I go straight to my inbox as well, but everytime I login I get this:
I don't need it, I don't want it, and I can't get rid of it. So back again to the original Yahoo.
I don't recognise the icon nor the drop down menu - I can only assume you have the yahoo toolbar or something similar installed. It's the sort of "addon" I avoid like the plague.
I keep my email client exclusively for my ISP email address (and aliases) - for my yahoo addresses I log on via the web - the two shall never meet... To that extent my interest in this thread is limited, but my growing dislike of everything google prompted me to speak up.