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
    2024-09-16T12:25:09+00:00

    I genuinely believe that Microsoft are trying to drive customers away from their platforms.

    • Endless, terrible updates, which add nothing to productivity.
    • Constant dumbing down of Windows, completely baffling.
    • More and more complexity with no benefits.
    • Ever increasing RAM requirements for no gain
    • Greedy price gouging.
    • Removing core products from Office 365 and making them chargeable add-ons, e.g. Teams!
    • Insanely complex licencing and pricing for second rate products.

    The list goes on an on.

    Windows 2000 did everything I need to do now on a PC spec that is too low for an Android phone.

    Do they have no real business people working at Microsoft

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-16T12:27:10+00:00

    You now can't export a mailbox, or folder, to a PST as a backup!
    Geniuses at Microshaft!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-17T15:28:23+00:00

    I agree

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-18T16:05:38+00:00

    I agree whole heartedly. Microsoft has made it worse not better.

    I am prevented from using my VM.net accounts in the ols outlook.

    I can no longer see how many emails I have.

    Cannot get rid of the rediculous sidebar.

    No way to block junk mail senders.

    Several more small gripes but they can wait

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-18T18:43:56+00:00

    its bloody awful you press a link and it opens 3 IDENTICAL windows WHY OH WHY don't you just LEAVE THINGS ALONE. i also see i suddenly getting adverts is this your way of making money or what?

    when windows 10 was released (THE FINAL PRODUCT) at a cost of over a hundred pounds SUDDENLY windows 11 appears which my computer was NOT built for,thois sounds like a total roip off to me and ANOTHER way of YOU cashing in on us POOR BUGGERS who can't afford afford it (if i was to use the language i wanted it would CERTAINLY have been deleted)

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