Hotmail Quick Action Icons Have Moved

Anonymous
2022-05-04T02:08:29+00:00

The Quick Action Icons (Delete, Move, Mark Unread) have moved - they were originally next to the SENDER Name, now they are on the far right (after the received time column) - how can I move them back to the original position ?

See image - they are at the GREEN arrow, I want them back at the RED arrow.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T13:30:03+00:00

    I get a lot of unwanted emails that I don't necessarily consider spam. I use a wide screen monitor. I like being able to quickly scan the sender's name and the subject, then clicking on delete if necessary.

    Now I have to play this game of mousing over to the right side, making sure I am highlighting the correct row then click. I dislike gmail because of this and have even deleted the wrong email accidentally.

    Perhaps it's a limit of my understanding, but I don't get why this is considered a better move. Is it because gmail is more popular and they're trying to make it easier for people to switch? I've always felt gmail was inferior to hotmail in function.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T10:21:31+00:00

    Totally AWFUL. Now it's the same as gmail which maybe it will make me switch to gmail.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T02:49:44+00:00

    This is frustrating. A 6 year's old child will not make a mistake like this. I am deleting the wrong messages and pinning the messages that I intend to delete!. You cannot align the whole line from left to right correctly when you are going through hundreds of emails daily.

    Please correct this issue asap before everyone switch this application to Gmail for good.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T01:37:37+00:00

    You can 'vote' to have the icons put back -
    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/ef8342e1-3cd5-ec11-a81b-000d3a03dba2 It seems to happen from time to time... a big software company breaks the UX and then the users

    have to vote to unbreak the thing they never voted to break in the first place.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-19T17:29:34+00:00

    Moving the quick action icons to an area where their use is no longer a quick action...

    Bold Move MS!

    For those like me who find this annoying as well as idiotic, on a chromebook I can hit Alt [backspace] and delete emails.

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