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.

Just want to add that I too think this is a horrible update. Half the stuff doesn't even work in the many months this has been out. Is there anyone doing quality control? And why would I want to open PDF in Outlook, even after I download it. The app is hijacking everything. I can't imagine the nightmare it will be when it rolls out to end users. Microsoft's monopoly is really starting to get in the way, but no worries, I'm sure some ads will help. Maybe I should have vented on r/sysadmin.

Microsoft has No consideration for anyone. They killed email as a stupid child would. Hell must have a special ring for such little ****!!

Does any remember the "New Coke"? This is a bad marketing decision on par with that fiasco. As many others have said, this is a case of letting graphic designers go wild and make something look "pretty" with no regard to functionality. MS just admit you made a big blunder and move on. Coca Cola had a press conference to announce its mistake. That's not something MS has the moxie to do, so just let it die a quiet death.

Awesome review and well written. I appreciate your insights.

Wow. I tried this "new" Outlook for 10 minutes then went back to the old. I like my email sorted with the newest messages at the bottom of the list. Try that in the new version. You cannot scroll to the bottom of the list. It just keep loading more and more old messages. Try ctrl+end to jump to the bottom of the list. It doesn't work. Why would I want to see 2 year old emails but not be able to see my latest emails? Major fail!

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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2023-10-19T17:27:39+00:00

Just want to add that I too think this is a horrible update. Half the stuff doesn't even work in the many months this has been out. Is there anyone doing quality control?

And why would I want to open PDF in Outlook, even after I download it. The app is hijacking everything. I can't imagine the nightmare it will be when it rolls out to end users.

Microsoft's monopoly is really starting to get in the way, but no worries, I'm sure some ads will help.

Maybe I should have vented on r/sysadmin.
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2023-10-18T01:54:02+00:00

Microsoft has No consideration for anyone. They killed email as a stupid child would. Hell must have a special ring for such little ****!!
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2023-10-16T14:37:43+00:00

Does any remember the "New Coke"? This is a bad marketing decision on par with that fiasco. As many others have said, this is a case of letting graphic designers go wild and make something look "pretty" with no regard to functionality. MS just admit you made a big blunder and move on. Coca Cola had a press conference to announce its mistake. That's not something MS has the moxie to do, so just let it die a quiet death.
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2023-09-29T14:31:57+00:00

Awesome review and well written. I appreciate your insights.
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2023-09-27T21:35:39+00:00

Wow. I tried this "new" Outlook for 10 minutes then went back to the old. I like my email sorted with the newest messages at the bottom of the list. Try that in the new version. You cannot scroll to the bottom of the list. It just keep loading more and more old messages. Try ctrl+end to jump to the bottom of the list. It doesn't work. Why would I want to see 2 year old emails but not be able to see my latest emails? Major fail!
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