Things I like about the new Yahoo Mail -- and why (at least for the moment) it's beating Gmail

I love seeing the body of the mail in the window below the message list. It's just like a stand-alone e-mail client, and Gmail doesn't have it. Most of the time, I don't even need to "open" an e-mail. I can see all I need to see in the window. It really speeds up my handling of mail.

Another thing -- with this new software, Yahoo Mail just looks better than Gmail. Expect Google to play major catch-up on this.

I've never used RSS feeds, but since the Yahoo Mail client includes RSS functionality, I tried it. It's a great addition to the mail client, especially because you don't have to leave the mail-reading environment to use it.

Yahoo Mail "pushes" new messages to the Web-based client. You never have to "refresh" your browser. New e-mail just appears.

Chat is integrated in the client. I'm not as excited about it because it's not as good in some ways as the stand-alone Yahoo Messenger. The notifications from Yahoo Mail about chat requests and new mail aren't as visable as they are in Messenger. But you can still use the separate Yahoo Messenger app if you wish. At least Yahoo gives you the choice, and for that I applaud them.

Unlimited storage: I hope I don't need it, but I'm glad it's there.