These Are a Few of My Favorite Themes
Posted Dec 19th 2008 2:23PM by Webmail Team
Every once in awhile I like to spice things up with a little change. Like rearranging my sock drawer or switching the art on my walls. So why shouldn't the same rule apply to your inbox? Well, now it can. In the latest beta release of webmail, you can adorn your inbox with over 45 themes. Here's a video showing you how:
These themes are some of my personal favorites:
Aloha is perfect for getting serious about that exotic tropical vacation I''ve been pondering for the past five years (but can't ever seem to find the money for).
When it's really cold outside, I pour myself a cup of hot coffee, put on my fuzzy slippers and select Cozy Cozy while I read my mail.
Galaxy is always good when I've got that NASA feeling.
And when I'm feeling nostalgic for the house I grew up in, I pick the Paneling theme and reminisce about memories of my parent's rumpus room in the late seventies.
You'll probably be glad to know that we've taken extra special care to make sure our themes are designed to be fun BUT aren't so distracting that they get in the way of reading your mail - this has always been a pet peeve of ours with themes on other products out there.
So take 'em for a spin. And drop us a line with your favorite ones - we'd love to hear about YOUR favorite themes. Or if you've got a good idea for a new one, send it our way. We'll be busy making more for upcoming releases.
- Penned by Bill Wetherell, Director of UI Design
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. I REALLY ENJOY AND LOVE BETA WEBMAIL I HAVE NO COMMENT WITH ALL FEATURE THEY ADD ON IS COOLS
Posted at 9:03AM on Dec 20th 2008 by Huy Phan
2. Why can't i use this at my tunome mail??
Posted at 3:57PM on Dec 24th 2008 by Rod
3. What's the approved way for submitting a suggestion for AOL e-mail?
Posted at 2:35PM on Dec 25th 2008 by ChristianZ
4. For some reason, my new mail sound notification isn't working. Where do we report bugs for the beta?
Posted at 12:19AM on Jan 2nd 2009 by latinkreationz
5. @Rod: This should be available for Tunome as well. Please note, that this is currently available in beta only. Please go to http://beta.webmail.aol.com to use it. We are aiming to launch this for everybody next week.
@ChristianZ: Post them as comment on the blog, or just sent a mail to me: marcelbmbecker(at)aol.com
Posted at 3:39PM on Jan 9th 2009 by Marcel
6. @latinkreationz: thanks so much for letting us know the issue. it will be fixed when these features go live very soon. you can continue to report bugs right here in the blog.
Posted at 8:05PM on Jan 9th 2009 by rosekwok1
7. I love the new themes. I was wondering when we were going to get new ones for mail, since the aol.com homepage got new themes a while ago. Would it be possible to make the themes from aol.com (Blue, Classic, Obsidian, Organic, 3D, Purple, and Deco) available for mail as well? They are so neat!
Posted at 11:55AM on Jan 22nd 2009 by Lena
8. On my blackvoices account I don't have the option for changing themes
Posted at 4:35PM on Feb 25th 2009 by Gregory
9. Why do pictures in my e-mails never show, only boxes with red x's.
Posted at 7:25PM on Feb 28th 2009 by deb