Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Yahooer

Sounds dirty doesn't it, actually I would use the word for some one who "yahoos" or a person who is engaged in doing things on yahoo.
Upgrade to the latest version of yahoo (they said). So I did, little realising that the "Latest" version does not refer to the most modern, it actually refers to the speed at which you are able to access your emails. Not only that but it enthusiastically lets you know what dozens of other yahooers (non of which you have any reason to even know, nevermind have the slightest interest in) are doing in their own mundane existences.

I don't remember ticking any boxes that said "I want bollocks in my inbox"  or "let me know what every other git in the world is doing", so why do I end up with updates about baseball (a game that leaves me wondering if I need to redecorate some room or other) American Football (a poor imitation of a real game) or Nascar ( I won't even be drawn on this one). I don't want them and resent their presence in my "I want to access my immediate world" page, neither do I wish to hear that "Pugsly Matovani is connected to Fiona Whttingloffer" I don't know either of them so what earthly interest could I possibly have in finding out that they have found common ground and are well on their way to procreating?
Nope! I want an option to strip down this interface to the point where I can access my emails, this would probably make the delivery of said emails a touche more rapid, giving me more time to gripe about something that really gets on my nerves on here.

2 comments:

Pedro said...

You can either Take-it or Leave-it as far as Yahoo! are concerned . . . I imagine Leave-it is the preferred option for most these days and head off to MSN which ought to present you with little if any SPAM.

Rob Malkin said...

I would like to drop them a la pomme de terre chaud, but most of my official stuff is set up through them, (and it would probably take a week for me to be able to email them). However, I would like to add that it isn't actually SPAM that is holding up my access, it is the banal updates that seem to be making the rest of my yahoo account inaccessible. Moreover I have no truck at all with MSN or hotmail and would willingly avoid any Monkeysort type of software if possible, the advent of Linux and open source software will free us of the scourge that is Mr Gates's empire.