All-new Yahoo! Mail Photo Viewer
May 29th, 2008
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Loading ...I don’t know about you, but I have this funny feeling that this summer is shaping up to be a repeat of last summer (not in a good way). Well, at least here in London, things have been grey as all get out. So to brighten your day, I thought I’d share with you, a new feature that’s recently launched in the all-new version of Yahoo Mail.
If you use the all-new version of Yahoo! Mail, and if you email a lot of photos, you probably have already seen this feature, but just in case you haven’t come across it, there is a new feature that was added that allows you to view the photos that are attached to your yahoo mail directly from your Inbox.
Here’s how it works (easy as 1-2-3):
For this example, I’m working with an email that includes three photos, but the same applies whether there are 2 or 200 photos attached. When I open up the message that has photos attached to it, the bottom of the message is going to look like this (without those crazy red boxes and numbers):
- If you click ‘1’ you will be able to view the image directly from within the all-new Yahoo! Mail interface.
- If you click ‘2’ you’ll start a slideshow that will allow you to scroll through all the images attached, which is very similar behavior to number ‘1’. (For more detail on ‘1’ and ‘2’, have a look further down this post to the next image where I’ll talk about the image viewer.)
- But, after all the oohs and ahhs have worn off, this is what I REALLY like about this new feature… If you liked the download all feature, you’re really going to love this. ‘3’ allows you select from the attached pictures and only download the ones that you choose. All you have to do is put a check in the box of the pictures you want to download and then click the “download selected”. Of course you can still download all, but let’s face it I’m not that good of a photographer.
So what’s this image viewer all about?
If you’re still reading, let’s take a look at what happens when you click ‘1’ or ‘2’ from above. A sort of window pops up (it’s really an overlay) with the image you just clicked:
So here’s what you can do with the photo-viewer when it pops up (staying with the easy as 1-2-3 theme):
- Whether you click on a picture or the slideshow link, you can scroll through the pictures that are attached to the image. So what’s the difference? Well if you click the slideshow link, then it starts with the first image, and if you click a specific image, you’ll then go to the next image.
- Clicking ‘2’ will stop and start the slide show. If the slideshow is playing the text in the red box above will say “pause” instead of “play”.
- Clicking ‘3’ does exactly what it says on the tin. To close your photo-preview or slideshow, just click the “close” button.
So that’s it. The beauty is in the simplicity, and I still think the ability to download selected photos is fantastic!! Unfortunately, this feature is only available to users of the all-new mail, so if you’re a classic mail user, feel free to switch.
Happy Photo Viewing!
Andrew – Yahoo Mail! Team
Entry Filed under: attachment, photos, yahoo mail tips, yahoomail
52 Comments Add your own
1. Jev Foster | May 30th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Great feature!!! amazing….
2. Jungle Jim | May 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Wow, thank you Y! Mail. This is cool… It’s always a pain to sort through loads of photo attachments. I’m going to the zoo this weekend, can’t wait to e-mail my monkey snaps!
3. Emma Andrews | May 30th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Excellent service. Keep up the good work
4. margaret morley | May 30th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
new down loads is great for my pics recieved from my family
5. sheila | May 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
great intructions thanks
6. mike | May 30th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Will it possible to send a folder of pics at any time
7. Esther | May 30th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
This new feature is fantastic and very convinient to use! I have been enjoying it since it started and I commend you for a great idea that it is. Well done.Keep coming up with more good ideas as this!
8. Kiran13Xtreme | May 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Again thats why I use Yahoo as my primary e-mail because the rest never impress me.
9. Peter | May 31st, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Brilliant Idea, looking forward to using it.!!
10. Michael | June 1st, 2008 at 3:57 pm
great stuff.. it just keeps getting better and better. Looks like you’ve been listening to the public’s needs and suggestions.
some day soon I’d like to see a yahooMail plug-in for Aperture. So i would be able to directly transfer images from my Apature library into attachments on an e-mail.
11. Dilys | June 1st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
This is awesome.
12. mateuszmidt | June 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
fantastic
13. KFWJ | June 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 am
Wow…Interesting
14. Durodola | June 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 am
Good! good!! good!!!. Well done guys!
15. audrey aikins | June 2nd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I think its an awesome experience.Keep it upYAHOO!
