i love being right

As predicted in my earlier post, Yahoo has taken a shot across the Gmail bow. I got this message when I logged into my Yahoo email this morning:

Great news – Yahoo! Mail is new and improved!

Thanks for being a loyal Yahoo! Mail user. To ensure that Yahoo! Mail continues to be the easiest, most enjoyable way for you to stay in touch, we've made several great improvements to your service! In addition to all the features you currently enjoy, we've made these upgrades:

Streamlined interface: Makes using your mail even easier

100MB of email storage: Keep more of the things that are important to you – without worrying about bumping up against your storage limit.

Message size up to 10MB: Send monster-sized files – photos, presentations, whatever!

So thanks again for choosing Yahoo! Mail to keep in touch, and we hope you enjoy the additional services now at your fingertips. For more information, please visit our Help page.

Sure it's 10 times less space than Gmail's 1GB. But it's the first step, and it's enough space to make you think twice before immediately switching. Oh, and no relevant text ads, which has the privacy watchdogs up in arms.

Yesterday, my Yahoo inbox was at 99% capacity, today it's 6%.