Since it already has a powerful app platform for Yahoo Mail, it was easy to implement the feature as an external app rather than build it directly into Yahoo Mail. With a lot of users asking for its return, Yahoo decided to bring it back. Since the release of Yahoo! Mail Beta, we have gotten feedback from customers asking us to bring this feature back," Yahoo explained. "Stationery is a feature that existed in the previous version of Yahoo! Mail. Whomever you send it to will see the custom background image in their email client. There are nine categories to choose from each with several background images so the selection is varied enough.Īfter you find a background to your liking, select it and you will be redirected to a new message tab with the image already added. Using it is easy, just click on the Stationery link in the Applications list and you'll be able to choose the image you want to use. "With the latest release of Yahoo! Mail Beta, one new feature that is now included is the ability to add stationery (background colors and image templates) to your messages," Miriam Geller, Director of Product Management for Yahoo! Mail, wrote. Stationary is now back in Yahoo Mail Beta, which was missing the feature, and can be found in the list of apps available to all users. For example, you can use funky, colorful fonts in your emails and the interface is equally visually rich.Īnother tool you could use to spice up your messages is Stationery, which enabled users to add custom background images to emails. The Full-featured and Basic mail selection buttons appear in the lower right corner.One of the reasons why people like Yahoo Mail is that it doesn't take itself to seriously and has a lighter and fun side as well. Yahoo Mail settings screen showing the “Viewing Mail” tab.
Press the Tab key several times to move to the Save button and press the Enter key.
Press the Tab key several times until you hear “Mail Version” then press the Down arrow key to check (select) the Full-Featured or Basic radio button.ĥ. Press semicolon to access Yahoo Mail Settings.Ĥ. Using the VoiceOver Screen Reader on a Mac, press the left and right arrows simultaneously to turn Quick Nav off.ģ. Using the JAWS Screen Reader, press Insert-Z to turn off the JAWS virtual cursor Using the NVDA Screen Reader, press Insert-Spacebar to enter “focus” mode” If you’re a screen reader user, here are these steps to follow which prevent the screen reader from intercepting the Yahoo Mail Settings keyboard shortcut: Just log into Yahoo Mail as you always do, press the semicolon key to access the Mail Settings, choose “Mail Version,” then either “Full-Featured” or “Basic.” Repeat the same steps to switch at any time. Switching doesn’t affect your email messages, only the way they’re displayed and the number of commands and options you’re presented. There’s even a handy new keyboard shortcut, the semicolon, to access Yahoo Mail Settings so you can choose the one you prefer. You can easily choose the one that best suits your needs using the Yahoo Mail Settings menu and just as easily switch between the two. A “Switch to newest Yahoo Mail” link appears in the upper right corner of the screen. The simplified user interface can be particularly helpful for users with certain types of disabilities, including cognitive, learning and vision loss.īasic mail screen.
Yahoo also offers a streamlined version of mail called basic mail, which for some may be easier to use. Yahoo Mail stationery templates, in partnership with Paperless Post, showing icon previews for “Thank You,” “Animal Train,” Painted Stripe,” and “Pineapple” “Triangle Flags,” and “Heart.” Yahoo Mail themes showing a high-contrast “Deep Purple” theme selection, appearing against the colorful “Green Droplets” theme, available in the full-featured version of mail. It offers the very latest features including personalized themes, beautiful stationery, organization of messages by conversation, inline image attachments and even the ability to view attached images as a slide show. Yahoo Mail is one of the most popular email services in the world. By Darren Burton, Accessibility Specialist
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