Forum Discussion
Anyone else hate the New Desktop Outlook?.
Hello people
I was wondering if anyone else Hated the Desktop version of Outlook?. To me its slower and unresponsive compared to previous versions. Even Windows Mail was faster and the brings up old email accounts that you deleted and no longer use long ago.
It seems while good intentions this one has not been tested properly. Just shoved out the door. And lastly trying to find Emails that your sent or received is another nightmare. You have to restart twice before it finally decides oh look there emails.
54 Replies
I am an old tech guy, not in software anymore but I have to agree. Not just outlook but the entire Windows ecosystem seems to be swirling the bowl. I am switching to Linux on my personal PCs and I will encourage my connections in IT at work to consider the same.
In some respects it's faster than my old Outlook, definetly when starting. And a few things are better.
BUT there is large number of basic(!) functions that I miss and that give me much more productivity. So out with the new and in with the old, until the new version is beyond being an advanced beta version of a program.I look at it and want to walk away. I too adjusted it as best I can.
I don't know what it is, busy? cluttered? hard to read? I just don't like looking at it. Then everytime I switch folders it doesn't remember where I was and I have to hunt for the email I was on.
Lost the email count at the bottom - lost the whole bottom.
I guess when there has been nothing to do with an app for 20 years you just look for things to change.Absolute disaster. Too many issues to list - or recall. Some functionality works one day and not the next. How the software was ever approved for release should be a question addressed at very senior levels of Microsoft. It's barely worth classing as Beta. Many things that worked fine in Classic are either missing or don't work in New. Had I developed and release software of such poor quality I would likely have been sacked.
My company upgraded to Windows 11 and the new Outlook. After having spent a few months with it, I can say it isn't a learning curve issue, this Outlook doesn't work well, it is slow, often not intuitive and can be extremely frustrating. This needs more development work.
My company upgraded to Windows 11 and the new Outlook. After having spent a few months with it, I can say it isn't a learning curve issue, this Outlook doesn't work well, it is slow, often not intuitive and can be extremely frustrating. This needs more development work.
Once again, I have to wonder who does UX testing for Microsoft? Do they realize that Outlook is used by a large portion of the business community? Who are they designing for? 13 year old girls? I can have sparkly unicorn themes, but no way to cut and paste, or move messages to another folder. Honestly, this is truly a WTF release!
Agree with you on email accounts and I hate the way it displays the email without asking if you want to check for virus or spam .
The new Outlook hurts my eyes even when set for large font. I can't make any changes beyond that. It is not an improvement, and Microsoft should apologize for this mistake and return to the old Outlook that had much better features.
Please hold while I load three year old temper tantrum.... I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT.
I can't say anything different than what ya'll have already said. This Outlook is garbage.
