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GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

So I signed in today and got the new inbox. It all seems nice enough, but they broke the linked accounts feature - if I sign in using my gmail account it would say that I didn't have hotmail, but I could go to the top right and select my hotmail account and view my inbox. However now when I sign in with gmail I can't do that (interstingly if I sign in with my hotmail account I can switch to my gmail account, where it will tell me I don't have hotmail). This is a real pain for me because I use the remember me option to drop a cookie for my gmail account as that is my primary WL ID.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

And there's no way to empty a folder from the folder list; want to empty junk mail? Click it, see the contents and then look for the new empty button.

Doh.

turrican
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance! - Albert Einstein

hm, they still have that ugly top banner. Do people even click on banners like that anymore? I haven't used hotmail for years now, GMail is much better. Well, it's cleaner. I HATE that top banner in hotmail.

Outlook 2007 is my main klient though. Nothing beats it!

Smiley

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to turrican

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 3:44 AM

Outlook 2003 for me.

I'd use 2007 if it werern't for the hardcoded colour shemes.

spivonious

I haven't logged into the Hotmail website ever since I installed Windows Live Mail.

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to turrican

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 3:44 AM

yep, Outlook 2007, I don't understand why people don't use a mail client, open a new browser window, navigating to the mailbox is of orders of magnitude slower , ok not that slower but inconvenient for sure

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

In reply to Ion Todirel

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 5:27 AM

But I believe that if you don't do that every so many days in hotmail your account deactivates?

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to GoddersUK

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 5:34 AM

I doubt it

tfraser

In reply to GoddersUK

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 5:34 AM

It won't deactivate if you access it through Outlook since that still involves the login process.

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

In reply to tfraser

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 5:51 AM

Right, I use WLMail, I presume that is still the same.

I just remember this from the old days when I used to use Outlook Express to access my Hotmail.

/nostsalgia

andokai

Finally a version that works in Safari. Now if they didn't charge you for POP access and/or allowed you to forward mail to non-live mail addresses I'd probably consider using it as my primary account again.

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to andokai

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 10:19 AM

what do you use for your primary account? I'm using Gmail but I'm not that happy with their POP/IMAP servers

jason818_253.33
Yippi skippy

My primary email system is Hot Mail. I like the new look. it is much faster now as well. Its a new look so it will take a day or two to get used to. but im already liking the streem lined look a lot.

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to jason818_253.33

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 10:25 AM

screenshots?

andokai

In reply to Ion Todirel

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 10:22 AM

I'm not entirely happy either but a slap in the face is better than a kick in the nuts. I use the Google apps for your domain thing and I forward it to Yahoo so it gets pushed to my iPhone. Not an ideal solution but there you go.

Dexter

Well, appart from the font (which is way too big for my taste) it looks ok to me. And I got a good laugh out of a note on the welcome page:

"We've designed Windows Live Hotmail storage to grow with you, but at a reasonable pace. That means you should have plenty of storage unless you suddenly want to store the planet Jupiter on Hotmail, in which case we'll send you a nice e-mail asking you to please not try to store planets on Windows Live Hotmail (although gradual storage of moons and asteroids is ok)."

ROFL

Zeus
Why is the caption missing??

I don't use hotmail that much, but I am a big fan of GMail. My company uses Google Apps for your Domain, and my personal email uses the regular Gmail service.

I used to use Outlook 2007 to get my work email, but now I just have Google Chrome open all day, first tab is personal email, second tab is work email. Stable, fast and sweeeet ....

I thought that this upgrade to Hotmails interface would bring it on par with Gmail, but it doesn't. Not by far. The banner on top is so, so big and ugly. Ruins the whole interface. I like that Hotmail works in Google Chrome though ... that's good.

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

In reply to Zeus

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 1:21 PM

Be very careful when you rely too much on GMail (could also happen with Live Mail): Can't access your Google Account? Tough luck.

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

In reply to TommyCarlier

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 10:54 PM

That's my biggest concern about cloud computing, the reason I don't feel entirely comfortable with it.

Zeus
Why is the caption missing??

In reply to TommyCarlier

#Nov 5th, 2008 @ 10:54 PM

There is always that risk, agreed. But comparing that to the cost and trouble of hosting my own stuff, or buying hosting elsewhere, I would go for Google each and every time.