After researching how to get it back to how it looked, which was much more in my taste, much easier to navigate, had what I needed and nothing more, - I now see I can't get it back after it was updated. I think i'm gonna completely disgard of this email, I liked how it looked on PC, it was dark, fast, easy to find things, now it's very complicated with a lot of options and tools i have no use for, and it's bright, with small buttons everywhere. The browser version is alright, so that is what I will be using. I will uninstall outlook completely as a program from my PC, as I do not wish to have this update, and it's more trouble and much more confusing and irritating, than helping and good. It will complicate work and how easy it was before, but that's just how it is, when updates are being forced upon people. It's a typical thing of big coperations to do this, so it dosen't surprise me, that some people who think they know it all, make something new, to shove down the users throat, instead of being able to choose ourselves.

I also reverted back to the old look after trying out the new look. Couldn't see ****. Everything was too damn small and there were so many unnecessary options on-screen. Looks cluttered AF. UPDATE (2023/10/10) : idk if it's because I upgraded some PC components, the OS (W10 then, W11 now), or actual changes with the app were made, but it looks better than what I was faced with before.

Pretty Terrible. Looks like some man child who got fired from GMAIL designed this steaming pile. This is good if you are into glitter lipstick, k-pop, and tik tocking with all your man bun sister jean wearing high on stupidity friends. This in no way looks, acts, or feels like a business or enterprise class software platform. You removed access to many useable features. You screwed up the like a drunken twelve year old in a biker bar. You didn't listen to your customer base and just yelled "Hold My Beer!" when you released this junk. Face it Microsoft. This is worse than the Chocolate Brown Zune. Oh wait, NVM. I get it. You fired all the developers except one and I assume they used ChatGPT to do the coding while the developer worked on their highest score on Mario Cart. This is so bad you should fire the developers and then get their family members fired from whatever jobs they have to. Reminds me of the Bud Light Marketing Team. Tone Deaf to your customers.

Wow, I have to agree with the negative sentiment in this thread, my first impressions of the new Outlook are that is truly awful. I've tried it for an hour, I was grateful when that hour was over. It's like going back to Lotus Notes 6.

Hello, been a MS Outlooker since it came out whenever that was, a long time ago. I don't like it, but to stick to my 1 huge concern? Backups. Period. On a funny side, I was asking Bing AI some questions about this a couple days ago, and it was giving me information from a ZDnet site, back in March of '22 😂😂😂 Anyway, my issue, from the MS site, today: Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support Seriously? No ability to backup all the data "Before" rolling this thing out? That ain't good. I'm sure this is known as an issue, and quite frankly, no one really cares what I have to say, but said it anyway, and doing my backup while I can, saving in whatever format, or Virtual container I can. Just started fiddling on that part. Anyway folks, grab your .pst while you can or trust someone else to ensure the integrity of your data....🤣🤣🤣

I have all the same thoughts as everyone else, along with one other. When I use Outlook web, it will always tell me there are 5 unread emails in my inbox. I cannot find them. I do not know where these emails exist and yet they are always there. HOWEVER, in my Outlook desktop app, all mail items in my Inbox show as read. Today I switched to new Outlook and lo and behold it shows I have 5 unread emails in my Inbox. I cannot find them in the desktop app. All other folders show all emails read. I find this both frustrating and interesting that now my desktop mail app is acting like the web app. Also, I hate it.

The new update on OUTLOOK mail, is terrible

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After researching how to get it back to how it looked, which was much more in my taste, much easier to navigate, had what I needed and nothing more, - I now see I can't get it back after it was updated.
I think i'm gonna completely disgard of this email, I liked how it looked on PC, it was dark, fast, easy to find things, now it's very complicated with a lot of options and tools i have no use for, and it's bright, with small buttons everywhere.

The browser version is alright, so that is what I will be using. I will uninstall outlook completely as a program from my PC, as I do not wish to have this update, and it's more trouble and much more confusing and irritating, than helping and good. It will complicate work and how easy it was before, but that's just how it is, when updates are being forced upon people.

It's a typical thing of big coperations to do this, so it dosen't surprise me, that some people who think they know it all, make something new, to shove down the users throat, instead of being able to choose ourselves.

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2023-05-23T21:28:34+00:00

I also reverted back to the old look after trying out the new look.

Couldn't see ****. Everything was too damn small and there were so many unnecessary options on-screen. Looks cluttered AF.

UPDATE (2023/10/10) :

idk if it's because I upgraded some PC components, the OS (W10 then, W11 now), or actual changes with the app were made, but it looks better than what I was faced with before.
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2023-05-24T19:18:46+00:00

Pretty Terrible. Looks like some man child who got fired from GMAIL designed this steaming pile. This is good if you are into glitter lipstick, k-pop, and tik tocking with all your man bun sister jean wearing high on stupidity friends. This in no way looks, acts, or feels like a business or enterprise class software platform.

You removed access to many useable features. You screwed up the like a drunken twelve year old in a biker bar. You didn't listen to your customer base and just yelled "Hold My Beer!" when you released this junk.

Face it Microsoft. This is worse than the Chocolate Brown Zune.

Oh wait, NVM. I get it. You fired all the developers except one and I assume they used ChatGPT to do the coding while the developer worked on their highest score on Mario Cart.

This is so bad you should fire the developers and then get their family members fired from whatever jobs they have to. Reminds me of the Bud Light Marketing Team.

Tone Deaf to your customers.
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2023-05-26T09:13:07+00:00

Wow, I have to agree with the negative sentiment in this thread, my first impressions of the new Outlook are that is truly awful. I've tried it for an hour, I was grateful when that hour was over. It's like going back to Lotus Notes 6.
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2023-05-27T16:51:34+00:00

Hello, been a MS Outlooker since it came out whenever that was, a long time ago. I don't like it, but to stick to my 1 huge concern? Backups. Period.

On a funny side, I was asking Bing AI some questions about this a couple days ago, and it was giving me information from a ZDnet site, back in March of '22 😂😂😂 Anyway, my issue, from the MS site, today:

Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support

Seriously? No ability to backup all the data "Before" rolling this thing out?

That ain't good. I'm sure this is known as an issue, and quite frankly, no one really cares what I have to say, but said it anyway, and doing my backup while I can, saving in whatever format, or Virtual container I can. Just started fiddling on that part. Anyway folks, grab your .pst while you can or trust someone else to ensure the integrity of your data....🤣🤣🤣
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2023-05-30T14:55:55+00:00

I have all the same thoughts as everyone else, along with one other. When I use Outlook web, it will always tell me there are 5 unread emails in my inbox. I cannot find them. I do not know where these emails exist and yet they are always there. HOWEVER, in my Outlook desktop app, all mail items in my Inbox show as read.

Today I switched to new Outlook and lo and behold it shows I have 5 unread emails in my Inbox. I cannot find them in the desktop app. All other folders show all emails read. I find this both frustrating and interesting that now my desktop mail app is acting like the web app. Also, I hate it.
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