Axis, Yahoo's New Browser 194
markjhood2003 writes "Fresh on the heels of Slashdot's discussion of the lack of browser choice on mobile devices comes the announcement of Yahoo's new web browser Axis. According to VentureBeat, the browser runs on iPad and iPhone as a separate standalone browser and as an extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, with support for Android and Windows Phone coming soon. It actually appears to bring some innovation to mobile search, displaying results and queries on the same page for more productive navigation between the two."
Re:That is cool, but... (Score:1, Interesting)
I wouldn't say Yahoo Mail is behind others. I have a Yahoo address, and I'm very pleased with the interface and the service, more so than with Gmail. They offer 500 fully functional disposable email addresses for SPAM decoys, unlimited storage space (not just very large and increasing, like in Gmail), keyboard shortcuts (something Gmail doesn't support at all) and tabs on the interface, so I can have several messages composing at once (again, no such thing in Gmail), and folders (very important for me, very useful, and not present at all in Gmail). :)
And, for some reason, maybe because I've had my address since ~1995, I've received a free upgrade to Mail Plus, so I have very few reasons to complain.
Certainly, there are some quirks, such as only counting unread messages in the root folder in the unread total, but I've reported that, and will report it again. Plus, it's not such a bad thing that I can't live without it...
If anything, Yahoo is still the best web-based email service out there, outshining Gmail, which has Android integration on its side to make up for its shortcomings in the mail section.
Re:Huh... (Score:5, Interesting)
What's worse is that Yahoo have accidentally included their private signing key inside the Chrome extension, meaning anyone can now sign Chrome extensions as Yahoo....
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