Why is the "New" Outlook for Windows client so awful...deliberately???

Anonymous
2024-02-26T17:21:00+00:00

While I believe I understand some of the reasoning behind the marginally improved "New" Outlook while lamenting the overall deprecated experience - namely, an effort to normalize the look and feel across the desktop, mobile and web versions - the path taken is regressive in nature, at least for those of us who've long relied upon the desktop variant to manage much of their eMail, task and scheduling affairs.

I've been comfortable with the working knowledge that detailed work associated with eMail, tasks and scheduling has been the province of the desktop client, while the mobile and web versions offered very functional and not as detailed abilities.

Now, after having lived with the "new" Outlook desktop client for months now, I can conclude that the 'improvements' to this client when compared to its current and soon former versions is far less capable and far more mobile/web like in function - overall, a deprecated experience.

One notable issue is the mere fact that one can seemingly no longer remove attachments directly from an eMail. While this may seem trivial to some, having attachments to eMail AND the ability to download same simply increases the already arduous task of managing one's documents, while increasing the overall storage footprint (since these could now be stored in at least two places), which could represent increased subscription costs over time.

Microsoft, PLEASE revisit this intended direction for the desktop client, and instead consider introducing some of the long-favored desktop client functions into the mobile and web variants, in turn genuinely introducing "new" functionality all around.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-24T01:39:07+00:00

    My latest beef about this woeful program is the amount of junk mail I am receiving, and I cannot find a setting that will change a junk "filter." I am forever clicking on a junk email and reporting it - to no avail it seems as the junk just keeps on coming..

    Classic Outlook had effective junk controls. Why on earth Microsoft had to change it is beyond me. I have not yet found a single redeeming feature of the new version. But clearly, the company is taking no notice of the complaints.

    I am moving much of my "social" correspondence to WhatsApp, even though I detest the smartphone. At present I don't think Outlook users have much alternative but to soldier on.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-24T18:51:13+00:00

    cudn't agree more "IF IT AIN'T BROKE IT .........." but for gods sake don't force p;eople onto some **** other one

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-24T18:56:36+00:00

    only just got a smartphone so not reaaly up to date wiv how it works but i just had to change everything to gmail instead (which was a pain in the ****) JUST LEAVE THINGS ALONE (cud be worse cud get that twat Elon Musk to sort it LOL LOL LOL)

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-25T17:53:22+00:00

    Yeah, that would be worse!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-02-15T03:40:53+00:00

    It just gets worse, and worse, and worse...

    For the past couple of weeks or so, every few days the program asks me to sign in again, and when I do it has reverted to the default settings i.e. time is U.S. time, date is written in the U.S. way, and so on.

    So I have to reset to Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne time, and to the Australian format for date. And save those settings. But saving the settings doesn't last, and a few days later, I then have to sign in again and reset the formats.

    This is sheer madness.

    The adverts are now filtering into one of my personal folders as well, and the junk is getting worse. I can find no way of setting the junk filter to counter this. Junk senders just change their address with every message, so junk prevention just does not work. The Classic Outlook

    junk management actually worked.

    If anyone can help we with these issues, please post.

    Thank you.

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