I hate the New Outlook

Anonymous
2024-06-21T05:10:42+00:00

This is the worst update. I have so many email addresses. For work, personal, parents I care for. I can't link to one mailbox, I have to check each and every one. You get no notification. And to make matters worse, they now make it harder to switch back. You should be entitled to choose which app we prefer, not forced upon us!

I have tried and tried to like it, but it just doesn't work for me. Why wouldn't you take ALL the features and simply add even better ones. I can't get one notification for an email received, I have to click on each email address, go to the inbox and then see. It is so time consuming! Surely SOMEONE is listening to our peeves!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-10T22:36:15+00:00

    [removed] I STILL hate the new outlook, even more than ever.

    It's been heartening to me, to read your agreements and addendums to my original rant.

    My boss is a brilliant young (ok, younger than me) blind guy, who uses a program called JAWS screen reader.

    Whenever microsoft forces their misbegotten "updates" on users - options in Outlook, Word and Excel are no longer accessible to him.

    The uber-smart technicians at Freedom Scientific (JAWS) can't keep up with microsoft malfunctioning updates.

    As soon as Freedom Scientific can figure out workarounds, to make microsoft disabled-accessible, MS issues another mandatory update.

    ****??

    Yes, I am still [removed COC violation] at microsoft (references in this message NOT capitalized, because that might deem respect).

    Especially when their "updates" are forced, with NO consideration of the disabled community.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-10T22:10:37+00:00

    Same!!! I resisted as long as I could, but then their hindrances became too cumbersome when having to switch to old Outlook. I can't stand it! I hate that you can't just open it and see if there is unopened email in each account with out clicking on each account. I can't get links to open without right clicking on them and then clicking "open link." I really don't like that attachments don't open in the default program, you have to link open with. So annoying and a giant waste of time!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-06T09:09:56+00:00

    Its the worse update in the history of Microsoft, apart that is from Windows Metro.

    Microsoft need to pack their ego away and go back to the drawing board. The "old" outlook is fine and the new outlook brings nothing of real benefit to the users of the admins. Dump it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-13T18:18:40+00:00

    As a long-time Outlook user, I've been trying to adapt to the recent update, but I'm unfortunately unable to. This update significantly hinders usability and is arguably one of the worst changes I've encountered.

    I believe the Outlook team should seriously consider replacing the current UX Product Manager with someone who has extensive experience using Outlook themselves.

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