"New" Outlook search at the title bar - anyone else fed up?

Anonymous
2020-01-13T12:12:13+00:00

Hi everyone, and sorry for my strong language,

but I am really fed up with the new Outlook Search on the title bar, that appeared a couple of months ago in the Insider build.

Outlook Search used to work perfectly well for years, why did MS have to touch it really? Does anyone else feel so annoyed as well with the latest changes?

Just an example from today:

The new search bar, that has unfortunately been moved to the title bar, not only is it no functionally positioned - compared to how useful it was - but also does not work correctly:

  1. I am used to typing "to:" of "from:" and the name of the person whose mail I am looking for. No autocomplete for the names here
  2. I am used to typing "hasattachment:yes"; not only the autocomplete is gone (it used to come up after typing "has"), but no search results show up, even if there are emails sent to the particular person with attachments
  3. the same as #2 happens when I use the "has attachments" button of the ribbon. No results are shown, although there are messages with attachments for the particular person
  4. the new filter options (the ones you get when you click on the "Current folder" option at the title bar) are not consistent with what you have already typed in the search filter. E.g. I already have typed "hasattachment:yes" and I can still select "yes" in the attachment filter, so I end up for two "hasattachment:yes" options in the search bar, which of course doesn't work (not that it worked with one statement)

What a big scr*!@up of the Outlook search feature! Please revert to the previous one!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-19T17:09:52+00:00

    Exactly! Microsoft certainly know how to overthink things. Microsoft "How can I make something that works perfectly and make a change" Complete loons! The pain of a system monopolized by a corporate think tank.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-14T16:40:04+00:00

    I have tried to contact them, but I have not received any help. I guess they do not care about us.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-14T16:33:22+00:00

    Is there any way to change this back to the previous setup.  I hate the new location; it's awkward and not useful when I want to search email.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-14T08:33:11+00:00

    How stupid is this???

    I'm getting more and more annoyed every day.

    Who was the clever guy who thought?  Why not cover the search tolls with a an automatic drop down with stupid suggestions??

    Microsoft, can you PLEASE listen to your users and provide a response for such dissatisfaction.

    Is this asking too much?

    Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-13T22:52:27+00:00

    It was always so easy to use the Search and now it is awful.  Could you please change it back to the way it was before.  It was very useful and easy.  Now it is frustrating and a huge hassle to figure out.  The old way always gave you Inbox and Sent messages all pulled up together.  

    Please change back.  PLEASE...........

    Thank you!

    Be sure to cast your vote  here - a lot of people hate it.  Make your voice heard and maybe they will listen.  ??      https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/39046513-search-at-the-top-option

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