A guided tour of the new Outlook.com

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• This is awesome!

  I just went there and the new interface looks great! Very metro if anything, and that is not bad. The only thing I'm worried about is that it clutters your screen if you put the "Reading Pane" on, but thankfully there's an off option for that. It would also be cool if I sign in with my .hotmail.com id but switch it to.outlook.com and it would still work. But overall, this is really good especially for a preview.

  

  Jabe124

  31 July, 2012 17:38

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  • Nevermind you can change your email address

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    Jabe124

    31 July, 2012 17:47

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• sympatico.ca

  outlook.com goes to my old hotmail//bell sympatico.ca webmail
  
  website.........i'm blocked from upgrading?

  

  i.weiss@...

  31 July, 2012 18:00

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• Upgraded Hotmail

  I like it! However, I upgraded my storage limit to 25GB a few months ago when it could be done for free (I don't think that's available any more now) and if I changed my address to an outlook.com address, I'd have only 7GB. Which is fine - but... 25GB is better. Keeping my existing account, that works great with this new beta, keeps all my existing "stuff" as it's keyed to my current account.

  

  Crashin Chris

  31 July, 2012 18:18

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• Unfortunately...

  Calendar and SkyDrive still have the old-style polluted appearance.
  
  Can't wait to see the Metro clean-up in there too!

  

  TheCyberKnight

  31 July, 2012 18:29

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• God Damn that's FUGLY

  Looks like one of those Low Rent websites that are knock offs of good design.
  
  Oh yea, that's Metro, supposed to be cool and hip but fails on every level.
  
  Microsoft trying to be cool and hip is like the 50 year old Mom with a Nose Ring and Tramp Stamp wearing Hollister clothes So pathetic it's hilarious.

  

  itguy10

  31 July, 2012 18:31

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  • allow me to feed the troll...

    You sir, know nothing of design. However, opinions are one of those things that everyone is entitled to. Do realize though, that voicing that opinion may often result in people perceiving you as less knowledgeable than you would like.

    

    NOEEM

    31 July, 2012 18:47

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    • Actually I do know design.

      I do know design quite well and Metro is not good design.
      
      But thanks for the concern.

      

      itguy10

      31 July, 2012 19:58

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      • No fake chrome

        I'm sorry, Microsoft doesn't include any fake chrome or wood in their designs. The design is simple, clean, but functional.

        

        spartanstu2011

        31 July, 2012 20:47

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      • No you don't

        That's been quite evident for a long time. In fact, I'm pretty sure you aren't even an IT guy.
        
        Perhaps you could tell us how many projects on UI design you participated in or where you find faults in the design documentation for Metro? Could you also show us the research you performed with data from millions of users.
        
        Or perhaps like all your other posts, it's just uninformed opinion?

        

        Tony_McS

        1 August, 2012 01:03

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        • ITGuy - when IT stands for "I Troll"

          Funny how easily he is shut down though ... just ask him for proof of his self claimed design knowledge and look, he is gone.

          

          CallMeCynical

          2 August, 2012 05:47

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      • A former CIO

        I have also the skills to be the CEO of Apple, but the only person that knows that it's me! The same with you, unfortunately, unless you put here your brilliant C.V. as designer, as Tony suggested! C'mon, just give your opinion and do'nt be so pedant!

        

        nothingmore

        1 August, 2012 20:41

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  • It's easy on the eyes, and intuitive to use

    Unlike gmail

    

    milo ducillo

    31 July, 2012 22:54

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    • Unlike Gmail

      Funny, when I logged into outlook.com, my first though was, "oh, this looks just like gmail..."
      
      Guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder... ;-)

      

      dbucciar

      1 August, 2012 22:19

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      • Um.....no, still don't see it.

        h t t p ://i.imgur.com/DJpga.jpg

        

        milo ducillo

        2 August, 2012 03:34

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• A guided tour of the new Outlook.com

  Its a modern and up to date web based email platform. I like the look of it. Won't be hard for people to integrate this with Windows 8, everything keeping the same theme.

  

  Loverock Davidson-

  31 July, 2012 18:42

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• ZDNet slideshows are incredibly annoying

  I scroll down to get to the thumbnails. I click on the next thumbnail. The entire page refreshes, so now the thumbnails are down off the screen again, so I have to scroll down again to pick the next thumbnail. Extremely weak.

  

  FDanconia

  31 July, 2012 19:19

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  • Wait, it's trying . . .

    to keep the scroll location the same, but the page flashes about 8 times when I hit "next" or click a thumbnail. Still incredibly weak.

    

    FDanconia

    31 July, 2012 19:21

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  • hardly worth saying

    you get these comments (which I completely agree with) on pretty much every zdnet slide show. They won't change no matter how much it annoys us because it looks like more page hits. Don't forget, we aren't paying, so we are the product delivered to advertisers, we are not the customer

    

    keithc

    1 August, 2012 14:26

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• Hotmail already had that feature

  The "did you mean to attach" feature is not new, it's been present in Hotmail for years. Perhaps they broadened the criteria.

  

  Tim Acheson

  1 August, 2012 15:18

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