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Wow. Very interesting. At first glance, the interface looks very mobile friendly and also very simple. I'm incredibly impressed. The only feedback I would give

by debacle 14y ago

Wow. Very interesting. At first glance, the interface looks very mobile friendly and also very simple. I'm incredibly impressed. The only feedback I would give is that the buttons in the top bar could stand out a bit - maybe a different shade of blue or a slight border. It wasn't immediately clear to me where 'send' was. The ads are a bit more obtrusive than Google Mail ads, though I think that would just take a bit of getting used to. I'm impressed as fuck, though. I can't explain how impressed I am.

crescentfresh 14y ago
> the interface looks very mobile friendly How did you get to that conclusion? I'm looking at this main screenshot: http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/07/2012-07-30_16h56_09-520x239.jpg http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/...
- debacle 14y ago
  That's not the interface I'm seeing. Maybe they're doing device detection.
- sp332 14y ago
  That's not what the site actually looks like for me. I just get the first 2 columns, and the second column changes to look like the 3rd one in the screenshot, when I click on a message to read.
akshxy 14y ago
Yeah ! It doesn't look like outlook anymore. The UX/ UI is so fucking amazing. Microsoft's target is to reach with 1 billion users around the world with newly invented Hotmail which I believed so far will never going to hit. But with a new brand and some impressive features, Microsoft's Web email service might finally be cool again.
- sp332 14y ago
  It looks a lot like Windows Live Mail, MS's free email client (and RSS feed reader).
j45 14y ago
Reminds me of how fresh the first outlook web access (OWA) looked when it first came out -- it was the first AJAX app around a decade ago to my knowledge before AJAX was invented and celebrated. I'm not surprised OWA v2 looks as well made as well as the first. I often preferred the web interface to the client. Just not sure if I want another email account or domain.
- eurleif 14y ago
  >it was the first AJAX app around a decade ago to my knowledge Yup. In fact, Microsoft invented XMLHTTPRequest for use in OWA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHTTPRequest#History_and_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHTTPRequest#History_and_supp...

by debacle 14y ago

crescentfresh 14y ago

> the interface looks very mobile friendly How did you get to that conclusion? I'm looking at this main screenshot: http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/07/2012-07-30_16h56_09-520x239.jpg http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/...

debacle 14y ago
That's not the interface I'm seeing. Maybe they're doing device detection.
sp332 14y ago
That's not what the site actually looks like for me. I just get the first 2 columns, and the second column changes to look like the 3rd one in the screenshot, when I click on a message to read.

akshxy 14y ago

Yeah ! It doesn't look like outlook anymore. The UX/ UI is so fucking amazing. Microsoft's target is to reach with 1 billion users around the world with newly invented Hotmail which I believed so far will never going to hit. But with a new brand and some impressive features, Microsoft's Web email service might finally be cool again.

sp332 14y ago
It looks a lot like Windows Live Mail, MS's free email client (and RSS feed reader).

j45 14y ago

Reminds me of how fresh the first outlook web access (OWA) looked when it first came out -- it was the first AJAX app around a decade ago to my knowledge before AJAX was invented and celebrated. I'm not surprised OWA v2 looks as well made as well as the first. I often preferred the web interface to the client. Just not sure if I want another email account or domain.

eurleif 14y ago
>it was the first AJAX app around a decade ago to my knowledge Yup. In fact, Microsoft invented XMLHTTPRequest for use in OWA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHTTPRequest#History_and_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHTTPRequest#History_and_supp...