Yahoo mail classic gone - partially sighted - help!

[philv]

Hi

In recent weeks in yahoo mail there has been a pop up wanting me to use the new yahoo mail. This i disregarded.

Today, no pop up, and yahoo mail has been updated to tne new version.

I can no longer fi d the option in tne settings to go back to yahoo mail classic.

Can anyone else find the option to go back?
Or has the classic version gone for good?

Being partially sighted, i use ctrl -/+ a lot to make the screen area larger / text bigger.
With tne new yahoo, i just end up with the yahoo logo covering tne whole screen before text is big enough for me to read.

Thanks to yahoo, i now will have to use onscreen magnifiers years before otherwise needing to.
Not one low vision setting.
They obviously just decided people can use on screen magnifiers.
Tossers.

Oh, i can’t use windows 10, as the text size dorsn’t go as large as on previous windows versions in screen resolution settings.
Which forces me to use an onscreen magnifier all tne time.
Tossers again.

Using tne ipad with yahoo mail in a browser.
If i pinch to make screen bigger, the list of emails no longer scrolls properly.
Tossers.

Frustrated.

Edited by philv on Thursday 13th June 08:09

[bigandclever]

Don't use it myself, but internet says click the gearwheel icon in the top right by your name, then in the Settings screen, select Viewing email, then tick Basic under Mail version.

[philv]

bigandclever said:

Don't use it myself, but internet says click the gearwheel icon in the top right by your name, then in the Settings screen, select Viewing email, then tick Basic under Mail version.

I cannot find it anymore.
I wondered if anyone else finds that option?

[trashbat]

philv said:

Oh, i can’t use windows 10, as the text size dorsn’t go as large as on previous windows versions in screen resolution settings.
Which forces me to use an onscreen magnifier all tne time.
Tossers again.

I don't think this is correct. It goes to 200% in the immediately available options, and you can increase it further with a 'custom' setting.

[philv]

trashbat said:

philv said:

Oh, i can’t use windows 10, as the text size dorsn’t go as large as on previous windows versions in screen resolution settings.
Which forces me to use an onscreen magnifier all tne time.
Tossers again.

I don't think this is correct. It goes to 200% in the immediately available options, and you can increase it further with a 'custom' setting.

The last time i looked 200% was tne maximum with no custom setting in windows 10.

[trashbat]

philv said:

The last time i looked 200% was tne maximum with no custom setting in windows 10.

It's there now. I haven't tried it, it requires sign-out and sign-in. Options are 100% - 500%.

[philv]

trashbat said:

philv said:

The last time i looked 200% was tne maximum with no custom setting in windows 10.

It's there now. I haven't tried it, it requires sign-out and sign-in. Options are 100% - 500%.

Ok,,thanks i will check it out when i get home.

Doesn’t help with yahoo mail though.
I need to use ctrl +- to increase screen size.

The behaviour of whatever software is used to write tne GUIs these days has changed in recent years.
Using ctrl +- results in a logo or other area filling the screen entirely.

[philv]

On ipad, there is the option to revert back to classic yahoo mail.
It is the last option in settings.

Can anyone see this option using a pc/windows?
Thanks.

[andy_s]

I think they recently stopped the Classic, but still have a Basic type that may work better for you OP:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15936.html?guccounter...

[philv]

andy_s said:

I think they recently stopped the Classic, but still have a Basic type that may work better for you OP:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15936.html?guccounter...

Thanks, i’ll have a look.
Though i think if it is a cut down mail, it will still have tne same behaviour as tne new mail with regards to ctrl-+.

Edited by philv on Thursday 13th June 09:48

[aquarianone]

What browser are you using..?

In Firefox for example, there are a couple of add-ons that you can enable to set custom font sizing, for all or specific websites, which might a be work around..

[philv]

aquarianone said:

What browser are you using..?

In Firefox for example, there are a couple of add-ons that you can enable to set custom font sizing, for all or specific websites, which might a be work around..

I tend to use opera.
But could use firefox for opera.
I’ll check out tne add ons.

Though i think it will always meet the same stumbling block.

Something about how guis are created has changed.
The behaviour of the different regions is worse.

Ctrl -+ the screen should not result in some parts of tne screen increasing and others dissapearing.
That behaviour is daft.

I have a feeling i will be using the ipad 12.9 much more.
Which is rediculous as i use a 50 inch tv as a monitor.

[Dynamic Space Wizard]

Ctrl and the mouse wheel can be used to vary the size of the text.

[philv]

Dynamic Space Wizard said:

Ctrl and the mouse wheel can be used to vary the size of the text.

Other panes on the screen get huge before text gets sufficiently big.
All that happens is can no longer see any text.
I'm supprised cedtain areas of the screen don't have priority.
Or maybe they do and the develoier left it as the default.
The priority should be the data...not a logo or an ad etc.

Or are you referring to firefox addons?

[andy_s]

Just tried - couldn't find 'Basic' as above, but in Chrome it seems to zoom in fine - once you scroll the page to centre the 'inbox'. You can also play around with the layout (inbox, preview, layout etc) in 'settings'.

[philv]

andy_s said:

Just tried - couldn't find 'Basic' as above, but in Chrome it seems to zoom in fine - once you scroll the page to centre the 'inbox'. You can also play around with the layout (inbox, preview, layout etc) in 'settings'.

Thanks...i'll have a look.

Apireciate this and all other helpful replies. Thanks.

[aquarianone]

Another thing to check, on Firefox as part of the standard zoom options is...Zoom text only.

Fwiw - I use Yahoo mail too and it works fine - I have a custom zoom set to 120% as it makes it easier to read

[Ransoman]

I have just tried it on my work laptop using Windows 10 and the Chrome browser.

The zoom function seems to work and enlarges the whole screen consistently. Is this what you are looking for?

[philv]

Ransoman said:

I have just tried it on my work laptop using Windows 10 and the Chrome browser.

The zoom function seems to work and enlarges the whole screen consistently. Is this what you are looking for?

Yrs...thanks.
I’ll try tnat.

[philv]

aquarianone said:

Another thing to check, on Firefox as part of the standard zoom options is...Zoom text only.

Fwiw - I use Yahoo mail too and it works fine - I have a custom zoom set to 120% as it makes it easier to read

Nored...thanks.