New Yahoo Home Page Goes Live Today

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1. Simran
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 2:05 am

   It’s been live at Yahoo! India for weeks now. So, that’s definitely not US only. I’m not kidding. I was very surprised to see it live on Yahoo! India, where all the cool stuff reaches last, first.

   Digg this here:
   http://digg.com/tech_news/New_.....ve_Today_2

2. Simran
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 2:06 am

   Oh and go have a look for yourself: http://in.yahoo.com/

3. Danny Sullivan
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 2:15 am

   It has been life at Yahoo UK for two weeks now, as well:
   http://blog.searchenginewatch......705-090227

   Glad the US finally gets to play catch-up, for once.

4. Mathieu LESNIAK
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 3:34 am

   Same thing for Yahoo France, launched about 2 weeks ago

5. Quetzal
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 3:56 am

   Like Danny and Simran said, it has been live in several other locations. I have noticed it in Yahoo! Mexico first (http://mx.yahoo.com/) a month ago and then in Yahoo! France 2 weeks ago (http://fr.yahoo.com/). I guess they wanted to try it out elsewhere before in the US.

6. Sebastien
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 4:05 am

   Well, and in all europe as well at the same time as UK

7. Jonathan Mendez
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 4:13 am

   Millions will have their first interaction with Ajax.

   Millions will also be tremendously frustrated when they click on a link in the main tab section (featured, entertainment, sports, life) and instead of being taken to that story the box reloads to feature the link they just clicked on… having only to click yet again in the same box to get to the story.

8. Dino Baskovic
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 4:58 am

   Not sure I agree with Mendez’ comment, but for many mainstream users, yes this will undoubtedly be their first taste of a partially AJAX-driven UI.

   This also marks the latest major label website to forgo 800 resolution in favor of 1024.

   Now, what I don’t get is why this still looks like a late 90s consumer portal, just with 2006-ish design. Looking at the new Netscape.com, I see some very Digg-like features. Is Yahoo! holding back on Web 2.0 for a reason, or do they feel consumers just aren’t ready? Thoughts?

9. Troy
   

   July 17th, 2006 at 5:20 am

   Typo: Given that Yahoo is the larget site on the Internet! Mikey along with reviewing such robust apps, make sure you’re using the latest word processor … With over 70,000+ readers, should be taken seriously dude!

10. Jay Adair
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 5:28 am

    I like it, it’s simple, fast and interacts well. It feels like a nice step away from cold corporate, to a slightly more funky outlook.

11. Victor Rottenstein
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 5:44 am

    Hi,
    Does anybody know when this new home will be available for Latin America region?

    Regards
    Victor.

12. Josh
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 6:05 am

    Maybe I set something without knowing it, but I have been seeing the new homepage at yahoo.com as the default since the preview launched weeks ago. To my knowledge I never set anything asking Yahoo to make the switch for me…

13. Justin
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 6:08 am

    I have been using the new homepage since the preview came out a few months back. I very rarely use Yahoo! for anything besides their sports page but I do appreciate the sites new look and feel. I particularly like the use of AJAX in the top right navigation box - if I used any of those Yahoo! services this would be a major plus.

14. dimas
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 6:30 am

    In Spain it was also launched a few weeks ago. I´m not sure if I like it or maybe I just need to get used to it as I don´t find the elements where they were. However, I think that changing only the homepage does not make sense because other sections looks poor.

15. Darren McLaughlin
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 6:59 am

    I’ve been using it for a few weeks. It’s really grown on me.

16. Josh
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 7:27 am

    I like that they killed the menu across the top, that was very out dated and well just plain looked ugly…

    josh
    http://windowsconnected.com

17. Villa
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 7:29 am

    Hi,

    This is a step forward, I also hear the admin backend of this is awesome and I’m sure will save the whole web team hours when updated and editing info.

    http://www.GoVista.org

18. massysett
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 7:30 am

    Most interesting to me is that Yahoo has completely parted with its roots as a Web directory. Remember the Yahoo of several years ago, when the directory was the main feature of the page? A few little icons–like Mail and Random (remember the little die?) were at the top, but below that it was all directory. Then the last redesign took the directory and demoted it to that little box at the bottom of the page. Now there’s no directory at all–not even a link to the directory in those links on the left hand side of the page! There’s just a “Directory” search option for the search box. It symbolizes how much search has changed the way people find information on the Web–no more picking through directories; just search for it. Plus, it shows how much Yahoo has changed from a directory site to a “portal” with a whole bunch of non-related things. I don’t even use the Yahoo directory or its search, but I regularly use Yahoo News.

    Meanwhile, Google is straying from its roots too. Now the home page is cluttered with all sorts of non-search items. Thus, if Yahoo is any indicator, one day the Google search box will be at the bottom of the Google homepage, then it will vanish altogether!

19. SAFFE
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 10:21 am

    Fantastic! It looks a lot less cluttered with random information

20. Jim
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 10:29 am

    This weird, no pictures are showing…. I’m using the latest Firefox. Anybody else have this-In Opera and IE it displays right, weird.

21. Keith
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 11:21 am

    I find that it is only the main front page that Yahoo got its new look. The remaining search category, such as images, or videos, still have the same old look.

22. JoelM
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    ahh… Im not a big fan of yahoo.. I don’t know if it is just me but it seems too ‘fat’.

23. Webmetricsguru
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 1:41 pm

    I think the Ajax is pretty cool and I did a write up for the new Yahoo look at http://www.webmetricsguru.com/....._live.html

24. macewan
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 2:16 pm

    looks like ass on the 770

25. Duncan
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    Mike
    “The launch is U.S. only, other markets will follow shortly…” WTF? this is the template design from Yahoo Australia (yahoo7.com.au) which has been live for the better part of this year….indeed, if it is indeed new, then it happened here first…and its now being rolled out to the States!

26. Vic
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    So, it seems that we wont be having a yahoo fresh look in LATAM region.. lol…

    Thanks
    Vic

27. Mahesh Babu
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 7:49 pm

    Looks somewhat like http://www.aol.com portal page???.

28. Michael
    

    July 17th, 2006 at 10:44 pm

    Yeah once that somebody makes a change, everyone flocks afterwards. Why does all the new designs look very similar(at least to me)?

    http://www.businessweek.com
    aol - mentioned above by Mahesh

29. Peter
    

    September 9th, 2006 at 9:52 am

    Hi all

    Can anyone explain to me

    1/ The differance between an html web site and a blog?
    2/ Just what is RSS feed?

    Thanks Peter
    http://www.moneydredger.com

30. Porek
    

    December 15th, 2006 at 10:26 am

    Paint Brushes

31. ATUL PATEL
    

    February 14th, 2007 at 10:54 pm

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32. Tony Perrie
    

    March 8th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Lynx will not render this site.