text: why does my compose on my yahoo page show error,no place to type my mail,just shows address and subject only?   no viruses, no other crap or anything like that. - your browser has a problem loading the color and graphics compose area. - to fix this, login to your yahoo mail account, click options in the top right corner.  in the middle column, click general preferences.  where it says composing e-mails, choose plain text, then click save in the top or bottom corners.   this will fix your issue.