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Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Luckily, one can still revert to the classic calculator: https://win7games.com/#calc

I use Windows exclusively for games, but I don't like playing the game of disabling upsells, dodging unkillable Edge, and restoring secret pre-AI versions of Windows components.

Lots of games run just fine on Wine. Those that don't, usually work on Steam/Proton.

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Started a new job, with Windows 11. notepad.exe now takes 3 to 4 seconds to load on my work system... (even after closing the last tab and reopening the program). Hah, it even has in-app purchases, for AI writing...

Sounds like something is wrong with your system. My work machine runs Windows 11 and it's fully up to date. Notepad starts pretty much instantly.

No it is a bug Windows in Windows 11 with the new Notepad. Maybe someday they will fix it.

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Luckily, one can still revert to the classic calculator: https://win7games.com/#calc

I use Windows exclusively for games, but I don't like playing the game of disabling upsells, dodging unkillable Edge, and restoring secret pre-AI versions of Windows components.

Anecdotal, but I've never had issues with any game outside of competitive shooters that require kernel-level anticheats. If you're not playing those, it could be worth a try.

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Calculator taking measurable seconds to load was the last straw for me for Windows 10. Exclusively Linux at home for a couple of years now, and there's a relatively steady stream of headlines to remind me of how good a decision it was to switch away.

Isn't it way easier to just find a better calculator app (same for most other straws)?

But isn’t the point that Microsoft aggregate thinks it is acceptable to ship such a poorly performing product?

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Isn't it way easier to just find a better calculator app (same for most other straws)?

But isn’t the point that Microsoft aggregate thinks it is acceptable to ship such a poorly performing product?

That's a different point? This one is about what you do about it

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I very much prefer Outlook's indexing compared to Sharepoint's shitty UI and search capabilities.

Copilot search is great for searching SharePoint

Yet Sharepoint remains slow garbage.

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>Linux people said things like this in 2019 too. They've been saying it since it was competing with Windows XP at least.

I find it hilarious. I’ve been using Linux for over 25 years and people keep telling me “now it’s ready”

Yep. I removed the last Windows98SE partition from my PC in 2003. Never looked back.

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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New outlook is quite honestly a joke. I tried to like it but went back to the old outlook as crucial features were missing. Simple things such as shift+f3 to change case to upper/lower/sentence case. This I believe stems from spell check being missing, another big issue for those with custom dictionaries. Poorly implemented template and template file management, I could go on... If I intended on using a basic email e…

I had no idea shift+F3 was there. If I even thought to look for such a feature I would assume it is in the right-click context menu and wouldn’t need a shortcut for it since I would use it once a decade. Now I wonder what kind of environment you work in where that is needed (and I work in an environment where a critical application requires Caps-Lock on for any extended usage).

This shows the problem with people who think the features in Office apps that they don’t use are bloat. If you made a new app using the 80% of features all the users regularly used, you’d discover you need 100% of those features because 20% of the users use a different set of obscure features.

Re: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

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Peak Outlook was 2016, right before the 365 mess.

I heard excel guys say peak Excel was 2010. Where there any genuinely useful features Outlook 2016 had over 2010?

Those guys aren’t using Excel very much.
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