Which is much better, the Yahoo! Beta or the Gmail?

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Which is much better, the Yahoo! Beta or the Gmail?
My answer in a word: Gmail. Now for some explanation.





Prior to Yahoo beta (and especially before Yahoo improved their message search functionality), I preferred gmail so much that Yahoo irritated me with its shortcomings. However, Yahoo did have these advantages (to me) over gmail: one-click sort of message list; a more intuitive advanced search screen (which seems to be gone from the beta); Comic Sans as one of their font options (which also seems to be gone from the beta); less spam; the ability to use a true alias (or even more aliases by buying the Plus version) for the same mailbox; quickly (about 2 clicks) change the view to see only the unread messages.





I still prefer gmail overall, for its:


Faster screen changes.


Display of all messages within a thread (this has been a real timesaver for me).


Efficient, smart handling of drafts.


POP3 access (very helpful when I used a dialup connection).


Forwarding.


Display of a msg's initial text w/o opening the message.


Display of a correspondent's full email address (in a pop-up similar to Microsoft's "tool tips" or "screen tips"), w/o opening the message, by hovering the mouse over their name.


Display of an attachment's name w/o opening the message, by hovering the mouse over the paper-clip.


Display of a msg's full date %26amp; time by hovering the mouse over the abbreviated date stamp in the message list.


Displays whether or not the msg that I'm composing has unsaved changes, and when it was last saved.


Ability to send a followup to the same person(s) to whom I just sent a message--even before I get a reply--by clicking on Reply, or Reply to all, and the system is smart enough not to include me as an addressee.


Incorporation of the Reply/Fwd screen within the message-thread screen.


Display of photo thumbnails in incoming messages.


Display of msg size.


Sophisticated advanced search options.


Unlimited quasi-aliases.


Unobtrusive ads.





However, Yahoo beta is still a huge improvement over the standard (%26amp; soon to be "previous," I assume) version. Good points not mentioned in 2nd paragraph include:


Uses a GUI that's familiar to users of very popular mail clients.


Faster use of features.


Very good tabbed interface, which I'm beginning to prefer to using separate windows.


Leapfrogged over gmail in that its Compose screen now remembers the last typeface and font size that we used; however, it still doesn't save other font characteristics (I'd like it to remember the color).


Caught up to gmail with ability to use Ctrl-B, Ctrl-I, %26amp; Ctrl-U (for bold, Italic, %26amp; underline); they also inched ahead of gmail with automatic full-word application of those formatting commands (gmail requires you to select the full word manually)


Caught up to gmail with Ctrl-S for Save, Ctrl-Z for Undo %26amp; Ctrl-Y for Re-do.


Edged out gmail with Ctrl-Enter for Send, which Outlook also uses. Gmail says to use %26lt;tab%26gt; then %26lt;Enter%26gt;; however that makes assumptions about the location of your cursor or screen "focus" for that key-combination to work.


Also edged out gmail with use of arrow keys (I prefer them to the optional keyboard shortcut commands that gmail offers) for navigating among messages, and with use of Delete key.


Drag-%26amp;-drop filing. (However, I've now learned to love gmail's suggestion and no longer file mail in either gmail or Yahoo.)


Can scroll through my whole Inbox w/o changing Web pages.


Can select %26amp; move/delete a huge # of msgs at once.


Better display of foreign-language characters.





Some priority work for Yahoo beta would seem to include restoration of the good features that it lost (see my 2nd paragraph), and improvement of compatibility with Firefox, with which its reading pane doesn't always work. I really dislike Yahoo's handling of Drafts in that a saved draft may stay in the Drafts folder even after I send the message. No doubt, some people love that feature, but for me it's only a nuisance to have to delete it manually.
Reply:A few days after writing the comments above, Yahoo beta began working properly for me with Firefox, and it has remained stable. So, either Yahoo fixed it, or my PC healed itself. 7;-%26gt; Report Abuse

Reply:depends on your preference and features you like.
Reply:yahoo mail beta is is the best
Reply:I'm content with Gmail but I wish they would incorporate folders into the use. I hate the look of seeing 60+ emails on one page.





I haven't used Yahoo! Beta but I hear it's buggy *shrug*





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To Unknown: I know they have labels. I want to put the emails in folders (out of sight) for less clutter.
Reply:beta
Reply:Yahoo Beta is better than Gmail simply because it is similar to MS Outlook or Outlook Express. Gmail on the other hand, is similar to the old Yahoo mail. Attachments are now faster to download.





The only downside with Yahoo Beta are the pop-up ads on the side.
Reply:beta is 10 times better than Gmail.
Reply:i think Gmail, it is stable, yahoo beta still have bugs, i think yahoo will be good when the final release is published.
Reply:I'm content with gMail but I wish they would incorporate folders into the use. I hate the look of seeing 60+ emails on one page.





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They have folders, its called LABELS, which is better.





Gmail is WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better
Reply:My personal opinion I like Yahoo Beta than the Gmail. I find it easier to use beta that the Gmail though I'm restricted when I want to use a system with older OS or old screen less than 1024 x 768. I hope the technical problems now with beta will be resolved
Reply:gmail has got many subtle features which makes it number one... one thing is there is virtually no spam. and the mail is fast... and POP is enabled..





yahoo mail beta is slow and features are there but they look useless... i think the conventional yahoo mail is better than beta..
Reply:I never had beta so I can't really judge.
Reply:gmail and if you want i can get you an ivite to gmail
Reply:Yahoo! Beta is not compatible with older operating systems or older monitors (works only with Win XP and the recommended screen resolution is at least 1024 x 768). Gmail works yet with older OS (except the Google Talk) and loads a little faster. Both Beta versions has useful features, but is hard to tell which will be better in final versions.
Reply:i think Gmail's attachment system is better than yahoo because we can VIEW images without downloading it first. saves time and less hassle =)





i have a slow internet connection and Gmail loads faster for me and all the attachment showed up. i don't know why, but Yahoo's attachments (images) rarely showed up for me (especially the one that's been attached on the page, not as attachments you could download). i've tried to forward the same e-mail from Yahoo to Gmail and the attachments were all appeared in Gmail but not in Yahoo.





Yahoo Beta seems to have better layout now tho and loads a bit faster.. but if time is money for you, especially for slow connection users, use Gmail :P or let's just wait for Yahoo Mail's final version ^_^
Reply:Gmail is way better than yahoo traditional and yahoo beta.


Its fast, best features





In prv answers some said gmail doesn't have folders...its not true it has and its called label....similar to yahoo folders but only a lot better.





Its much faster than yahoo





Its every message in its context is an exellent feature...





its practically SPAM free (my bulk folder in yahoo has atleast 200 mesages all SPAM)





and ofcourse its from Google....its search features are obviously the best





Yahoo Groups is better than Google groups....


Google groups is cluttered and doesn't have many features as in yahoo
Reply:Yahoo Mail Beta looks pretty good but I've been 'hooked' on Gmail for a couple years now; Gmail is FANTASTIC and I'm not aware of any features in Y!Mail Beta that would compell me to switch.
Reply:Windows Beta is exelent I don't know about G mail
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