The New Outlook is TERRIBLE! !!

Anonymous
2015-11-18T00:43:28+00:00

The responses from those who monitor Outlook is corporate cute. And expected.

But the new Outlook is so Very Terrible, that those of US who loved and have been a part of Hotmail since it's inception , might be lead to believe that the R&D dept. or hired developer Never used it in their lifetime? ??

This new Outlook is a lazy, pathetic designers attempt to.......do nothing!!

What did you make better??

NOTHING!

What did you screw up??

  • The easy one glance ability to either read " said email " or delete in up to  a 10 email selection at once.
  • The ability to easily place emails into folders.

Why explain it,..WE all know the new Outlook is a " Microsoft is done with your stupid account....." phase out.

Which in actuality is a shame from a business perspective.

Hotmail, may not be Facebook popular? 

But, there ARE many longterm users!!!!!!

Microsoft,  you are forcing Your Clientele to depart and sever ties with you.

I left the iPhone world long ago for Samsung / Android.

Why???

  • Freedom, and elimination of loved apps being manipulated.

Microsoft is creating the Same Problem.

IF, the business is really about money????

And Microsoft " thinks " it needs to change??

Why not do the smart thing.........

Ask your client base what WE like, and what WE think you do well. Then work from there.

But this new Outlook??? Sorry but, IT SUCKS!

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T13:35:37+00:00

    I've had a live mail account for some years... it was slow - but nothing like the new Outlook Mail. What is the purpose of the new "Other" category? Use more bandwidth? Waste more time? Completely useless, as far as I'm concerned. I select and instruct every message to permanently go to my "Focused" inbox, but they still keep putting important messages in "Other". It simply takes forever to read messages now, and I just don't have time for that. Sloppy. Inefficient. Frustrating. I'm giving it until the end of Summer, then I'm switching to Gmail. Thanks Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T16:21:20+00:00

    The new Outlook is satan.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-12T16:05:38+00:00

    I have been an Outlook user for many decades, and I find the new format completely unreadable!  In fact, the whole Office 2016 suite of tools is flat, hard to see, and even harder to use! 

    I'm in IT Support, and spend my entire day reading emails.  This new version makes my whole face hurt from squinting so hard!  I don't mind when tools change, for the better, but this change is horrible!  I certainly WON'T be putting this on my home computer.  2010 is so much more readable and user friendly!

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-03-08T22:35:39+00:00

    Have to agree that new Outlook is not the best.

    Visually it looks good but when it comes to everyday functionality it lacks compared to Hotmail.  

    It is slow. Even with regard to typing it lags.

    Have not worked with this much but the one time I tried to use Outlook with One Drive to send images and video it did not function well.  File size limitations etc., issues with those trying to view etc.

    Generally looks modern/updated but is not as user friendly.  

    Getting too complex for me.  Some may love this, some indifferent and many not happy.  I do feel Microsoft should run at least two versions of Outlook. One for advanced users and one for people who enjoy something basic but functional.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-09-15T08:35:33+00:00

    I wholeheartedly agree that Outlook is completely useless.  

    The search 'function' provides no effective functionality. I search for a particular (unusual) name and the search function lists every email in my 'focussed' and 'other' folders: the search function returns more options than the original list!

    There is no way to sort emails unless I set up new folders, which by the sound of other complaints will only result in me losing data the next time Microsoft decides to 'upgrade' their software, so I'm not prepared to do that.

    I don't know why I'm wasting time posting this, because Microsoft won't listen anyway.

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