Forum Discussion
Email management best practices using Outlook across devices
Hi Cian,
I fully agree that Focused Inbox is a better way forward than Clutter. However, in terms of managing your email (i.e. flagging for follow up, prioritizing, etc.) it doesn't help much. At the moment, I've seen a lot of people annoyed that the Inbox filters (Unread, Mentions) have been removed from the inbox header (to make way for the Focused Inbox i presume).
Thanks a lot for sharing the article with the interview with Javier Soltero, it was an interesting read. :-)
Glad that was helpful.
It's worth checking out the https://outlook.uservoice.com/ as well and promoting those ideas that are most important for your environment. Here are a couple of examples:
https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows/suggestions/12963459-pin-or-stick-important-emails-at-the-top-of-your-i (Outlook 2016)
https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows/suggestions/11539812-schedule-email-in-inbox-like-on-iphone-outlook-app (Outlook 2016)
I have to assume Microsoft are working on better consistency across platforms as it grates many, here is a comment from one of those links that I'd think you would agree with:
"It's a daily frustration for me to remember what I can do in each of outlook iOS mobile, online, and in desktop 2016. If only MS could bring consistency to the platforms."