Yahoo and Microsoft both launched Web 2.0 mail betas. Namely, Yahoo mail and Windows Live Mail.
cool. Its just similar to simple desktop client like thunderbird. Tabbed viewing of messages, vieWhen i first saw Yahoo mail beta I said Wow..! simplywing pan, inbuilt news reader, etc. Windows mail beta had issues with compatibility with Firefox browser. But now things are changed a lot. Both of them are testing their Betas since past one year. It looks like Windows Live Mail will come out of bet much sooner then Yahoo mail. Here is the comparison of various features and issues with both.
1. Feedback Mechanism: Here Windows Live mail wins the race.
It has Feedback Link On the frontpage itself.
In case of yahoo mail it comes in only when you try to switch back to original yahoo mail... :) Thats ridiculous. Might be because of spam they receive. But its really annoying for honest users who wants to give feedback.
2. Speed: Yahoo mail is much slower then new Windows Live Mail. New Ymail has lots of 3D graphics involved So loading is quite slower.
In contrast Live Mail has learned lesson from Hotmail and Gmail. Hotmail has lots of graphics involved and that makes it slower. While gmail has minimum graphics so its lightening fast. Live Mail has clean and elegant look and very less images. It loads much faster.
3. Compatibility: I was expecting Microsoft making application incompatible with Firefox. But this time its otherway round. Ymail Beta throws lots
of javascript error on firefox (You can see them on javascript console). Even it has issues with css. for example Selected folder box is displayed distorted, even search text is gets trimmed.
Surprisingly, Windows Live Mail is totally compatible with Firefox. It does not through any javascript error, Text and graphics is much more cleaner then Ymail and its consistent on both Firefox and IE.
4. User Experience: Ymail beta has Horizontal Vi
ewing Pan Something similar to Thunderbird. And Live Mail has Vertical Viewing pan. I think both of them will add option to choose between vertical or horizontal viewing pan.
Selecting email (for performing batch operation like delete) is also quite handled nicely on Windows Live mail. It displays check box to select mail. In
case of Ymail, Its similar to desktop client. Pressing ctrl and click on individual mails. This process is quite slower as compared to Live mail.
Windows Live mail also displays notification while is executing request (It was difficult to get Screenshot..Its damn fast...)
5: Features: Ymail has tight integration with Calender and Address book. Its old feature...sync with Desktop client like outlook with IntelliSync software is simply cool. But in new Interface Yahoo has removed categories from Contact. Now it just has Mailing Lists. I hope they put it back soon. Calender is still in its older interface (Non AJAX).
Another exciting feature is ; you get timeline at bottom of your mail window. Which displays most recent events. You can add them without going to calendar. Inbuilt News reader is also cool. It allows to forward and save post.
Windows Live mail Beta has converted its Calender and Contacts (Address books) to new interface. windows Live mail has migrated everything to new Live mail.
6. Security: Yahoo mail Displays all the content in the mail. Even if its a spam.
Where Windows Mail blocks content and displays option to view content.
1. Feedback Mechanism: Here Windows Live mail wins the race.
It has Feedback Link On the frontpage itself.
In case of yahoo mail it comes in only when you try to switch back to original yahoo mail... :) Thats ridiculous. Might be because of spam they receive. But its really annoying for honest users who wants to give feedback.
2. Speed: Yahoo mail is much slower then new Windows Live Mail. New Ymail has lots of 3D graphics involved So loading is quite slower.
In contrast Live Mail has learned lesson from Hotmail and Gmail. Hotmail has lots of graphics involved and that makes it slower. While gmail has minimum graphics so its lightening fast. Live Mail has clean and elegant look and very less images. It loads much faster.
3. Compatibility: I was expecting Microsoft making application incompatible with Firefox. But this time its otherway round. Ymail Beta throws lots
of javascript error on firefox (You can see them on javascript console). Even it has issues with css. for example Selected folder box is displayed distorted, even search text is gets trimmed.Surprisingly, Windows Live Mail is totally compatible with Firefox. It does not through any javascript error, Text and graphics is much more cleaner then Ymail and its consistent on both Firefox and IE.
4. User Experience: Ymail beta has Horizontal Vi
ewing Pan Something similar to Thunderbird. And Live Mail has Vertical Viewing pan. I think both of them will add option to choose between vertical or horizontal viewing pan.Selecting email (for performing batch operation like delete) is also quite handled nicely on Windows Live mail. It displays check box to select mail. In
case of Ymail, Its similar to desktop client. Pressing ctrl and click on individual mails. This process is quite slower as compared to Live mail.Windows Live mail also displays notification while is executing request (It was difficult to get Screenshot..Its damn fast...)
5: Features: Ymail has tight integration with Calender and Address book. Its old feature...sync with Desktop client like outlook with IntelliSync software is simply cool. But in new Interface Yahoo has removed categories from Contact. Now it just has Mailing Lists. I hope they put it back soon. Calender is still in its older interface (Non AJAX).
Another exciting feature is ; you get timeline at bottom of your mail window. Which displays most recent events. You can add them without going to calendar. Inbuilt News reader is also cool. It allows to forward and save post.
Windows Live mail Beta has converted its Calender and Contacts (Address books) to new interface. windows Live mail has migrated everything to new Live mail.
6. Security: Yahoo mail Displays all the content in the mail. Even if its a spam.
Where Windows Mail blocks content and displays option to view content.
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