New Outlook - Completely Sucks

Anonymous
2023-10-17T07:44:06+00:00

Dear MS, If you wish to replace an application (developed over 20+ years) then make it functionally equivalent.

Until then don't bother with trying to push the <removed> that is the new Outlook onto people to test.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T07:13:43+00:00

    Ok, I'm not alone. I only need the functionality like outlook express has to make my work emails work as one and my personal emails work as one too. Outlook express is the only email I know that we can do that. Anyone know any email software that does that in case microsoft decides to completely dissalow us to use their best email software?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-15T14:51:03+00:00

    Still the same...
    Today's gripes:

    • Can't Find other emails in this conversation (I can do this only in my "Outlook Live" account but not my work email or primary home email). Used to be able to do it in several ways.
    • Meeting and Event reminders pop up in 3 or 4 different ways. I especially love the one that I set as a reminder two days in advance. My choice is to Snooze it for 5 or 10 minutes or dismiss it. ****? This has to be a joke from a disgruntled group of Microsoft employees in some forgotten department. Fair enough. You've had your fun. Now give us a functional tool so we can function in our jobs.
    • Unable to group email accounts or inboxes. I have to check or search each one individually. Fun fun.

    Many of us were masters at using outlook and used it to manage so much of our work. Now it's like breathing through a coffee stir-stick. Everything is difficult and slows us down. As one who works on contract it is literally costing me money. For those that are hourly employees... it's costing their employer money. Who knows, perhaps the $millions lost due to MS tinkering, and use of customer base as testers in their core development program, is somehow recaptured by evil shareholders. I almost hope so. To think it's just a complete waste with no purpose is just sad.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-10T16:15:25+00:00

    How could such a horrible rendition of this program get released. I have used Outlook Mail for years and now almost everything I do with the new Outlook is problematic. I do link other products like gmail and Icloud to Outlook. Apparently some of that got broken when the new Outlook installed. I did my best to resync everything. When I try to edit or delete duplicate contact entries. it takes me to a different contact. Deleting a contact often fails. I can no longer copy and paste something into an email, I am forced to drag and drop but of course it has to be a Ctrl-Drag and Drop otherwise it just opens the item. When I try to create an email of any length there is always some problem where it either deletes the email or turns it into a draft. It is difficult to cut and past prior meesages in replies. I could go on but those are just a few of many issues. The program stinks so much I can almost smell it. It's too bad. Something which worked fairly well has been ruined.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-05T17:30:16+00:00

    Completely agree! This is the kind of feedback Microsoft should listen to.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-05T15:23:28+00:00

    I can't believe that this level of poorly though out product has been released by MS. I always try to adapt to new feather / look / functions when they come out, but this is beyond ridiculous. Things that don't work after switching, that have made my use of the email and calendar cumbersome.

    1. Location when clicked does not got to map - before I could select a program and it would go directly to map the location so I can figure our my rout.
    2. Searching for emails, they "X" is gone to exit out of the filter in the search bar. This is ridiculous.

    3 Downloading files does not provide options of where to save on my C: drive.

    1. Opening an attachment opens another window with a stupid preview rather then the actual file.
    2. Will not let me allow my other account even though it imported some things from old outlook (signature, etc.)

    This is only after a week. Very poor execution!!!

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