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Delete button - hide in outlook
I want to know if it possible to get rid of the delete button that comes up when you hover on a message as it easy to delete a message instead of flagging it as the buttons are very close together. ...
- In Old Outlook (which is our preferred platform) there is no control of the Delete button, it is not in the quick steps or quick actions to manage. It is fixed, not controllable. Poor placement and invisible until accidentally pressed! horrible by design. New outlook is avoided by most users.
This morning I woke up to a new outlook update.
Touch mode has brought back the trash can/ delete button. Whether I like it or not.
Very annoying, I can't afford to miss click because that instantly deletes the e-mail. Who at Microsoft in their right mind thought this was a good place for this button?!
Anyway, hoping any outlook guru's here have a new workaround for this.
- Switching to touch / mouse makes no difference.
- Removing "delete" from the quick actions makes no difference
Was a MS fanboy but now becoming a hater due to the random rollout of unwanted 'features' like this. I sent feedback from outlook but that had no effect (obviously).
To anyone at MS who cares, putting delete so close to other buttons is an anti-feature, and not being able to remove it - or even set 'are you sure?' behaviour - is classic 20-something male caffeinated coder, oblivious to the rest of the world who might actually not be as dexterous as he is. Or have 20/20 vision. So shame on you.
The irony in Outlook is it still has unfixed bugs from 10y ago! (or at least features they refuse to implement). Instead we just get more bloat and chaotic GUI.
Even the settings is 'meh' - they put everything new under 'advanced' and can't be bothered to make it searchable or in any way logical.
I have FOSS products produced by ONE PERSON that has more thoughtful features.
Is it any wonder that anyone who has the freedom to choose another ecosystem is doing so??
To anyone at MS who cares, putting delete so close to other buttons is an anti-feature, and not being able to remove it - or even set 'are you sure?' behaviour - is classic 20-something male caffeinated coder, oblivious to the rest of the world who might actually not be as dexterous as he is. Or have 20/20 vision. So shame on you.
The irony in Outlook is it still has unfixed bugs from 10y ago! (or at least features they refuse to implement). Instead we just get more bloat and chaotic GUI.
Even the settings is 'meh' - they put everything new under 'advanced' and can't be bothered to make it searchable or in any way logical.
I have FOSS products produced by ONE PERSON that has more thoughtful features.
Is it any wonder that anyone who has the freedom to choose another ecosystem is doing so??