I know how old
this makes me sound, but why does everything have to keep changing once I get
used to it. I’m of the firm belief, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!’ I hate the changes Yahoo has made. I’ve had a yahoo
account since I’ve had email. When people started to go to Google I stayed
where I was with something familiar. My kids made fun of me, insinuating
everyone who was anyone used gmail.
I have gmail at
work – hate it. Don’t like the way it shows my email it seems confusing and
redundant. So what does Yahoo do? It says screw all of you who have remained loyal to us, we are now changing to everything you hate about gmail, like being confusing, redundant and it keeps bundling things I don't want bundled. It's not one hot mess.
Here are a few Yahoo questions and answers:
Are we going to
ask you if you want this change? Hell, no.
Are we going to
ask if we can change your account whether you want it or not? Hell, no.
Are we going to
give you the option to go back to the format you liked? Hell, no.
Are we going to make
it easy to give us feed back on this change? Awww… hell, no.
And just to add
insult to injury when you delete your span, or your trash or complete a draft
they give you one of these peppy little messages:
You are my
Anti-Spam hero.
There are no
emails in your Spam folder.
Or
Nice job, it
sure looks tidy in here!
There are no
emails in your Trash folder.
Or
Nice work,
you finish what you start.
There are no
emails in your Drafts folder.
I suppose if
they hadn’t screwed with my email I might have seen it as mildly amusing, but
how I read it as so much condescending bullshit!
I realize
nothing I say will change one thing, but I wanted to get it out before I
exploded. And one other thing, I hear Yahoo has come up with a new motto:
“We’re
Yahoo, we don’t
care, we don’t
have to.”
Ha I'm old too because I prefer yahoo. and I totally hate the formatting now. it puts all the replies to my blog post in one email...I second your post lol
ReplyDeleteI spend a lot of time on email and this just keeps me aggravated all the time.
DeleteYou can get rid of some of the problems if you click on the cog in the upper right corner, then choose settings, then click viewing e-mail then choose basic. This gets rid of all the fancy bells and whistles what we all have grown to hate in only what? A few short days...yes, WE HATE YAHOO! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cygnet. I took your advice and voila, back to The Way It Was.
DeleteCygnet,
DeleteIt worked when I did it - but it won't stay on basic, every time I go away and come back its back to the fancy version. Is there a way to make it stay on basic. I hit save every time I do it. It's just out to keep me mad!
I'm sorry...I know you have to reset it every time...sigh, but at least it is better than having to deal with the "New and Improved Version" (Yes, PollyAnna is here) If you want to make it even better...once you get your messages reloaded in the basic version, you need to hit the back button on your browser...then you are truly back in Yahoo world before the disaster!
DeleteYou know I hate, we've already had this discussion. When I took your advice and clicked on the URL, guess what, it was down. COME BACK LATER. Yeah, they're to busy making more unwanted changes.
ReplyDeleteSorry didn't mean to rant on your dime.
Sunny,
DeleteYou rant here any time you want to. Yeah, I've tried a couple of places, but evidently they just don't care what anyone thinks.
sorry for your frustrations...I have the same frustrations with google and facebook...I finally feel like I get it and then it changes and I can't find anything and have to learn all over again...I will have to have my kids show me how it all works... :-)
ReplyDeleteTerp,
DeleteI think we're all in the same boat - only I don't have any kids here to teach me.
PK,
ReplyDeletetake it easy dear girl, people exploding all over the place, is so messy.
I would add, if you are going to explode, do it at school, preferably in the head's office. LOL.
Love and warm hugs,
Paul.
Calm down, Paul. No use getting upset.
DeleteExcellent suggestion Paul, no need to waste a good explosion!
DeleteI'm on gmail .. and I hate that! How frustrating! I hate when they change things on you like that. I agree ... if it aint broke don't fix it.
ReplyDeleteOMG, those messages would have be throwing the computer out the window!
Hugs,
Roz
Roz,
DeleteTrust me I'm just about to pitch it out the window myself.
I'm having such a good time reading funny blog posts this morning!!
ReplyDeleteJust resign yourself and join the club PK, I am "Windows Live" and even that has become stupid and confusing. I've long noticed in life that as soon as you get used to something, and get comfortable with it or wearing it, or you like its colour, it fits you, or it does exactly what you want it to - someone, somewhere, changes it!
Gmail wouldn't even let me create an account, and that's when I decided to stay with Windows Live, but like Yahoo, someone, somewhere decided to put a spoke in the wheel!
Hugs
Ami
Ami,
DeleteI don't think I'd mind so much if I could just feel that my complaints were heard and acknowledged.
I couldn't agree with you more. It drives me crazy the way they keep changing things and making them worse. Good to see you call attention to it.
ReplyDeleteFD
FD,
DeleteI know my friend here understand our frustrations, but I just wish someone at Yahoo would listen.
And insult to injury? I use Firefox, and the new Yahoo mail doesn't play well with Firefox. Horrible.
ReplyDeleteNow that I know, I'm changing it back to the way it was. Thanks!
Mickey,
DeleteGood luck getting it to change back and staying that way.
I have hotmail, gmail, yahoo, and a regional provider and there are all infuriating. However, the first three are free, so I suspect they don't care and do what they like.
ReplyDeleteDF,
DeleteYou're right, I know it's free - but they make plenty of money selling ad to those who want to shove them in our faces. They could at least listen to us a little.
I have been hating it also.....thought I was the only 'fuddy duddy'. A big thank you to cygnet...I am now back to basic viewing!
ReplyDeletehugs abby
Abby,
DeleteLove seeing you here. Can you get it to stay on the basic view? I can't. Help me.
Did you save the change,,,i did not the first time...had to do it again....saw the save....and it is staying in place.
Deletehugs abby
Mine is staying changed too, but not everybody's is...I use Firefox for my browser, so maybe that is the difference?
DeleteI COMPLETELY agree! And i'm mad at Google too for taking away Google Talk and forcing you to use Hangouts!!!! Now it shows you online ALL the time!
ReplyDelete