Wow, this is really nice. It even works in IE8, Gmail no longer works for me in IE8
Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes
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#122I must really want to try this out because the signup took me 5 minutes. Between giving my real number, chosing for an availble nickname and having to retype more than 10 times the antispam code (it just wouldn't take my input???)
Giving your number was optional. You could provide a second email address and security question (you had to click a link just below the email address field to use a security question instead of your number).
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#123"Your password can't be longer than 16 characters." Well, it failed my test. Sorry. I never trust my emails to small hard to remember passwords. I rather trust them to very large easy to remember/type passwords. Like horses-functional-pickles Also their capcha, I cannot figure out it, i won't spend more than 2 minutes on capcha
"2 minutes on capcha"
That is generous. I dont like to spend more than 30 seconds max on capchas.
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#124I've never been a fan of the GMail web UI so this is a very refreshing change. I've been ready to make the switch away from GMail for a while so it's nice to have another option. I was seriously considering iCloud mail but I have some reservations about how committed Apple is to iCloud.com -- the Mail UI isn't terrible but it lacks features. I really need server side mail rules for example. My only reservation about OutLook is that Microsoft has so much Google envy they might do all the same things that are driving me away from GMail. At least with Apple I know how the game works. I give them money and they give me a product/service. I'm good with that arrangement.
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#125I just wish there was an open source project as good as GMail and maybe the new Outlook for a browser-based email you can run everywhere. Native clients are nice but they are native, so you can't take them with you (Different devices, operating systems).
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#126I haven't used my microsoft ID in a while - open it up now and my profile picture is pornographic.
Interesting welcome to a new service.
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#127The ads at the right really bother me. Product ads and deal ads with big $ signs and "% off" feels much more intrusive than a google text ad.
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#128I find it baffling Microsoft doesn't support IMAP access to any of their e-mail properties. You're stuck with POP3 or else a webmail client when on the desktop.
They do offer Exchange Activesync for mobiles, but without EWS or IMAP you can't really complete the circle and give customers a decent email experience.
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#129I just signed up and the first thing I see is a bar of bing ads selling me $500 TVs or something. On my gmail (I just checked) I don't even see an ad (does web clip count?). You'd think a billion dollar tech company can afford not to force product on me. The second thing I see is, wow, this looks really nice. But, that was the second thing, first I felt like I was at Best Buy. I don't have a TV and I don't even want…
I see at least two ads on my gmail homepage at all times. One line above the inbox, one below. When I'm in an email, there will be one to several contextual ads (sometimes hilariously mistargeted) on the right. Do you not see these?
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#130Wow. I love how they baked Skype right into Outlook.com. A great use of an expensive acquisition.