Windows Live Mail (Beta)
I had heard about Windows Live some time back and had entered my ID in for an invite. I was quite surprised to find the invite lying in my inbox today.
I promptly accepted the invitations and was presented with the Windows Live Mail Beta Interface.
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To give credit to Microsoft, the interface ‘looks’ neat. The colours are excellent and the buttons are all very pleasing to the eyes. Gmail should learn from this (just hope I don’t get flamed for this)
The first page you are greeted with is the “Today� page much like that in a normal hotmail interface. Now this is kind of bugging as I normally want to get to my mail first. So I click on Mail.
The interface is nice, but a bit cramped up. The messages are shown in a narrow box. This I am comparing to Gmail which gives you a lot of space to navigate through. They have also eaten up some space at the sides with fat banners asking for feedback which most probably will transform into Ads.
The interface is fast, but not as fast as Gmail. I don’t think they load the entire application like that of Gmail.
There are some nifty features like Right-clicking to get a context menu for reply, forward and whatnot. You can also drag and drop your emails into folders or to the thrash.
The compose window is like any other email client, but it is aesthetically pleasing.
Calender is also a useful feature and works like any other simple PM.
Overall, Windows Live seems to be quite nice. If they could get their interface to be a bit faster by preloading the script, it can be a serious contender to Gmail…
I had heard about Windows Live some time back and had entered my ID in for an invite. I was quite surprised to find the invite lying in my inbox today.
I promptly accepted the invitations and was presented with the Windows Live Mail Beta Interface.
*img236.imageshack.us/img236/5112/windowslive3he.th.jpg
To give credit to Microsoft, the interface ‘looks’ neat. The colours are excellent and the buttons are all very pleasing to the eyes. Gmail should learn from this (just hope I don’t get flamed for this)
The first page you are greeted with is the “Today� page much like that in a normal hotmail interface. Now this is kind of bugging as I normally want to get to my mail first. So I click on Mail.
The interface is nice, but a bit cramped up. The messages are shown in a narrow box. This I am comparing to Gmail which gives you a lot of space to navigate through. They have also eaten up some space at the sides with fat banners asking for feedback which most probably will transform into Ads.
The interface is fast, but not as fast as Gmail. I don’t think they load the entire application like that of Gmail.
There are some nifty features like Right-clicking to get a context menu for reply, forward and whatnot. You can also drag and drop your emails into folders or to the thrash.
The compose window is like any other email client, but it is aesthetically pleasing.
Calender is also a useful feature and works like any other simple PM.
Overall, Windows Live seems to be quite nice. If they could get their interface to be a bit faster by preloading the script, it can be a serious contender to Gmail…
