Located in the heart of summer and I really did not expect any serious change in our daily lives, but Microsoft denies us pleasantly with the launch of Outlook.com, the new email service that comes to compete and attract users away from Gmail !
Of course, the lesson recently renamed Hotmail to Newmail with the introduction of Windows the 8th , but eventually selected the most professional name for the Outlook service cloud based email, which aims to increase user productivity by removing everything that can be distract them.
On a visit to find Outlook.com modern environment (UI) design in which Metro is strongly reminiscent of the eponymous company applying for desktops, the ads appear almost imperceptibly, configuration options depending on user needs and clean appearance. Microsoft has analyzed thousands of reports about the features they use most users and created appropriate shortcuts.
An example of the purity of the UI is writing a new email service and as you can see in the screenshot has been removed anything that might distract the user (such as advertisements, and useless options menu), so that looks more like blank sheet of Word. Of course, all the traditional options for writing plain text, HTML, spelling etc.
We continue to fight the daily messages received by the user or spam messages, which just passed the date they appear to be irrelevant and you can delete them at once saving considerable time. Also, there are built-in tools to cut your subscriptions from newsletters or other annoying emails directly from the command bar.
In terms of the attached files, Outlook.com agrees to upload files with size up to 300MB, and lets you view the entire slideshows, videos and edit documents directly from the service. As you can see in the screenshot, the slideshows are displayed with large pictures (and also videos) so that you feel that you are watching with some external program.
Note that Microsoft offers unlimited storage to avoid having to ever delete anything. Equally interesting is the option to open files Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly using the Office Web Apps with one click.
As a cloud email service that respects itself, the Outlook.com provides a direct connection with social networks (other than Google + ...). For example, if a friend from your Facebook or Twitter using Outlook, when you send email automatically displayed photo and you can share anything in the service.
Not surprisingly, the strong integration of cloud storage service Microsoft SkyDrive to upload files to your account (up to 300MB per file), with Microsoft to offer free 7GB each user with Outlook.com free account.
In addition, Microsoft has a plethora of plugins for direct communication with LinkedIn, Flickr, Google Contacts and Weibo.
Another useful feature is the ability to create a single list of contacts that we collect contacts from different networks to which you are a member. It is also possible to sync the contacts to various devices in Windows 8 and probably in Windows Phone on the 8th.
The personal configuration options are several, as you can change colors with special tools for the command bar, the ads, the highlighted text and links, but also the positioning of "boxes".
In the end we left the best. Since Google has decided to integrate the operation of Google + Hangouts in Gmail , Microsoft opposes the integration of Skype into Outlook.com, so you can make phone calls and teleconferences through the service. However, at present the operation of Skype is currently in beta.
In short this is Outlook.com and should note that those who you email account sta@hotmail.com, @ msn.com i@live.com you can select the command "Upgrade" to use the service directly to a new address @ outlook.com.
We can not know whether they will be able to compete strongly entrenched Gmail, however, Microsoft seems to have done an outstanding job. You will use Outlook.com ?
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