Yahoo Previews New Homepage

Yahoo on Monday put live a preview version of its upcoming new homepage design, which boasts simplified navigation and personalization features. While largely a cosmetic update, Yahoo has incorporated AJAX and DHTML technologies, as well as a new Yahoo! Pulse feature highlighting hot content.

Yahoo has been testing the new page since February, and it currently works with IE and Firefox. "The new home page reflects Yahoo!'s unique position at the intersection of people, media, and knowledge. It presents better access to information and the stuff of our lives, and more individual choice about the appearance of the page," said Yahoo developer Havi Hoffman.