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by JacobSkyler 4599 days ago
>Outlook interface is the worst.

I haven't had an issue with it, and I've been using Outlook.com pretty much since it came out. Before then I was using the Windows Live Mail desktop client and before then I was using Gmail.
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yeukhon 4599 days ago
It's all subjective, frontend stuff. But it's ugly. Really ugly. The font, the color scheme, default all effing ugly.

A bug I encounter is when I click on an unread email, and if I then refresh the page the email is still mark unread, unless I read that email and hover to another email. Th

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danishabdullah 4599 days ago
Weird, I have never encountered this bug and I have been on outlook.com since the beta days. Perhaps, you temporarily had bad connectivity?

Also, I will have to disagree on the design part. I find outlook.com refreshing. For me, that's just about right. Minimal, if any, bells and whistles.

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JelteF 4599 days ago
The thing that made my day when I saw someone using it was him actually editing the placeholder in the search bar (by bug). It didn't use the placeholder attribute, just some autoselect. This is something that reeks of bad design overall.

disclaimer I have not used outlook and my opinion is based on this one thing and some other quick looks over the shoulder.

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