You this is frightening. First, there is the fact that Yahoo is owned by Microsoft. The Greeks said that those whom the gods will destroy, they first make proud. If the new java script actually added significantly to the functionality, that would be one thing. But I bet it means hubris instead. The decisionmakers are as any other class of people, they get follow fads too. As the content of the webpages declines in favor of glitz and hype, the smarter clients'll see this happening, and as I have done, quit using Yahoo.
Everyone who knows anything knows that Linux is coming. And part of the geeky mystique of Linux is the CLI, and if you go retro with a webpage, you can make more of what people care about happen faster, and not bother with doing anything they dont care about. This is what Google started with. Most likely, Yahoo will be loosing customers to google. I have this sense that the usual computer interface is like the dashboard of a 59 Oldsmobile; so damn much chrome you cant read the fucking guages. It's like since WTC, Enron, and now Worldcom, how hard does the world havta slap the boardroom boys around before they get it, that the cost of management has been going up, while the quality has been going down, and if they dont get a handle on it, they are gonna be dragged out and shot. Cristian Burneci wrote: > > Hello... > Bad news keep on coming > > Yahoo Mail will switch to a new web interface starting from July. I've > just been on the site and tested it. It's basically the same, but with > more javascript. For instnce, javascript functions have been tied to some > buttons like "Delete", making them unusable for non-js browsers. Even the > javascript aware graphical Links fails to use them, because it seems that > the required mechanism is not implemented yet. The rest of the changes are > mainly cosmetical. > > They recomend using IE5 or newer or Netscape 6, but the new stuff works > OK using Netscape 4.61. > > They have a feedback form there. I've issued a protest, but, chances of > someone to care about it, or even notice it are very small, as I am from > Romania and we don't count as Yahoo can't yet make a profit on our behalf > :). The commercials there are still useless for me, as they are mainly > targeted for US people. Maybe someone with more pleeding talent then me > should explain them that the average download time for their pages > increases, the servers load increases, the reliability decreases, the > yearly overall cost per user should increase at a greater rate then their > revenues or income from commercials, and so, their profits should be > smaller. I've heard that they're already experiencing financial > dificulties, so, this should ring a bell there. > > Cristian Burneci > > >
