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.

Yes, he was insightful. One of my students actually did a masters thesis based on some of McLuhan’s hypotheses. — Carl

My word... you're right. I'd never heard of Mr. McLuhan until I researched him upon your recommendation, and I see that he correctly predicted all of this over half a century ago. Fascinating indeed. Thanks for the tip.

FYI: Postbox works on Mac, too. If you are interested. https://www.postbox-inc.com/ I'm in no way affiliated with this software. I'm just a former user that is seriously considering switching back. It's very good and the company is email-centric. You do lose some of the nice Outlook features like seeing your most recent files when you go to insert a file as an attachment in an email. But, it is a very good email client, and relatively cheap. Carl

There seems to be a global initiative underway to move away from printed text, and toward pictorial representations of things. In other words, we're regressing from written language back to childish heiroglyphics. It's frustrating. Sincere condolences for your recent loss.

As I said this the New Coke syndrome. If MS goes through with plans to force everyone to switch in 2024, it’ll mean a lot of lost revenue for them. I’ll switch to Postbox, which I’ve used in the past. That’s a company that knows how to do email. — Carl There will be no forcing of anything. The only announcment Microsnot has made is that in 2024 all Win11 operating systems will ship with the new Outlook as the default email app. It can be changed, deleted, not used just as the current mail app can. No change they make will force anything other than the line you are trying to spin... Relax with the conspiratorial rubbish. Historically Microsnot has tried many new things, some worked some did not. Windows Vista anyone? Microsnot only has market share of around 13% in applications-suite market. All this will do is make more of the public/business stop using their software and they will do an about change and revert this abomination as a mistake just like they did with Vista.

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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2023-11-09T18:37:43+00:00

Yes, he was insightful. One of my students actually did a masters thesis based on some of McLuhan’s hypotheses. — Carl
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2023-11-09T17:18:31+00:00

My word... you're right. I'd never heard of Mr. McLuhan until I researched him upon your recommendation, and I see that he correctly predicted all of this over half a century ago. Fascinating indeed. Thanks for the tip.
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2023-11-09T16:31:57+00:00

FYI: Postbox works on Mac, too. If you are interested.

https://www.postbox-inc.com/

I'm in no way affiliated with this software. I'm just a former user that is seriously considering switching back. It's very good and the company is email-centric. You do lose some of the nice Outlook features like seeing your most recent files when you go to insert a file as an attachment in an email. But, it is a very good email client, and relatively cheap.

Carl
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2023-11-09T16:01:46+00:00

There seems to be a global initiative underway to move away from printed text, and toward pictorial representations of things. In other words, we're regressing from written language back to childish heiroglyphics. It's frustrating. Sincere condolences for your recent loss.
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2023-11-09T05:45:23+00:00

As I said this the New Coke syndrome. If MS goes through with plans to force everyone to switch in 2024, it’ll mean a lot of lost revenue for them. I’ll switch to Postbox, which I’ve used in the past. That’s a company that knows how to do email. — Carl

There will be no forcing of anything. The only announcment Microsnot has made is that in 2024 all Win11 operating systems will ship with the new Outlook as the default email app. It can be changed, deleted, not used just as the current mail app can. No change they make will force anything other than the line you are trying to spin... Relax with the conspiratorial rubbish.

Historically Microsnot has tried many new things, some worked some did not. Windows Vista anyone?

Microsnot only has market share of around 13% in applications-suite market. All this will do is make more of the public/business stop using their software and they will do an about change and revert this abomination as a mistake just like they did with Vista.
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