Yahoo's
new version of web mail is, without a doubt, one of the coolest and
most fluid
Ajax applications we've seen to date. For the average user it offers
every
major feature that you can find in Outlook or Thunderbird, and it does
it with
style. But that isn't all, the Yahoo team also took the time to layer
the app with
embedded tricks, hacks, and shortcuts that makes the whole experience
that much
sweeter.
With that in mind, here are the top 11 tricks that I use everyday with
the new
Yahoo Mail Beta:
1. Trick:
Instant Address Book Add - Drag a message onto the Contacts link and
you'll see
the icon change to a plus sign which means you can add that contact to
your
address book in one easy step.
2. Trick: Navigate your inbox the quick
way - Ctrl + Shift +
Up Arrow or Down Arrow let you jump to messages in the same folder that
have
the same subject line. You can hit Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Up Arrow lets
you
choose another factor to filter on (such as flag) when using Ctrl +
Shift to
navigate.
3. Easter Egg: When composing a message
just hit the Subject:
button to cycle through a collection of random (often humorous) subject
lines.
A lot of real gems in here including:
- The brain
has been polished professor.
- All your
platypus are belong to us.
- I believe
those were mouse droppings.
- The twins
just turned 2 and 4 this month!
- How about
never? Is never good for you?
- Care for a
foam apple?
4. Hack:
Organize Your inbox via Message Finder - Now it is as
easy as typing
in a search, ordering the results by Contact, Location, or Subject,
selecting
the messages, and dragging them to a new folder. Sounds complicated? It
isn't,
just do a search and then start dragging and dropping messages.
5. Tip: Select Multiple Messages - Hold
shift after selecting
a message to select multiple messages. Hold Ctrl to add specific
messages to
the list. Hit Crtl-A to select all messages in a folder or search
results. This
is a great way to select everything in your inbox and move it to an
archive
folder.
6. Tip: Read Messages Now - Go to Options
link in the upper
right hand corner and then select Mail Options. Find the item labeled
mark
messages as read and select immediately.
This way when you
scroll through messages you no longer have to pause one each one to
have it
marked as read.
7. Tip: Hide/Show Viewing Pane - Just hit
the letter V on your
keyboard to have more space to organize your folder. Hit V again to reopen
the message preview.
8. Tip: Quick Compose - Type the letter N
to start a new
message or R to reply to a selected message.
9. Trick: Find Text within your message -
Hit Crtl + F after
selecting a message to find text within a that message. Hitting the
enter key
lets your scroll through each instance of the word within the message.
10. Trick: Scroll through folder without
reading - Holding
Crtl lets you scroll through a folder messages using the arrow keys
without
selecting each individual message.
11. Tip: Send Message Now - By using the
Crtl + Enter Key you
can send a message you are composing instantly. No more hunting for the
send
button.