Comments on: Yahoo Could Improve By…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:14:33 +0000

I think that Yahoo! excels in several different areas, specifically in photos (Flickr), bookmarks (Del.icio.us), and their news. These are several areas that I think Google and others need to work heavily on if they want to catch up to what Yahoo does. With that being said I think Yahoo needs to get an Office suite, and Zoho would be a great opportunity for them to jump into that arena.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:55:14 +0000

Oh yah, those are annoying. The reason for me is I use Y!MB RSS in Fx, w/ Fx view in Opera ext. The problem is, if I open the links directly into Opera, I get an error, since they are Yahoo! formatted. I need to use the rewrite redirects bookmarklet to fix.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:03:20 +0000

Yahoo could improve by stopping to use all these tracking mechanisms! I am not at all tempted to click links that look like [rds.yahoo.com]**http%3a//[microsoft.com] just to go to Microsoft.com by searching for it on Yahoo Search. Who knows what they might tell Yahoo about me…

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:12:03 +0000

I say why not just use Email for file transfer, especially when the two services are only one app. Have you tried the picture sharing in Y! Messenger? You just drag pics on, and they show up on the other person’s screen.

By: DKong

DKong — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:47:07 +0000

Desktop messengers still have their advantages. For instance, the sharing pictures feature in AIM 6 is simply amazing, IMO. It’s really easy and fast to use.
Also, I don’t think you can send files with meebo, either, which is another big thing I like to do with desktop messenging apps.

Slasher- The only thing good about Yahoo Mail is that it has unlimited storage. Other than that, GMail kicks it’s ass.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:16:59 +0000

One more thing… Buy Zoho and let Y!MB users view office documents w/out download using it.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:15:48 +0000

Hey Slasher, don’t use a desktop messenger anymore, there’s no need. You can use meebo, Y! web messenger, or better yet Y! Mail Beta.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:14:29 +0000

…releasing all new services, and updating old ones, with full support for IE7, Fx, Safari, and most importantly, Opera.

Why must Yahoo! support these browsers? The must support IE7 and Fx because they have first and second largest shares, respectively. They must supportchose Safari because that way Mac users wouldn’t be forced into downloading a 3rd party browser. They must support Opera because it is simply the greatest browser ever.

By: The Slasher

The Slasher — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:38:48 +0000

Updating their services consistently, i.e. their mail platform is arguably the best on the web, but their ‘Briefcase’ reminds me of ‘Windows 3.1′

Yahoo Widgets is fantastic – Yahoo Messenger, needs work.

Where’s that new Vista Messenger version they promised what-feels-like a year ago now?

Consistency is so hard for companies to grasp these days. It hurts their bottom line, but they don’t realise that.

By: Phillip Black

Phillip Black — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:40:34 +0000

First off it’s impossible to beat Google, I think that it’s too late, but what they can do is focus on a couple of things and do them very well
I.E. There music search
And yes I am a huge Google fanboy1