Yahoo! Groups Beta Testing Complete
Back in March I posted to inform all of you who had been testing the Yahoo! Groups Beta that we had completed our testing and encouraged everyone who was using the beta product to move back to the classic Groups product.
To recap, we are planning to take all of the feedback you have shared with us and the lessons we’ve learned and incorporate these things into the classic (or original) Groups product in an evolutionary way. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on the latest developments here on the Groups blog, so please stay tuned.
In the meantime, we will migrate all beta Groups over to the classic Groups product by June 1st (impacting only .01% of Groups users who are members of a beta group). We will begin this migration the week of May 26th.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to post below in the comments area.
We greatly appreciate all the time and effort you all put forth in testing and providing feedback on the Groups Beta. We gained a great deal of valuable insight and will work to incorporate as much of your feedback into classic Groups product as possible.
Best,
Jami Heldt
Groups Community Manager
Linda Rettstatt said,
May 9, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Just this evening, I logged into several different Yahoo Groups and the pages are all skewed. They are very slow in opening. I don’t recall ever choosing the beta option, so I’m wondering if my groups were somehow affected by this change anyway?
Jordan K said,
May 9, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Wow I’ve noticed some strangeness today too. Replies I post from my gmail account get stuck and aren’t posted to the list until I reply again from the group’s web site, then both messages come through one right after the other, like one from noon and the other from 8pm.
Is it Not Okay to use gmail addresses on Yahoo groups any more? I haven’t seen anything today from people who normally post from Hotmail either. This isn’t a political thing between Yahoo and Microsoft from that failed takeover attempt is it??
Mario said,
May 10, 2008 @ 3:27 am
Hi,
i love the BETA GROUP !!!
It is absolutely great !!! MORE MORE MORE…..
Can not wait so get the new BETAs.
ll the best, Mario
YAHOO FOREVER !
Hanif said,
May 10, 2008 @ 5:24 am
why am i not getting mails?
Sayed Aidy said,
May 10, 2008 @ 7:19 am
GOOD
Alex Zaleski said,
May 10, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
In the past there were 2 windows on the invite page. One for the email address and another for a message. Now the message window is gone. How do I get it back? Thank you
Debra Williams said,
May 11, 2008 @ 6:39 am
I cannot assess the group page today. I have e-mailed the moderator and have not heard back from them. I even tried to re-join but was denied. what do I do now? Thanks
BK said,
May 11, 2008 @ 8:05 am
Great!
AroOsha said,
May 11, 2008 @ 8:08 am
kavita said,
May 11, 2008 @ 8:55 am
Hi
If we have two seperate groups of the same kind in the same category, though started by two different people;
One an Open Public Forum: where anyone can join and another a moderated one? Is it possible to merge the two, ofcourse if both owners consent to it?
Please advise.
Thanks
Ted S. said,
May 11, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Does this beta testing by any chance have anything to do with the 18KB of HTML bloat that are now being added to every email to a list?
I switched my group prefernce from the so-called “new and improved” “fully featured” message preference to “traditional”, but when I sent out a short (1.5KB) message, it came back at over 19KB.
The HTML is hideously ugly, which is why I don’t do HTML in email at all.
Celia said,
May 12, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
I need help with my group. I want to add music on my homepage and I need help. I have no idea what I am doing, someone gave me a code to put in the description box but nothing happens. Does anyone know what I need to do?
Vijay said,
May 12, 2008 @ 9:14 pm
Good
To whom it may concern said,
May 15, 2008 @ 10:21 am
my account has been bouncing in Y! Groups for the pass couple of days now and when I try to click the link “Unbounce” or “Send Reactivation Request”, I only get this error message:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080.
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Any help or information regarding this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Tasnimur Rahman said,
May 15, 2008 @ 11:49 am
I have been using the beta version for some time now. It has a wonderful look and the choice of colours are unique. It has truly been a pleasure working this one. However, there is one constant nagging. The advrt. panel that keeps on appearing on the right of the mail. Although, I have clicked it off several times,it keeps on coming back again and again.
Do something about this.
Keep on the good work.It makesmail reading/writing a pleasurable experience.
Thanks once again
SLW said,
May 16, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
Thank you for the rapid response in getting the html fixed this morning, most appreciated. Am now up and running, Yahoo finally sends me an error stating the problem and handled it promptly. There are tons of yahoo groups owners and mods who appreciate the tech support today! Kudos!
jak said,
May 18, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
thanks, Yahoo
hulihui said,
June 1, 2008 @ 4:27 am
hello
Knowledge said,
June 5, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
BonJour amigos e amigas!
My Yahoo email address “legalguru@charter.net” account has been bouncing in Y! Groups for the pass several days now. No email that I send to Yahoo Business opp group, or home based biz, or network mrktng groups gets posted to those groups. When I try to click the link “Unbounce” or “Send Reactivation Request”, I only get this error message:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080.
* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network
connection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Any help or information regarding this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Mellie said,
June 5, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
Any ETA on when Yahoo will be done switching Beta groups back to the Classic format? It’s June 5 and our group is still in Beta mode. Thanks.
jehad said,
June 7, 2008 @ 12:36 am
thanks, Yahoo
jehad said,
June 7, 2008 @ 12:39 am
Welcome
To the desire of acquaintance with the sweet girl and loves life and fun
jehad said,
June 7, 2008 @ 12:41 am
Welcome
Sweet life
jehad said,
June 7, 2008 @ 12:42 am
Welcome
The possibility to speak English when weak
jehad said,
June 7, 2008 @ 12:43 am
Welcome
Can we correspondent Arabic
mohamed ahmed mohamed ahmed said,
June 7, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
how we can make mony from the internet
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June 8, 2008 @ 7:06 am
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rajeev chopra said,
June 9, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
pl continue to send me pictures
tammy said,
June 10, 2008 @ 11:31 am
hi you shold do a blong for taylor swif she number 1 singer on kick 99.5 she really good singer. how you can make money on line is e-bay or charg people money for things. any way you should i am sure taylor will be o.k. with it. love madison p.s. put more stuff on here like a poll or a qize goissp and music or viodos.bye bye p.s.s taylor really cool and pretty so way not do a poll for what guy would date her put some piturers or something up to or do a qize about taylor swif she also funny cool famous to she has a myspace that where i am going next i am one of her friends so she single she also rides by her x-s houes some times to see how there doing she really sweet to so think about it boys she 18 she also down to earth girl and she really not pushy like some poeple i know bye know .
tammy said,
June 10, 2008 @ 11:35 am
i also rember she one a grammy award to for new best singing arist she also write all her own songs bye
simran said,
June 11, 2008 @ 12:12 am
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NetNet said,
June 18, 2008 @ 6:58 am
I really like the yahoo beta groups,I only had 1 issue Could not send invites
other than that ….Great NetNet…
arne said,
August 28, 2008 @ 7:55 am
I just got into yahoo groups and noticed the beta concept
1) Why no image button in the dashboard to insert an image?
2) Why is there no ability to edit a post?
Noah Jacobson said,
November 12, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
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