You read it right. Yahoo! has announced on its blog that it is going in for a revamp of the Yahoo! Mail Classic interface.
Yahoo! has added several new features to its Classic mail and also removed some. Looks like Yahoo! is making another attempt to retain users who do not like the new Y! mail interface and want to move to GMail for its cool features.
Yahoo! mail blog writes :
The Classic team has been working diligently to fine tune the underlying technology for Classic Mail. That fine tuning is the foundation that has been critical not only in making the product available in Hindi, but also in making it easier to update features for all of Classic. In short, they are both part of the same overall project.
Some of the new features which Yahoo! has added are :
- Auto-save to Draft - Greate feature if your computer crashes while composing a mail.
- Address Book = Contacts - All references to “Address Book†got changed to “Contacts†in the new Yahoo! Mail Classic.
- Folder Renaming - Rename your Yahoo! mail folders from within the interface itself.
- Downloading - In most cases, downloading now requires just one click!
- Rich-text/Plain-text link - On the Compose page above the message window, you can click either Rich Text or Plain Text to select the format you prefer.
In short, some good new features to have. 
I think Yahoo! will be refining the Classic interface slowly to give a competition to GMail. And overall it will be good choice for the users too …
TAnia Jivraj
6 Nov 07 at 11:35 pm
So I signed up for the new Yahoo and now cannot access my mail. I don’t know how to get my old yahoo mail back. Tried to follow the link which said that my browser did not support the new format and to follow the link to get back to Yahoo Classic. This also did not work. I need my mail. Help! Of course, you cannot email me the answer because I cannot access my email and there is no spot here for an alternate email address.
TAnia Jivraj
6 Nov 07 at 11:36 pm
Basically, the system is not working out so well for me. In fact, revamped is no good.
Manas
7 Nov 07 at 9:41 am
Different opinions for everyone …
If you are going for a new mail account, then I would suggest you try GMail.
marianne ed
10 Jan 08 at 4:26 am
I want to get back to my old email system!!!
marianne ed
10 Jan 08 at 4:29 am
I want my old system back!!!. PLEASE
Mia Therese Traching
8 Mar 08 at 5:49 am
I have had both Yahoo and Gmail accounts for over a year. I have seen Yahoo make several strides to improve. All that I recall have had had glitches. Yahoo would recover, then faulter. Gmail in the meantime remained the same, but it has been a consistent performer. The platform also responds faster. I have dial-up. I also have a small-company server, which is unbelievable slow. Gmail responds more quickly consistently. Gmail has never dropped a message in the middle of a letter – never. Using the Gmail label system takes line space, but it is simple, very flexible, and the messages may be retrieved theoretically forever. I am not computer literate, but I have managed to understand the instructions to transfer my Google mail to the Yahoo accounts. It is simple and efficient. Google Toolbar in the same amount of time has improved four fold, in my opinion. Yahoo has made some improvement. Google “accessories” have become numerous, useful, and remain efficient. Two of the greatest leaps Google has made in my opinion have been in their “readers” and in their Blog systems. I have not read any reports on any of their products. My evaluation, as I said, is from a very elementary user perspective. I think that Google options have limitless possibilities for university students and/ or researchers.
Sincerely,
M. T. T.
Suzanne
24 Mar 08 at 9:53 pm
Please let me have the old format back, this new one drives me mad. PLEASE
Seth Andale
8 Apr 08 at 4:27 am
How do I change my yahoo classic to the updated yahoo classic? I’m not talking about the newest version of yahoo mail; just the updated yahoo classic with features like autosave e-mails. Once again, I’m not referring to the new UI with the tabbed feature. I just want the slightly new version of yahoo mail CLASSIC. Thanks in advance for your help.
Sincerely,
seth Andale
marg clarke
15 Jul 08 at 7:31 am
i hate this new format i want my old classic back
did i say i hate it, i hate it , hate it , you people can never leave well enough alone!!!!!!!!
Ruchira
18 Jan 09 at 4:13 pm
can anyone help me to change my new classic mail to old one??????????????????
if u can ….
then plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me…..
Charles Uray, Jr.
29 Jan 09 at 7:29 am
Why are the programmers at Yahoo ignoring the wishes of thousands of Yahoo users, especially the users of Yahoo Classic? Yahoo Classic had a toolbar full of easy to use, very usefull and understandable tools and ways to access those tools! Why is Yahoo arbitrarily taking away those useful features from the users without notifying the user and then not replacing an operation in kind?
johnbarfield
20 Sep 09 at 4:30 pm
I hate the changes. A few useful features like autosave are good, but generally the site does not work. It often freezes, then I have to log out and log in again to get it to work. Other pages, like Options, use the new yahoo interface, and sometimes don’t offer options I would like to use. They tried to launch their New Yahoo interface, but people preferred the old one. Their reaction? To replace the old one bit by bit with the new one.
Ric Miller
28 Sep 09 at 6:20 pm
I hate it! Why force this new yahoo? The public clearly doesn’t like it change it back. My gmail account is still an option and I’m wondering how many people found this to be the last straw and switched to what they’ve been thinking about….gmail. The G might have won this one and sadly it might be for good! Ric
Yvette
10 Nov 09 at 7:58 pm
ui hate everything about the yahoo changes.I want my old yahoo back.Please