Talk has it that they not only want to reboot it, they wanted to do it the same as they did to Lord of the Rings, and reimagine it for the "modern audience"...
I'd glad it's been cancelled, rather than THAT happen to it...
A configuration dialog to add or remove items to the new context menu — similar to a proposed design or one for the new Navigation Pane introduced with Windows Vista — could be beneficial.
Drank Coke Classic erm, the old Outlook for decades since it came out on floppy disks. How difficult was it to add unified Inboxes? They did it on Mac Outlook Classic over 10 years ago before abandoning that. How hard was it add proper Gmail or iCloud contact and calendar support? They never did. I guess for simple users the new Outlook works but for power users Microsoft has left us floundering.