outlook.live.com quick actions moved to far right of email and I can't move them back beside Sender/From and Subject.

Anonymous
2022-05-04T16:03:40+00:00

My outlook.live.com quick actions moved to the far right of subject and received column and I can't move them back beside sender and subject. The quick actions appear on far right of email. I went to Mail - Customize actions -Quick actions. The template shows them on right but the screen narrative shows "Quick actions appear beside sender names and subject lines in your message list". Please help me get the quick actions back to between From (Sender Name) and Subject.

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-17T13:26:21+00:00

    The day this happened to me, I was sure I must have done something to make it happen. I spent several hours on Google trying to figure out how to move the quick actions back to where they belong. Needless to say, I didn't find any answers. I find the new location very inconvenient. I keep my calendar pane up all the time, which now covers the quick action buttons. I have started using the right click on my mouse to do what I used to do with the quick actions.

    Whoever moved this change to the user community clearly didn't give the user community any consideration when they moved it. Assuming MS received numerous requests to move the quick action items to their new location, why not give the users the option to place them in a spot that makes the most sense for them? Like adding/deleting/moving columns. Oh right . . . you can't do that in Outlook.com either.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-17T13:26:31+00:00

    Didn't they do usability testing on this issue? By my reckoning it's taking me about five times longer to deleted unwanted messages as my eyes flick left and right checking that I'm actually deleting the intended message. Awful awful change.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-17T13:36:22+00:00

    Microsoft please change the quick action buttons back next to the senders email / name on left side, instead of the far right.

    It takes 4 times longer to use the quick action buttons now, so they're no longer functioning as "quick action buttons" and are now ....

    "SLOW ACTION BUTTONS"

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-17T13:36:52+00:00

    Awful decision, please at least give the option to move them back.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-17T13:45:11+00:00

    Change is not always a good thing. Left feedback to revert back to previous format which worked just fine.

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