How to switch back to old "Hotmail" interface layout? (Aug 2016)

Anonymous
2016-08-02T15:16:15+00:00

A few days ago my Hotmail e-mail account suddenly switch to the "Outlook" mail & layout (where the little blue line fills in across the screen under the "Outlook" icon....) I hate it! Why did it change & HOW CAN I SWITCH BACK TO THE OLD HOTMAIL FORMAT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THESE YEARS???

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-25T13:44:58+00:00

    But where is in the new interface  the very useful function "From this sender... delete all from???"

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-16T13:37:08+00:00

    jeez...I just needed a NEW email account - to post something on kijiji. So, I opened a gmail account. Very easy, very nice, MUCH FASTER & neater that this outlook thingy ..yuk!.

    Goodbye hotmail/outlook/live whatever ...!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T21:47:46+00:00

    Why is it not possible to revert to old working Hotmail/outlook when the new one sucks big time!! Why do microsoft make negative "improvements".....

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T03:51:18+00:00

    This is laughable, it's not cookies.

    The problem is with the new format, the fact it's trying to load all of the messages (or huge chunks at once) and multiple background items Miscrosoft is trying to force run thats bogging down the webpages.

    If you scriptblock a couple of the forced items it will function and be more responsive, but the layout, design and operation is still terrible compared to the previous Hotmail/Outlook layout.

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