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I've used the beta webmail for the past 2 days.    When I left work, I left the browser up so when I came back in, I wanted to see a) did it eat my memory away,  b) is it still working.  Answer : a)No memory loss, b) Yes, working fine.

I can actually see myself getting away from using the good ol' classic AOL Client soon....  My normal routine was 1 week use webmail, 1 week aol 9.0 vista,  1 week open ride.  I stopped using open ride weeks back, so now rotate between AOL 9.0 and production Webmail.  But I'm ready to drop AOL 9.0 now, and stay with the beta. 

Some cool features:
- When I send an email with the word "attachment" and I don't attach a file,  before sending Webmail tells me "Hey, did you forget to attach a file".  That is a nice, low key feature! How many times have you done this?
- The scrolling to view all emails is great - and fast.  I have some pretty large mail boxes, and though some cosmetic bugs,  it is fast.
- In place reply..

I'm not too keen on the mailbox color - it's grey.   I want to feel happy when reading email, so can I just have a brighter out look? :-)

All in all, a great first beta IMO.     

Comments

Anonymous said…
Will, I'm psyched to hear that you are enjoying the new Web Suite Beta! With regard to color, you bring up an interesting topic around preference. About half the people I show the new Beta to, love the new color, the other half, not so much. We were taking our cue from the AOL.com and Start page - which is where the grey/black look is coming from, but I believe there is still discussion on whether that color palette will be the default/final version.  Personally, I like the color because to me it's more modern and sleek.

In any case, I can't wait until we have the ability for users to select from a range of colors so that if grey isn't your thing, you can choose one that suits your more. Thanks for the feedback.

March 1, 2007 at 11:31 AM
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