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Switching back to My Yahoo classic

Tagged: Tips

Tags: Tips

PLEASE READ!!! I don't work for Yahoo and never have. Please don't email me asking me to fix YOUR Yahoo problems. Give it up people Yahoo's not going to go back move on.

On Thursday, Yahoo rolled out changes to my.yahoo.com updating the layout of the page with a beta version. One of the items that seemingly got lost was the link to switch back to the classic layout. I’ve played with the new layout and still prefer the old classic style that I’ve used for years now. Fortunately, at least for the time being, you can still switch back to the classic layout using this URL.

[Update: July 9th 2008] Well that was short lived, below is a message from my current Yahoo page. Thanks a lot Yahoo.
[Update: July 9th 2008 8:30am] I posted a comment last night to this Yahoo blog post asking James, a My Yahoo! Product Lead, why he provided a link to switch back to classic knowing it would last only a week and the comment was deleted. I had included a link to the post I wrote about why Yahoo has frustrated me and indicating that this decision to kill Yahoo Classic was simply yet another reason. I guess that was just too over-the-top.
[Update: July, 14th 2008] Now that we’ve all be forced over to the new page I’m now getting hundreds of search engine hits on this post. Looks like I’m not the only one who like the "Classic" style.
[Update: July 15th 2008] According to one commenter Yahoo is now deleting requests to support the Classic mode from their web site properties though this page is still alive at least for now. I’m now getting 100’s Internet search hits for this post so this is a pretty popular subject. Feel free to digg this post and see if we can shine a little more attention on this.
[Update: January 25th 2009] How I replaced Yahoo.

Comments [35]

permalink Posted @ 4:42PM

Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:17:16 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

MARIE VERNAL

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:17:34 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I LOST MY YAHOO CLASIC

MOHAMED

Monday, April 20, 2009 2:33:11 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

halp i lost my old yahoo.it is with my att. how??

gina ristick

Monday, April 27, 2009 9:17:18 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I prefer the Classic Layout.

You should give us, your regular users this option of selecting to change our site to Classic or the New Lousy site, which is so, so, so busy.

Thank you (NOT!)

Kit

Sunday, May 03, 2009 3:23:07 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

For some reason my homepage has defaulted to http://www.m.yahoo.com
What's going on? I really don't like the way this homepage is done. How do I get back
to the classic yahoo? All attempts to manually type in the web address as www.yahoo.com
still defaults to www.m.yahoo.com
Please help if you can

Christine

Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:33:00 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Please switch and help me find my favorites list . This is the easy way to find sites I visit a lot.

Violet McElroy

Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:39:27 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

The new layout suck, still prefer the classic

Jeff

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:01:57 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Ihave the classic yahoo on my computer,but, my wife does not. WE HATE IT !!!!!!!!! Please help.

James

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:48:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

This new yahoo is shit. I'm moving to gmail.

Boo

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:53:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

The new yahoo page sucks big time. The moron responsible for this travesty should be sacked.

Crash Cazz

Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:06:51 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

wildmutt41

Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:33:03 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

It is using a cookie - you can try to find the right one or delete all and deal with re-initiating the ones you need/want as you go. That will get you back to classic when you type www.yahoo.com

Randy

Monday, May 18, 2009 3:30:25 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

People should be ask if they want to move to new page. You just lost a customer.

Radu Bisca

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:41:41 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

no classic yahoo????????......................NO MORE YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU GET IT ? PROBABLY YOU DON"T CARE TO "GET IT" THIS NEW CRAP SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

davectec

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:58:41 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

i need to switch back to yahoo classic

grace chy chy nwankwo

Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:22:50 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

The new Yahoo sucks...I HATE IT!!!! I want the old classic Yahoo back...If I dont get it I will not use yahoo NO MORE...I will go else where...

Kim

Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:31:28 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

Garbage! I dont see why you cant update and improve but keep the layout the same? Im a heavy internet user so Im wondering how bad my novice father will feel when hes forced to see this new crap yahoo. Im patient and able to seek out solutions and he has outbursts when anything changes and he cant figure it out. Not smart, not smart at all. Good way to lose your patrons!

Chris

Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:58:07 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

i hate this new change ,change mine back. why did you make this change with out customers deciding wheater or not they want it?

janice whitaker smith

Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:02:39 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

change my yahoo page back,i hate this new home page i like the one i had.why didn't you give your customers the opportunity to make the decision for themselves?

janice whitaker smith

Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:57:27 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

what the h??, this yahoo page s???'s, i will like the yahoo classic one back, why make changes without letting yahoo users know if they would like the change or not.......

isibee

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:01:57 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

The "new" yahoo mail classic sucks. I can no longer attach a file to an email. Is that supposed to be an improvement? I do NOT want message services in my mail; that's why I stayed with Classic. I have an old machine which now takes MINUTES to do something as simple as opening a message. In old Classic it took a second (or maybe two).

Does anyone know another simple email program that acts like old classic? Forget GMAIL, I don't like conversations and having to use tags instead of folders (yes, I've tried it)

I hate Yahoo

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:52:12 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I don't like the new yahoo homepage. Give me back the yahoo classic page...please.

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:04:36 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

i think we should have a choice which we prefer so give me back my classic yahoo homepage!! and classic yahoo mail!!thanks

sandra

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:49:35 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I just moved and was offline for 12 days, imagine my surprise when I was involuntarily switched to the new mail set up with no option to go back to classic mail. I prefer the mail classic and feel I should be given the choice to decide which I want to use. Quit acting like the Federal Government and telling us what is better for us.Let us decide what we want to use. For now I will sart looking for another mail service that fits my needs. I'am 53 and I think I can make decisions of what is good or better for my use quite well by myself.

Samuel J.

Monday, June 08, 2009 12:18:11 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

This is complete bullshit, I want to get rid of yahoo mail all together

Brian

Monday, June 08, 2009 3:34:19 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! RE-INSTATE THE CLASSIC YAHOO HOME-PAGE....OR AT THE VERY LEAST GIVE FAITHFUL YAHOO USERS A FRICKIN' CHOICE.....OK!
Quit foistering this idiotic "new" yahoo page on us....... it's USELESS!

andrew Jamieson

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:20:47 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I want my old home page back or I will switch to some other and never use yahoo for anything again

dorothea narcisse

Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:47:44 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

PLEASE SWITCH ME BACK TO MY CLASSIC YAHOO. I DO NOT LIKE THIS NEW ONE AT ALL. NOW I WILL BE FORCED TO FIND ANOTHER HOMEPAGE OTHER THAN YAHOO. OPTIONS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO USERS. THIS IS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIL

Monday, June 15, 2009 7:39:25 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I was able to switch it back for now by clearing all my cookies out and than entering into the site manuelly. So far so good, I haterd the other version.

dbohn

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:25:49 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I HATE THE NEW YAHOO!!!!!!SWITCH ME BACK PLEASE!!!!!!!

shirley

Friday, June 19, 2009 9:00:07 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

MAN, this new homepage tops off everything else I had to deal with. At least they finally fixed the other crap that was happening to me, after ALOT of commplaints.

Here Yahoo.. let me help you. Ask people if they want to switch homepage layout. Humm think it would be so simple with the tecnogy out there.

Angelina

Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:31:23 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I have to agree with everyone that the new yahoo page sucks. I WANT THE CLASSIC PAGE BACK.

sherry

Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:54:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I agree with everybody else, this new page sucks. I want the old classic back.

randy

Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:48:28 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I want my yahoo classic home page back. The new page is so sorry.

glenn

Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:05:11 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

This new yahoo layout really sucks, wondering why there are changes with even ask they lost another customer here...

Johnny

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