this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
105 points (92.7% liked)

Technology

59359 readers
3937 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 31 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

don't forget that the new outlook app right out steals the login details to your email accounts, along with all emails you will send and receive even after uninstalling that malware:

https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Isn't this an extreme security issue for companies?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No, because every company of the world is already a O365 customer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Alternatively they are using google and their webmail client, no windows mail needed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It's amazing, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

¯\(ツ)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Annoying you can’t sign in to the new app with a business account unless you have a specific license. Windows mail has no such restriction.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I switched to Thunderbird when they started to get insistent about switching to Outlook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I switched to eM Client... Happy to pay for an alternative email client platform

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Funny they killed the free tier almost the same day as Microsoft made the outlook announcement. I dumped both of them for Thunderbird. Not as pretty but does the job for the limited use case I have:

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So they are replacing windows mail with Microsoft outlook, which was replaced by windows mail years ago (well not really 100% true, its fun to think of it that way)

Although, to be fair, maintaining two mail clients is pretty stupid.

If they can stop pushing all the separate half baked "new"/"beta/"work" versions of mail and teams, and just update them so everyone's on the same garbage apps, that would be great.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just love how outlook is supposedly their best effort in the email segment, yet I have literally had it show me that a new email has arrived, then hiding it, and the only way for it to become visible again is to restart the app. This happens at least once a week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Happens to me all the time too, I'll open it via the notification and it just won't show up.

Or I'll delete an email about 5 time until its finally gone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Jokes on you Microsoft, I recently ditched windows.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Kind of funny. Windows mail is actually the only Microsoft app I actually kind of like. At least design wise. I like how friendly and kind of mobile UI-ish it looks.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Same, it's clean, straightforward and fast unlike the shitty web wrapper that is the new Outlook. If they go ahead with this, I might actually just go ahead and start writing a clone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Yes please explain to me why I won't want to use Microsoft mail.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Narrator: No one ever asked for it or is using it already.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

So they are keeping the Mail app, but changing it so you can't send or receive email. That seems pretty pointless. Just remove it from Windows altogether and be done with it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m sure there is a hidden dependency from the file system or something…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Calendar depends on it. Even in windows 11, mail and calendar accounts in settings don't function right if mail (& calendar) is removed

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm reasonably certain they are not aware of how to remove anything from windows.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Explains why control panel and settings are both still a thing like a decade after they said they'd be removing the former.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Because it's worse than new outlook, and that says something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

But it isn't, actually.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I sometimes click on, "Try the New Outlook" button because I like pain.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Hey, hey now, no kink shaming found here! 🤣

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I always think "this time I will make it work." I'm sure you can figure out the rest

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

"I can fix her" vibes.