a browser to open email, move messages into folders or take other actions that require the user to wait for the browser to redraw the page.
"The process of going through the inbox is much faster," says Ethan Diamond, product manager for Yahoo Mail and a co-founder of Outpost, the company which supplied the underlying technology used in the Yahoo Mail upgrade.
Yahoo seems to have a sizable head start over other major consumer email providers such as Microsoft's Hotmail and Google's Gmail in speeding up the experience of managing web-based email.
Yahoo Mail contains keystroke shortcuts that reduce the use of a mouse pointer, faster searching through email, and an autocomplete feature for addressing emails to frequent correspondents. Yahoo Mail remains free and ad-supported.
Users of Microsoft Outlook, the desktop email program that is the most popular way for office-workers to manage their email, will recognise many similarities between Yahoo Mail and the web-based version of Outlook.
The upgraded service will be offered first to big email users in the United States and then to all Yahoo email users in the next few months.
During a test period, users will be able to switch between the new version and the existing version of Yahoo Mail to compare features.
The new version of Yahoo Mail works with Microsoft Internet Explorer browser for Windows and Mozilla Firefox for Apple and Windows-based computers.
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