Microsoft launches revamped Hotmail after 8 years

Creekin · 1st August 2012, 10:35 AM

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The world's largest software company is renaming its Hotmail service Outlook

waitWOT!?!?!?!

WHY?!?!

srsly how much do M$ spend on marketing and thats the best name they could come up with!?!?!
one identical to another similar but different product...
i can see this going well with pc trouble shooting..

Tech: So Mrs Noob, what email program do you use now? Outlook or Outlook?
Mrs Noob: ¿qué?

Tech:

etc.....

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/d...801-23dxq.html

kangathekat · 1st August 2012, 10:37 AM

hahah people still use hotmail?

and i agree wtf will calling it outlook.

so gonna suck with troubleshooting for us techs.

power · 1st August 2012, 10:40 AM

just logged in, looks the same but the login page has changed. (oic changing over the coming months which is code for when Windows 8 launches).

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

vltrb-0 · 1st August 2012, 10:44 AM

probably trying to streamline hotmail/windowslive/outlook

HyRax1 · 1st August 2012, 10:55 AM

Microsoft have finally lost the plot. Outlook? Really?

arrow224 · 1st August 2012, 4:18 PM

I have done the switch, just logged in via outlook.com.

Looks the same as it did before the switch, just now a white and blue theme.

oculi · 1st August 2012, 4:40 PM

they should have called it LOOKOUT!

thebranded · 1st August 2012, 4:56 PM

so what about email addresses?

ocau @hotmail.com is the same as ocau @outlook.com?

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In a bid to recapture growth, Microsoft is renaming the service Outlook, a name familiar to most corporate workers who use Microsoft's Office email application

Since it was just a rebranding and they wanted a name that the majority of Windows users are familiar with, Outlook is not a bad choice. Confusing though.

If this was a new application/website and they called it Outlook then the marketing department should be shot.

looktall · 1st August 2012, 5:30 PM

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Originally Posted by thebranded

If this was a new application/website and they called it Outlook then the marketing department should be shot.

brand new app built from the ground up.

it was easier to build an entirely new service than to modify the existing hotmail service apparently.

aaaaah · 1st August 2012, 5:35 PM

I like it. Looks very clean and seems to function well.

I use hotmail as my email for all round general use where it doesn't bother me what emails i get there and gmail for important stuff. Helps keep the important things separate.

The renaming Hotmail to Outlook is a bit confusing but makes sense to join them under one branding. For tech support unless you offer web based access to Outlook then you can always distinguish it that way.

Mad Mike · 1st August 2012, 5:48 PM

What I have read its not a revamped Hotmail, but a new email that's been built to compete with Gmail/Google apps. So if that's the case then calling it outlook.com, makes sense. If you want to try to steal people away from Google then calling it something that the avarage person already knows is a good idea. Everybody knows outlook, so now you have windows offering a 'cloud' email service to compete with google, and I sure it will intergrate with office360.

Elyzion · 2nd August 2012, 2:55 AM

I've been using it today. I absolutely love it. Couldn't stand Hotmail at all and the revamped hotmail that appeared few years ago was rubbish.

But new Outlook > GMail...

Slowly migrating stuff over (contacts etc) and have current Gmail loading directly into my @outlook.com email.

glimmerman · 2nd August 2012, 7:22 AM

yeah I really like it. I'm moving all my gmail accounts across to it. Will probably keep them as a backup though.

Plus because I got in early I got <firstname>.<lastname>@outlook.com

I also love the alias thing. I created an alias that i will use on sites that I know will send spam. Once that alias gets put on a spam list, I'll simply remove it and make another one

xaine85 · 2nd August 2012, 9:53 AM

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Originally Posted by glimmerman

yeah I really like it. I'm moving all my gmail accounts across to it. Will probably keep them as a backup though.

Plus because I got in early I got <firstname>.<lastname>@outlook.com

I also love the alias thing. I created an alias that i will use on sites that I know will send spam. Once that alias gets put on a spam list, I'll simply remove it and make another one

Wasn't going to have a look, but when I considered the option of finally getting my name in an email address, wandered over, and am now set up!

I'll be using this from now on.

power · 2nd August 2012, 10:07 AM

so I just logged in and it's hung (yay) and there doesn't appear to be a logout button anywhere.

fuck this.

GMail has been perfect from day dot.

1st August 2012, 10:40 AM	#3
power Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: brisbane Posts: 27,072	just logged in, looks the same but the login page has changed. (oic changing over the coming months which is code for when Windows 8 launches). meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh __________________ this is who we are. Last edited by power; 1st August 2012 at 10:43 AM.

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arrow224 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Outer SE Melbourne Posts: 1,860	I have done the switch, just logged in via outlook.com. Looks the same as it did before the switch, just now a white and blue theme. __________________ ASCII a stupid question, get a stupid ANSI! Get Firefox Member #49 of OCAU iRiver club Successful trades with: Copycat, BuuBox, SCwerTA, anark1, tk55

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oculi Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,939	they should have called it LOOKOUT! __________________ Reality or nothing

2nd August 2012, 10:07 AM	#15
power Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: brisbane Posts: 27,072	so I just logged in and it's hung (yay) and there doesn't appear to be a logout button anywhere. fuck this. GMail has been perfect from day dot. __________________ this is who we are.

1st August 2012, 10:37 AM	#2
kangathekat Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,474	hahah people still use hotmail? and i agree wtf will calling it outlook. so gonna suck with troubleshooting for us techs.

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vltrb-0 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: melbourne Posts: 584	probably trying to streamline hotmail/windowslive/outlook

1st August 2012, 5:35 PM	#10
aaaaah Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 411	I like it. Looks very clean and seems to function well. I use hotmail as my email for all round general use where it doesn't bother me what emails i get there and gmail for important stuff. Helps keep the important things separate. The renaming Hotmail to Outlook is a bit confusing but makes sense to join them under one branding. For tech support unless you offer web based access to Outlook then you can always distinguish it that way.