Outlook Calendar Current Time bar has disappeared

Hi Diane,

even since i know that the new current time indicator is intentional, i have a hard time getting used to it, because it is not intuitive.

What is the reason for the current time line extending into the past? Seeing at one glance, what meetings took place at the current time of day, but on past days is not my first interest when looking at my calendar.

For me it continues to be irritating and looks more like a bug than a feature...

My suggestion: make the current time indicator design a setting to choose from the old and the new (and in the future maybe more) styles.

I'm sorry - this is a new 'current time' line !!! ... I cannot accept that - this must be a BUG they can't be bothered to fix.

Why on earth would you have an active timeline for the past ... it makes no logical sense.

It is so annoying to have this now, compared to what it was before ... as expected, on the current day.

I am really sorry, but this is such a pathetic bug MS are trying to call a feature.

And also just spotted, that the Current Time Bar is correct if you display in Schedule View, i.e. it displays on the current day.

Thereby proving it is a bug - doesn't display correctly on day/week view, but does display correctly on the schedule view.

Such a schoolboy programming bug !!!

Hi Diane

Is there any documentation about that new time indicator?

For me the UX looks more like a bug, rather than a new feature. On Mondays, the bar is not visible at all, while on the following days the bar is offset by one day. I attached a screenshot of Outlook for OSX and outlook.live.com, which in my opinion, looks more the way it should be.

Outlook on Windows:

outlook.live.com:

Outlook on OSX:

I agree with the comments of the previous posters regarding the Time Indicator Bar.

I landed at this site after a google search to try to find options to modify the Bar.  The most important benefit of the Time Indicator Bar is to quickly understand where you are in your schedule on the current day.  

For a better visual prompt - please consider extending the Bar across the current day's column.  Detail on specific time is all about current day - not previous days ==> so your current visual for the Time Indicator Bar is not delivering that.

+1. This is awful UI. The indicator is rounded and without a definitive 'point' meaning it's extremely hard to read exactly where you are. 

The original line was thin allowing accuracy. ie. Do I have 3 minutes till my next appointment or 3 minutes left on my current. The current doesn't give indication to a useful granularity. 

You also have to scan to the left border to find it and it doesn't jump out. 

In summary it's almost useless!! Bring back the correct clear, intuitive and discernible line!