From The Wall Street Journal:
The new Yahoo Mail is far superior to Gmail. Yahoo more closely matches the desktop experience most serious email users have come to expect. Gmail, by contrast, is quirky and limited. Its only advantage is its massive free storage, which exceeds what most people will ever need…
Yahoo’s new email program would blow Gmail away if it were widely released today. That’s partly due to its features, but also to its respect for user choice.
I agree, but then I work for Yahoo. Mr. Mossberg doesn’t however.
If you want to sign up to try the new Yahoo! Mail beta yourself, go to:
I’ve been a loyal Yahoo! Mail user for nine years, and the relatively new GMail has tempted me since its release. The main reason for temptation? Taglines.
It irks me that Yahoo! Mail still adds promotional taglines to the end of each one of our outgoing e-mail messages. GMail’s able to free us from taglines at no cost. So maybe Yahoo! Mail could too.
I’ve been trying to find ways to send feedback to the Yahoo! Mail team on this matter, but it’s been very difficult to do so.