Comments on: Yahoo! Mail Gets “Ads” Upgrade http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/ Miscellaneous tech tips and web development tweaks from a web hosting guru. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Damien http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-8232 Damien Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:43:25 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-8232 I have to agree. I'm paying for this service, I should not be forced to have ads in my web mail. Save those ads for the free e-mail user, not the PAYING subscribers... I have to agree. I'm paying for this service, I should not be forced to have ads in my web mail. Save those ads for the free e-mail user, not the PAYING subscribers…

]]> By: Sri http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-571 Sri Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:10:23 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-571 I just installed Norton Internet Security 2007 "Ad Blocking", which is included in the "Add-On Pack", and it blocks all the ads in AT&T Yahoo email. I had switched to another provider, but went back and tested AT&T Yahoo after the install. I just installed Norton Internet Security 2007 “Ad Blocking”, which is included in the “Add-On Pack”, and it blocks all the ads in AT&T Yahoo email. I had switched to another provider, but went back and tested AT&T Yahoo after the install.

]]> By: Wayne Brenner http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-570 Wayne Brenner Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:58:51 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-570 I am also upset about the new ads, particularly about the right side of screen being lost to banner. I am a premium user, buying the fastest, most expensive DSL that they offer, and now I get the NetZero treatment on my email page? Something that I noticed - when I tried to access my email at work, on a smaller monitor screen, the right side advertisement was the same size as it was on my larger home screen; it was just the useful side of my email that shrunk. A couple of months ago, I called AT&T, to see what I could do to limit the amount of mortgage calls that I was getting on my home phone, which was around ten calls per day. I had already put myself on the do-not-call list, the I purchased a package from AT&T that included a selective blocking feature, and privacy manager. What a surprise it was, a couple of months later, that AT&T (/Yahoo) started sponsoring mortgage ads on my email page, while tooting their anti-spam filters. The Firefox extension doesn't seem to be the way to go, because you still lose the right side of screen. I want that right side returned! I am also upset about the new ads, particularly about the right side of screen being lost to banner. I am a premium user, buying the fastest, most expensive DSL that they offer, and now I get the NetZero treatment on my email page?

Something that I noticed – when I tried to access my email at work, on a smaller monitor screen, the right side advertisement was the same size as it was on my larger home screen; it was just the useful side of my email that shrunk.

A couple of months ago, I called AT&T, to see what I could do to limit the amount of mortgage calls that I was getting on my home phone, which was around ten calls per day. I had already put myself on the do-not-call list, the I purchased a package from AT&T that included a selective blocking feature, and privacy manager. What a surprise it was, a couple of months later, that AT&T (/Yahoo) started sponsoring mortgage ads on my email page, while tooting their anti-spam filters.

The Firefox extension doesn’t seem to be the way to go, because you still lose the right side of screen. I want that right side returned!

]]> By: Block New Yahoo! Mail Beta Ads - Firefox Facts http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-569 Block New Yahoo! Mail Beta Ads - Firefox Facts Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:30:21 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-569 [...] have been fighting my own battle with the new Yahoo! Mail beta ads for some time now. Thanks to their partnership with my DSL [...] [...] have been fighting my own battle with the new Yahoo! Mail beta ads for some time now. Thanks to their partnership with my DSL [...]

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-568 Mitch Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:53:39 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-568 Works great, I'll have to blog about this one soon. :) Thanks for finding the fix andyo! Works great, I’ll have to blog about this one soon. :) Thanks for finding the fix andyo!

]]> By: andyo http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-554 andyo Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:46:55 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-554 Hi there. I found a greasemonkey script that gets rid of the blank space at the right-hand side of the page. <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/4619" rel="nofollow"><b>FOR WHATEVER THE HELL IT'S WORTH. DAMN YOU YAHOO!</b></a>. I would still advise people to just switch email providers though. I am so pissed with this lack of respect. Why do we have to suffer the ads just so free users can have unlimited storage too? This just shows that Yahoo only cares about desperately getting new free customers since most of us are locked in with AT&T's DSL monopoly in some areas. Hi there. I found a greasemonkey script that gets rid of the blank space at the right-hand side of the page.

FOR WHATEVER THE HELL IT’S WORTH. DAMN YOU YAHOO!.

I would still advise people to just switch email providers though. I am so pissed with this lack of respect. Why do we have to suffer the ads just so free users can have unlimited storage too? This just shows that Yahoo only cares about desperately getting new free customers since most of us are locked in with AT&T’s DSL monopoly in some areas.

]]> By: andyo http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-567 andyo Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:04:30 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-567 Hi again, So now they put the arrow to "hide" the big tower ad (or blank space for some of us). I am guessing now someone with more skills than I could write a greasemonkey script that does it automatically, seeing that the freaking ad comes back whenever you click on any other message? I have no idea how to do greasemonkey, but it seems like a doable thing. Hi again,

So now they put the arrow to “hide” the big tower ad (or blank space for some of us). I am guessing now someone with more skills than I could write a greasemonkey script that does it automatically, seeing that the freaking ad comes back whenever you click on any other message?

I have no idea how to do greasemonkey, but it seems like a doable thing.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-566 Mitch Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:38:25 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-566 Yeah, the only problem is the big blank spot where that ads used to be is a 'bit annoying. Wish there was some sort of hack or script to get rid of it. Yeah, the only problem is the big blank spot where that ads used to be is a ‘bit annoying. Wish there was some sort of hack or script to get rid of it.

]]> By: Gary L http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-565 Gary L Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:43:38 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-565 There is a big discussion at the following site. http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/05/14/unlimited-storage-its-coming I followed the advice I found on other forums; I downloaded Mozilla Firefox and made it my default web browser. I then installed AdBlock utility. Firefox lets me bring in Yahoo Beta mail but it blocks out the animated ads. It leaves a blank space on the right of the screen, but hey, I still have the Yahoo experience. Folders, contacts stay the same. Yahoo even supports Firefox by allowing the import of the Yahoo toolbar into the firefox browser. There is a big discussion at the following site.

http://yodel.yahoo.com/2007/05/14/unlimited-storage-its-coming

I followed the advice I found on other forums; I downloaded Mozilla Firefox and made it my default web browser. I then installed AdBlock utility. Firefox lets me bring in Yahoo Beta mail but it blocks out the animated ads. It leaves a blank space on the right of the screen, but hey, I still have the Yahoo experience. Folders, contacts stay the same. Yahoo even supports Firefox by allowing the import of the Yahoo toolbar into the firefox browser.

]]> By: andyo http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/06/08/yahoo-mail-gets-ads-upgrade/#comment-564 andyo Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:06:44 +0000 http://64.38.8.130/~mitchela/?p=1132#comment-564 Hmm, it seems that only some of them have been added. I don't know how many of them received unsent (by me) messages from me. Oh well, yahoo is done for to me. I don't know how they manage to do such a 180 after I was so pleased with the mail beta. This messenger crap is also very annoying. Hmm, it seems that only some of them have been added. I don’t know how many of them received unsent (by me) messages from me. Oh well, yahoo is done for to me. I don’t know how they manage to do such a 180 after I was so pleased with the mail beta. This messenger crap is also very annoying.

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