Whenever I open a new page on the internet, I am presented with yahoo as my homepage, which shows me, as soon as it loads, if I have any new messages. If there is nothing in my inbox I will quickly go on with what I am doing, but if anything new has arrived, I find the need to scroll over the link that reads "mail," which allows me to see who sent the message and what the subject is. Depending on the urgency of the messages, the sender, or the subject's interest in general, I will either continue what I was doing or click on one of the new messages to read it in full. After I have finished reading, I decide whether or not I have to reply to any of my messages, which I then also determine what kind of etiquette I will use while typing depending on the recipient.

I find that being able to scroll over the link for my mail to view the sender and subject is especially important for me because of its speed and easy use. This becomes useful as I find myself looking at the yahoo homepage at least a dozen times a day due to its status as my homepage. However, I never really use e-mail in the sense that I send electronic letters to friends and family. Since I only really use it to receive informational messages or notifications from facebook, I rarely have to reply to any messages, which keeps my e-mail experience rather one-sided and brief.