Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by crispinb 2602 days ago
> UWP is great for the end consumer

It it? I've never developed windows GUI apps, so can't comment on a technical level. But from a consumer perspective all the UWP apps I've tried, including those shipped by Microsoft with Windows 10, are awful. I think Windows 10 Mail could be the worst GUI application ever written. I used Windows 10 for most of the last year, and it got to the point where the Windows Store became my primary filter for apps - ie. if an app was available there, I'd cross it off my list of candidates.
1 comments
jackbrookes 2601 days ago
> I think Windows 10 Mail could be the worst GUI application ever written

What makes you say this? I'm a heavy desktop user and find Windows 10 Mail to be the fastest and simplest way to interact with mail. It works perfectly with attachments, and calendar invitations, etc

link
crispinb 2601 days ago
It's a year or so since I used it, so I don't remember all the details. But off the top of my head: crashy, terrible IMAP implementation, mails often stuck in outbox, very incomplete keyboard shortcuts, links opened in Edge rather than default browser. I'm sure there was as lot more, but anyway I found it unusable.
link