Microsoft’s email search program shows the age. If you think that Microsoft Outlook 2013, like all other Office 2013 2013 programs, would get new services and improvements, you are wrong. Microsoft Outlook 2013 remains largely the same as version 2010. The following has changed:
The entire application has a sleek look and feel that matches the Windows 8 formatting language. All applications are monochrome, with lots of white and gray with blue accents. This color scheme makes it difficult for me to distinguish certain features of the user interface. No more symbols and everything is heavy text. Below are sections for letters, calendars, people, tasks, and more. The elements are not accompanied by buttons and symbols, but provide a path for the subtitles (function () {(” pre-app-page-desktop ‘);});
Microsoft Outlook 2013 has a touch mode that displays the same menu as other applications in Office 2013. There is a bar with commonly used commands like reply, delete, move, highlight and highlight. This is great and gives Microsoft Outlook 2013 a good touch experience.
You can now sew to move the calendar and switch between daily, weekly and monthly views. If you’re in any other part of Microsoft Outlook 2013 besides the calendar, you can now scroll through the calendar section to see a pop-up window with your daily tasks. The calendar also shows weather information for your location.
Microsoft Lync is still built into Microsoft Outlook 2013 so you can view your spouse’s status and start audio or video from Microsoft Outlook 2013.
While the letter view is difficult to read due to the monochrome color scheme, public opinion of Microsoft Outlook 2013 has improved significantly. The addresses will now contain information from online sources such as Facebook and Linkedin if you have closed these services with your Microsoft account.
Microsoft Outlook 2013 combines the two contacts and creates a single contact card with the information it contains. If your contact has a picture, the picture will appear as a thumbnail next to the address. Interestingly, Microsoft did not include this in the Microsoft Outlook 2013 email view to make it easier to distinguish between different emails.
Most surprising of all is the lack of published messages in Microsoft Outlook 2013. You have to keep checking for old emails from conversations. Typically, a message is used in Microsoft’s own email program on Windows 8 and Windows RT.
Another annoying change is Microsoft Outlook 2013 notifications. There is no way to close them all in bulk. Therefore, notification tones will be blocked when Microsoft Outlook 2013 comes back online. Microsoft also removed the ability to respond to email notifications, which was a very important feature.
If you didn’t like Outlook 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2013 didn’t win. Although there are major new features, Office 2013 feels like an old email client due to its alarm design and lack of services.