The internet is in a tizzy because Gmail was down for an hour yesterday. An hour without Gmail – oh, the horror! (No, really, it was horrifying. I hit reload about 100 times.)
But let’s put aside Gmail’s one-hour service lapse… what is up with Yahoo Mail lately? My Yahoo Mail account (my very first email address since 11 years ago) functions nicely as my junk mail account. It racks up an astounding 80 emails on a typical day, mostly spam sent by websites on which I have registered (Orbitz, New York Times, the incessant WGBH, etc.) as well as mailing list digests. I usually scan my Yahoo Mail account 1-2 times a day.
But for the past 3 months, Yahoo Mail has been horrendous. 50% of the time, it loses a connection or totally crashes Firefox. Otherwise it’s slow as hell. Obviously Yahoo’s ongoing development work to incorporate Web 2.0 features such as chat and status updates is mucking up performance. Listen, Yahoo… you’re not Facebook. You’re not Twitter. Stop overloading Yahoo Mail’s user interface with these annoying bells and whistles and kindly load my mailbox.
And today, I login to Yahoo Mail and see…
Yahoo Mail... can't find its CSS?
Effing great, Yahoo! What’s up with this shit? If I was paying you for this email service, I’d be uber-pissed.
