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Other Hotmail.com is Outlook.com - New look, faster, better

Discussion in 'Software' started by GoodBytes, 31 Jul 2012.

  1. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Microsoft is merging things in preparation of Windows 8.

    Hotmail is being phased out for Outlook.com. The new e-mail web client has Skype integration, is lighter, faster, nicer and cleaner.





    Taking pictures of The Verge here, because I don't want to show my e-mail:

    This is the New look
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    Also you have the people hub for it as the new contact list:
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    To upgrade (you can downgrade anytime, if you wonder), click on the gear icon at the top right corner, and select from the drop down menu: "Upgrade to Outlook.com". The switch will be instant.

    You can also get your new @outlook.com e-mail if you like, at: outlook.com
     
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  2. oasked

    oasked Stuck in (better) mud

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    Thanks for the heads-up! Just upgraded. :)
     
  3. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    Yeah, just noticed this myself. Must have just happened because I logged in to Hotmail earlier today (a couple of hours ago) and while the look had been partially Metro-fied it still looked like it usually does.

    This actually looks pretty nice. Also just managed to snatch two great Outlook.com aliases. Whoop whoop!
     
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  4. Ynotbarney

    Ynotbarney What's a Dremel?

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    Just off to do this, looks great.
     
  5. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    Not sure why but using this has made me look forward to win 8 :)

    It looks great and is well integrated with facebook and so on.
    Good find :D

    Edit: And as hardly anyone else has it I just got a new ID as my own name for once :)
     
  6. dancingbear84

    dancingbear84 error 404

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    Nice, looks really good too. I'll be interested to see the mobile version...
    I've just looked and it hasn't changed.

    EDIT:

    Yes it has, it must have taken a while for the change to propagate through. it is much better.
    I like the uncluttered look
     
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  7. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    Ignore post :)
     
  8. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    It looks very gmail like, with a very clean interface. If I wasn't so tied into the Google ecosystem then I might give it a go. But I really cant be bothered with all the hassle of jumping over etc.

    Im not really a mad for MS products but this does seem to look good. They are really picking up their ideas and giving people what they want.
     
  9. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    Clean and simple, good riddance to hotmail.
     
  10. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Has an body noticed if you go to edit your profile it fires you back to the same horrid live / Hotmail site layout! Urghhhh thought that was gone or good.
     
  11. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    The new layout is in beta/tryout stages.
     
  12. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Ah I see, wondered why hotmail had come back to haunt me.
     
  13. TheManicGibbon

    TheManicGibbon I have no idea what's going on

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    There is actually ads - but they don't appear all the time and not in the sense you might expect. In a column on the far right, "metro-style" (or whatever it's called today) adverts are represented as square boxes with advertising text in them. Mousing over one of these will show the actual advert image. A bit weird, but overall less distracting and a better implementation of them.
     
  14. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    Has anyone figured out how not to sign in to Messenger when checking mail? I keep getting signed out from my regular messaging client.
     
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    <A88> Trust the Computer

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    It's kinda funny what a rebranding can do. There're barely any new features (bar Skype integration and possibly categories) that Hotmail didn't have, but with a new name and a slightly sleeker UI everyone suddenly loves it.
     
  16. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    The thing I like most is that I got the opportunity to get myself a great alias or two for my existing account. ;)
     
  17. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Yes you are right.
    Corrected.
     
  18. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    on my iphone, hotmail push doesn't seem to work anymore, have they updated their Activesync address?
     
  20. Jaybles

    Jaybles Minimodder

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    Finally a decent interface! I won't be changing back from Gmail though.
     

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