16. Vegas | June 3rd, 2008 at 6:34 am
I loved it, keep up the good work guys
17. Archie Westwood | June 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 am
An excellent feature - a great improvement.
18. juliet | June 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Yipeee!! thats much more convenient. Love to the brains at Yahoo!!xx
19. john kisman | June 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Best Email there is Excellent work guys. Always use it for all Emails.
20. Five | June 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
This is all good when downloading and opening images files, but when will we be able to upload image files in bulk. Now that we can view images files when we open an email, when will yahoo introduce a process where by we can upload bulk images to an email instead of uploading the files separately?
21. gloria ibeh | June 3rd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
great prospects keep it up YAHOO
22. cagsandally | June 4th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Love this new feature its awesome, thanks for all your efforts to make yahoo mail user-friendly
23. bonty | June 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
great improvement, guys keep it up
24. Mr S Cheatle | June 4th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Saves loads of time would always use this email.
25. Eileen Desmond | June 4th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Great feature! Simplifies everything.Well done
26. kirsti | June 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
cool
27. fred hall | June 5th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I will find this very useful as my son and his family live in the USA.
Thanks for the improvements yahoo make.
Fred W Hall
28. Anthony Walsh | June 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
brill
29. swarnalatha | June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 am
wow fantastic, great prospects keep it up Yahoo.
30. big bayo | June 6th, 2008 at 10:40 am
marvelous ! keep it up for more improvement.
31. julie_mcpro | June 7th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Love the new photo feature and have been using it for a while. Much more convenient and quicker too.
I would judt like to add to the couple of previous comments about when there might be an option to bulk send photos. That would be extremely time saving.
Looking forward to the future with Yahoo!
Julie
32. peter bouker chirwa | June 11th, 2008 at 6:25 am
fantastic, great experience, great future with YAHOO! keep it up guys
33. Famojal | June 12th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Yahoo Rocks………….!!!
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34. Eileen Lamont | June 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I think you have hit on a great idea which makes things much easier, however I wanted to send the photograph my friend sent me to my pictures but was unable to do so. I tried copy and paste and the send to menu without success. I am no expert but I was able to do this previously with photographs my family and friends sent to me. Am I doing something wrogh?
35. Lukman | June 14th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
It is simply fantastic, this yahoo feature is a rewarding experience. I give a big kudos to the Yahoo team.
36. Joe Rice | June 16th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Where am i going wrong switched to the photo viewer
downloaded a picture to send and no view of the picture. who said it was easy i find it a waste of time.
37. john jones | June 16th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Love it! this is the way to go.
38. sipho | June 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
fantastic, saves time and increase speed
39. Jim Chinnery | June 18th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Sorry team but my mailbox will not let me attach anything including photos!
I’d Love it to as i have loads to share
jim
40. DebDevon | June 18th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Recently got married and have received loadsa pix from friends/family. This new feature works a treat and so easy. Took the tediousness of sorting through required pix. Thanx Y for the innovative and easy use of photo handling even for novices like me! Yahoooooooo!
41. Benedict Aiminhiefe | June 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Revolting performance.Keep it up
42. Shonnal | June 22nd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
This is like so cool^^
I ♥ Yahoo
43. ernie | June 24th, 2008 at 2:43 am
Fantastic !
44. lareb | June 24th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
have not tried it yet but sounds great from the comments.
love
lareb
xxx
p.s this is a great email website.
45. lily | June 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
COOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL
46. Peter | June 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Sounds great. I might use it. What’s the cost?
47. papa nii | June 26th, 2008 at 11:34 am
you are the number one source of information
48. yared samuel | June 26th, 2008 at 11:56 am
i really love yahoo. it is the best thing ever happened to meso thank you guyz. But i expect more from you
49. amen samuel | June 26th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
YAHOO is rocking keep it up
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50. OKTAY | July 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I like this. Nice feature
51. Jackie | July 8th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
This is good, but where has the “online photo album” feature gone that used to be part of Yahoo Mail. The one that allowed you to share your photos with family and friends online. The only alternative seems to be Picasa2 which I find too complicated and not as user friendly as the old free album feature.
52. Ruth Rose | July 11th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I hope this works. I am going to send a load of my favourite pictures from another e-mail address to this e-mail. I will be able to select pics to send in e-mails without problems and also check that they are the right ones from the thumbnails.
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