Yahoo! Mail's upcoming interface refresh made its first public appearance today, and it's surprisingly good. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but to me the overall layout is much more appealing than the Gmail default I've grown accustomed to.
The first thing I noticed was that unlike Gmail, there are tabs provided to switch between inbox and contacts views -- instead of another handful of buttons crammed into the left-hand navigation. Yahoo! Mail looks quite polished, and a bit more like a desktop mail app.
This update isn't just be about looks, however. The new Y! Mail will also be faster and features an updated inbox search page, as well as Facebook, Twitter, and SMS integration. There's also talk of new photo and video sharing tools and an updated version of the integrated Yahoo! Messenger.
Yahoo reports that the Mail update will become available sometime this fall to users, though no specific date has been given at this point. Users will have the choice of opting in to the beta once it's made available.
I'm going to assume the color scheme will be customizable. While that's a nice shade of purple, it wouldn't be my number one pick.
[via CNet]New Yahoo! Mail to be sexier, faster, and more social originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
