I saw the picture of the upcoming release of Outlook (pic), and I must say, it looks great. My only concern is that it still uses the same low color icons. Even the XP icons, such as the recycle bin, that are normally 32-bit, have been dulled down to low color, and I can only sit and wonder about one question: did the way MS programmed Office in previous releases somehow make it hard for them to enable 32-bit transparent icons in the new releases? I mean, Office X for the Mac has high color icons, and I don't think MS would be hesitant about adding them to Office for Windows. Since the icons in the lower-left hand corner have 32-bit icons in the picture, I can only hope that this picture is just a beta and that new icons will appear later. If anyone knows anything more about this, please enlighten me.... :)
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I saw the picture of the upcoming release of Outlook (pic), and I must say, it looks great. My only concern is that it still uses the same low color icons. Even the XP icons, such as the recycle bin, that are normally 32-bit, have been dulled down to low color, and I can only sit and wonder about one question: did the way MS programmed Office in previous releases somehow make it hard for them to enable 32-bit transparent icons in the new releases? I mean, Office X for the Mac has high color icons, and I don't think MS would be hesitant about adding them to Office for Windows. Since the icons in the lower-left hand corner have 32-bit icons in the picture, I can only hope that this picture is just a beta and that new icons will appear later. If anyone knows anything more about this, please enlighten me.... :)
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