What do you prefer better Yahoo Mail Beta or Gmail?

funny thing u ask that... i was about to ask the same thing.





yahoo and google are both great services, but in the end, I'd have to go with yahoo mail. it has a drag and drop functionality, and is in the process of integrating chat (which i see more people use yahoo messenger than google talk), and UNLIMITED storage, which you will get within the next few days, weeks or months. you also get to read rss feeds in the mail instead of opening a new window, which is also nice. something that may sway your final decision though, is being able to read your in emails in POP3 (outlook, thunderbird etc.). yahoo charges for this service, while gmail is currently giving free POP3 access to all users.Both webmail providers have a very strong search tool for emails, but believe it or not, yahoo's is actually better than gmail's. It not only searches quickly and efficiently, but even searches through documents . Also, unless you get the add on for Firefox, download an entire messaging program (yahoo messenger), get alerts and charged for them on your phone, or download a bulky and large toolbar (which isn't a great notifier either), there is no way to know when you have new emails with yahoo, unless u refresh the page every second. gmail provides you with a small and simple tool that not only notifies you when u have new emails, but even lets u see who the email is from and also a little snippet of the email. Yahoo has no good way of notifying you on the spot, which i dislike. Gmail also loads the page a few seconds faster then Yahoo, but Yahoo is fixing this problem, and it will be as fast a gmail soon





In respect to another factor, is what you get with your account. sure, the email part is great, but is that all? with yahoo, you can use your account to create free fantasy sports teams, and yahoo gives you many more things to do with your account than gmail currently does.





In conclusion, yahoo is the way to go. It is starting to accelerate past all other webmail providers, coming up with new, intuitive ideas each and every day.
What do you prefer better Yahoo Mail Beta or Gmail?
With all the problems with this Beta Yahoo is going to lose a lot of users. If you don't have a POP or fowarding set up you are pretty much stuffed. Report Abuse

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