Outlook, Outlook and Outlook.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Am I the only one annoyed that they call 3 different things Outlook.

Email service - Outlook
Microsoft Office Email Client - Outlook
Windows Email client - Outlook

You know it's terrible when someone says, "I use Outlook."

and you have to ask them which one?

Outlook the email service, or Outlook is the email client, If so, which one?

[seta-san]

On 09/02/2025 at 08:24, Warwagon said:

Am I the only one annoyed that they call 3 different things Outlook.

Email service - Outlook
Microsoft Office Email Client - Outlook
Windows Email client - Outlook

You know it's terrible when someone says, "I use Outlook."

and you have to ask them which one?

Outlook the email service, or Outlook is the email client, If so, which one?

i hate the new outlook app. i definitely preferred the email and people apps. microsoft continually doesn't understand that home and office users and apps should be two different things. it goes back to outlook vs outlook express.  skype vs teams. microsoft didn't realize that they were on the right direction for home users with windows 8. the apps should have been more tablet or cell phone like but the interface needed to stay more desktop. instead they are regressing from home users experience and going fully towards corporate usage. 

[adrynalyne]

On 09/02/2025 at 07:24, Warwagon said:

Am I the only one annoyed that they call 3 different things Outlook.

Email service - Outlook
Microsoft Office Email Client - Outlook
Windows Email client - Outlook

You know it's terrible when someone says, "I use Outlook."

and you have to ask them which one?

Outlook the email service, or Outlook is the email client, If so, which one?

The last two are one and the same now. 
 

The old email client is Outlook Classic. 
 

Maybe you should direct your question to not be open-ended. Ask what email provider they use. Ask them what email client they use. 
 

 

[He's Dead Jim]

The last dedicated windows email I used was Windows Live Mail,

Since it's demise, I've moved to simple Gmail.

[+mram Subscriber²]

On 09/02/2025 at 06:24, Warwagon said:

Am I the only one annoyed that they call 3 different things Outlook.

Email service - Outlook
Microsoft Office Email Client - Outlook
Windows Email client - Outlook

You know it's terrible when someone says, "I use Outlook."

and you have to ask them which one?

Outlook the email service, or Outlook is the email client, If so, which one?

The email service has generally been Exchange.

Outlook has generally been the client.  It's only confusing now-ish because MS is starting a super slow slog of a generalized update to the new client.

[Som]

On 09/02/2025 at 14:24, Warwagon said:

Am I the only one annoyed that they call 3 different things Outlook.

Email service - Outlook
Microsoft Office Email Client - Outlook
Windows Email client - Outlook

You know it's terrible when someone says, "I use Outlook."

and you have to ask them which one?

Outlook the email service, or Outlook is the email client, If so, which one?

it also annoys me muchly

don't get me started on the onedrive app for android. not with its name, its just terrible

 

On 09/02/2025 at 18:23, mram said:

The email service has generally been Exchange.

Outlook has generally been the client.  It's only confusing now-ish because MS is starting a super slow slog of a generalized update to the new client.

The email service(at least for average users) was hotmail. then they changed it to outlook. Which was confusing and unnecessary as i don't think anyone had any issue with the name hotmail and outlook was already an application in the office suite. but then they introduced outlook as a totally different application on windows 11 instead of mail. It all just seems purposely annoying and lazy. 

[Dustyn]

You are not alone.

I use the original Outlook program that comes with Office Professional LTSC Professional Plus 2024 and seeing the icons for Outlook (New!) and Outlook (Classic) is not very intuitive. I understand the differences, but it should not be labelled this way.

[Sulphy]

Agreed... especially when being roped in to help out elderly friends of the family... "Do you use the blue squar-ish icon to read your email, or do you mean you open your web browser, like if you want to google something, and open your outlook email there? ........... reply: Yes..... erm, okay, which one???     ) ..... "I'll come over and have a look....."

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 25/02/2025 at 03:52, Sulphy said:

Agreed... especially when being roped in to help out elderly friends of the family... "Do you use the  blue squar-ish icon  to read your email, or do you mean you open your web browser, like if you want to google something, and open your outlook email there? ........... reply: Yes..... erm, okay, which one???     ) ..... "I'll come over and have a look....."

 

Blue you say ...  

[devHead]

On 25/02/2025 at 07:55, Warwagon said:

 

Blue you say ...  

I would still like to know what was wrong with the yellow-colored icon for Outlook.  Now it's a slightly different shade of blue from Word.  Is it for color-blind people?  I don't think so; Excel is still green, and Access is still red.