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11-16-2006

"Jake" <Jaker00at@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns987C25DD9DA3FBryanbahotmailcom@66.26.32.9...
> Running Vista RC1
>
> I can't figure out Microsoft's strategy with offering eMail,Calendaring,
> and contact management services with Vista and/or Live. There appears to
> be no direction or even much thought into what a Windows user/Microsoft
> customer would want.
>
> Ideally it would be nice to have an integrated solution that includes
> Contacts, Email, and Calendar... I don't expect all the features
> included with Microsoft Outlook but it would be nice to get some basic
> functionality that makes sense and is useful and could be synched or
> otherwise available online from wherever one needs it.

I completely agree with you. I've been using OE with Hotmail accounts, as
well as POP3 and IMAP for nearly a decade, and now I am looking for
alternatives to WM. It looks like the WM development team have left this
half-finished and down-featured pile of crap to work on WLMD (which is an
awful program).

There are a few bugs in WM that are really annoying me. I'm only using it
at the moment for these Vista NG's and not for mail or any other usenet use.
The status bar doesn't work properly, the send/receive button doesn't work,
and it highlights posts as you navigate between folders, as well as having
other annoying new features.

The fact that Hotmail accounts are no longer supported is the worst of all.
It really should have been totally integrated with Live Mail and Live
Messenger, for IM, email and Contacts. It could have been a really nice
way to read RSS feeds and have them deleted once read. As it is the WLMD
was is appalling, and the IE7 way doesn't delete read feeds.

The terrible skinned interface and the adverts in WLMD make it totally
unusable for me, and I am probably going to (very reluctantly) move to
Thunderbird, and I'm sure many others will. There is an addon for
Thunderbird that allows interface with Microsoft's own Hotmail accounts now.

I am going to continue to moan in this newsgroup in the vain attempt of
having something done about this travesty.

ss.

11-16-2006	#2 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome n/a posts	Re: HTTP Mail to be or NOT to be: Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail Desktop "Jake" <Jaker00at@Yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns987C25DD9DA3FBryanbahotmailcom@66.26.32.9... > Running Vista RC1 > > I can't figure out Microsoft's strategy with offering eMail,Calendaring, > and contact management services with Vista and/or Live. There appears to > be no direction or even much thought into what a Windows user/Microsoft > customer would want. > > Ideally it would be nice to have an integrated solution that includes > Contacts, Email, and Calendar... I don't expect all the features > included with Microsoft Outlook but it would be nice to get some basic > functionality that makes sense and is useful and could be synched or > otherwise available online from wherever one needs it. I completely agree with you. I've been using OE with Hotmail accounts, as well as POP3 and IMAP for nearly a decade, and now I am looking for alternatives to WM. It looks like the WM development team have left this half-finished and down-featured pile of crap to work on WLMD (which is an awful program). There are a few bugs in WM that are really annoying me. I'm only using it at the moment for these Vista NG's and not for mail or any other usenet use. The status bar doesn't work properly, the send/receive button doesn't work, and it highlights posts as you navigate between folders, as well as having other annoying new features. The fact that Hotmail accounts are no longer supported is the worst of all. It really should have been totally integrated with Live Mail and Live Messenger, for IM, email and Contacts. It could have been a really nice way to read RSS feeds and have them deleted once read. As it is the WLMD was is appalling, and the IE7 way doesn't delete read feeds. The terrible skinned interface and the adverts in WLMD make it totally unusable for me, and I am probably going to (very reluctantly) move to Thunderbird, and I'm sure many others will. There is an addon for Thunderbird that allows interface with Microsoft's own Hotmail accounts now. I am going to continue to moan in this newsgroup in the vain attempt of having something done about this travesty. ss.
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