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Christoph Guentner
I installed Outlook 2003, but after working a while with it I have decided
to go back to Ol 2002.
Why? Here are some reasons:
1. Mails in the outtray, that have been selecet or edited will not be sent
(using F9). Bug?
2. Ol 2003 often crashes when I close it
3. Where is the shortcut bar? In Ol XP I could display my outlook shortcuts
bar AND the folders. In Ol 2003 this is not possible. And the buttons on the
left down are not configurable (and it looks like a copy from Lotus Notes
(which in fact is much more user UNfriendly)
4. I connot move the column with the flags
5. I have to change for each folder manually the view, because redefining
the view seems not to work.
6. displaying an email thread (like in Outlook Express) still not possible.
There are some possibilies to show things like an email thread in Ol 2003,
but none of them is suitable.
7. Ol 2003 often "thinks" I double clicked, when I do a left click. This is
really only in Ol 2003 the case, and not in other applications
8. In the VBA editor when I press F1, the tab where I can type in a question
or a word or view the contents of the help is missing??? Where is it. Well,
I can go to the Help menu and another window is open. Why has this been
split to 2 windows, and if I click at one of the help windows, the other get
hidden by Outlook. That is unusable.
And the search window is always top most. That is not usable, too.
9. The design: it is a mixture of the old and a new style, but it is not
really a good design. The elements itself are good, but the mixture is a
little mess: old buttons, scrollbars in the dialogs, new buttons in the
toolbar. old list header in dialog boxes. new (or what ever) list header in
the mail view.
10. changing the view seems to be slower.
11. I did not succed to get rid of the Outlook tray icon(s).
and where are real the improvements?
the junk email is one and the icons look smarter,
I can store pictures in the contacts (well this was possibel in Ol XP as
well)
The calender view has been improved.
Christoph
to go back to Ol 2002.
Why? Here are some reasons:
1. Mails in the outtray, that have been selecet or edited will not be sent
(using F9). Bug?
2. Ol 2003 often crashes when I close it
3. Where is the shortcut bar? In Ol XP I could display my outlook shortcuts
bar AND the folders. In Ol 2003 this is not possible. And the buttons on the
left down are not configurable (and it looks like a copy from Lotus Notes
(which in fact is much more user UNfriendly)
4. I connot move the column with the flags
5. I have to change for each folder manually the view, because redefining
the view seems not to work.
6. displaying an email thread (like in Outlook Express) still not possible.
There are some possibilies to show things like an email thread in Ol 2003,
but none of them is suitable.
7. Ol 2003 often "thinks" I double clicked, when I do a left click. This is
really only in Ol 2003 the case, and not in other applications
8. In the VBA editor when I press F1, the tab where I can type in a question
or a word or view the contents of the help is missing??? Where is it. Well,
I can go to the Help menu and another window is open. Why has this been
split to 2 windows, and if I click at one of the help windows, the other get
hidden by Outlook. That is unusable.
And the search window is always top most. That is not usable, too.
9. The design: it is a mixture of the old and a new style, but it is not
really a good design. The elements itself are good, but the mixture is a
little mess: old buttons, scrollbars in the dialogs, new buttons in the
toolbar. old list header in dialog boxes. new (or what ever) list header in
the mail view.
10. changing the view seems to be slower.
11. I did not succed to get rid of the Outlook tray icon(s).
and where are real the improvements?
the junk email is one and the icons look smarter,
I can store pictures in the contacts (well this was possibel in Ol XP as
well)
The calender view has been improved.
Christoph