Tag: REFRESH

Yahoo! Mail's upcoming interface refresh made its first public appearance today, and it's surprisingly good. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but to me, the overall layout is much more appealing than the Gmail default I've grown accustomed to. The first thing I noticed was that, unlike Gmail, there are tabs provided to switch between inbox and contacts views -- instead of ...

It's easy to forget about Yahoo! Mail. Despite having millions of users, it doesn't receive quite the same level of attention as Gmail or Hotmail. However, Yahoo's somewhat-recently released version, which is tailored for the iPad, is pretty darn snazzy -- and it appears as though that type of look is headed to Yahoo! mailboxes everywhere in the near future. Cnet is reporting that a "Minty" ...

While I'm probably not going to stop using my GMail account any time soon, the new Hotmail refresh has certainly put a shine on the venerable old webmail app and dragged it into 2010. And there are a couple new features that I do find very compelling -- and several others that less-techy users will enjoy. One of the biggest changes is with file attachments. Hotmail can now handle up to 200 ...

Wikipedia just underwent a pretty significant refresh in the looks department. Here are some of the new features: The navigation menu now uses JavaScript and neatly folds and slides on click. The tabs on top of each page look different, and are actually easier to use. The editing toolbar is still quite busy, but it's been reorganized to make it simpler to use. I don't think there's any ...

I remember being excited at the AJAX enhancements to WordPress's admin back end with the last major 2.0 update, but what about the front end theme and UI? Unless you either do some digging and find an AJAX'ed theme or build one yourself, your WordPress blog will look just as boring as everyone else's. Right? Wrong: AjaxWp brings some UI sexiness to your WordPress blog. Basically, through minimal ...