Yahoo's old (classic) design allowed me to quickly middle-click each mail link and open in a new tab. I like having one tab open with the complete list of recent mails in my Inbox, and separate tabs for each mail that I can dispose of when I'm done with them.
Now with the new design, I can no longer middle-click or right-click and open mails in a new tab. They only seem to open in the same tab, replacing the previous view, then I have to go back to the Inbox, open another mail and so on, back and forth. This is stupid!
With Yahoo I can probably go back to the Classic view, but that might be disabled soon. Also, I otherwise like the streamlined look and aesthetics of the new design. With Gmail and Outlook/Hotmail I don't even think there's a classic version available.
So how can I make every mail open in a new tab with all these web mail services, without having to first open multiple copies of my Inbox?
(I'm using Firefox/Windows, so if an add-on is the only solution, so be it.)
Best Answer
Yahoo - @Mehper has it right about Yahoo - left-clicking will open the mail in a new tab. Just click back over to the Inbox tab to see the full list again. This gives you tab functionality, just not at the browser level.
An alternative to doing this is to change your "mail options" to show the email preview pane in your inbox view. To see this you can go to the top left (next to your profile avatar) and select:
Options>Mail Options>In a scrolling list (show preview pane)(under behavior)This will allow you to open email at the bottom with the inbox on the top (no there is no way to make the split vertical)
Outlook - I don't know how to do this in Outlook.
Gmail - For Gmail, you can try using basic HTML view if you want the middle-click functionality: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=h
This is a basic view that allows you to middle click to open email in new tabs.
For more about this go to this link: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=15049