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Did the Yahoo homepage appearance change for Firefox?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Geminis076, Dec 1, 2008.

  1. Geminis076

    Geminis076 Well-Known Member

    Hi. My Yahoo's homepage appearance changed tonight, and the URL now reads:

    http://m.www.yahoo.com/


    I use Mozilla Firefox as a browser, and I see that my Explorer is still using the Yahoo I'm familiar with. The change just took place tonight, but I updated Firefox like 2 days ago. Is this a Firefox thing, or am I in some hacker's paradise?

    Please view these screen shots for more info:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/13654616@N05/
     
    Geminis076, Dec 1, 2008
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    doesn't look any different to me.
     
    Loonylion, Dec 1, 2008
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  3. dmac154

    dmac154 Well-Known Member

    I think that's 'My Yahoo'
     
    dmac154, Dec 1, 2008
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  4. Geminis076

    Geminis076 Well-Known Member

    Yeah I thought maybe I was in "My Yahoo", but I'm not. I search around that page to see if I was signed in or something, or if there was an Opt out link, but there's nothing. It's weird, it was the usual way for 1/2 of the day, then it just turned into the "New to me Yahoo" image, with the m.www.yahoo.com. Wondering if it's a Mozilla thing?
     
    Geminis076, Dec 1, 2008
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  5. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    Yahoo randomly selects users to test their hew homepage on. You cannot opt out, nor can you opt in. I know because my mom's computer was selected.

    Proof?
    http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/17/yahoos-all-new-home-page-a-mix-of-old-and-new/

    P.S. What browser you use has nothing to do with selection.
     
    Born2killx, Dec 1, 2008
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