Neo-Phi Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The new interface of Windows Live Hotmail is finally accessible to pubilc. http://www.hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted November 6, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 6, 2008 Been discussed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hate it, not using the Web Hotmail/Live Mail service anymore, I'll just stick to Windows Live Mail or Outlook 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 sadly it was switched on my server a few weeks ago :angry: it's so much slower than the old one and it keeps login me off after a while (with the old one I could keep a tab for like 24hrs without being logged off....cant do it anymore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The problem of excessive Junk Mail is still there, I see. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 It's a good update, but it's not amazing :p ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_0002 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 meh, I enjoy it. I think it's pretty cool. Just my opinion :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_f Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) I really like it. The thing that kills it is the huge advert, but that's easy to fix on IE. Open up notepad and copy this into the document #RadAd_Banner { display:none; margin-top:-90px; } Now save that as hotmail.css On Internet Explorer go to Tools > Internet Options > Accessibility and then tick 'Format documents using my style sheet' and find your hotmail.css file in the field. Restart IE and you will no longer have Hotmail ads. Edited November 7, 2008 by andrew_f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted November 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2008 I prefer the last wave, that was much more polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted November 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2008 I do prefer this one (especially the pink theme you can get - I just wish they had it in other more 'manly' colours :D). Also they should have allowed for selection of colours as well as themes. Before you could select red, green, etc & keep the Windows Live style. I would like to be able to select these colours & keep the 'flair' you get on the default blue theme. Secondly, an option to drag out the folder list width like on the last version would be appcreciated & a few UI inconsistencies. Other than that, though, I really like the new version - the old design was better but it got boring :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I don't like it. It's really too plain and bland. Not that this is at all important, but the emots on Google Mail are quite good and the emots in Hotmail are bland. If I had the option, I'd like to go back to the previous wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I made a post mentoining how much i hate it, but i guess no one else had cought on... yeah it's terrible in my opinion too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercellus Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I like the overall design of the new Windows Live Hotmail, and I'm glad to see that Microsoft have started allowing other browsers to use features such as the reading pane; overall performance seems to have increased as well which is always nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted November 8, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2008 It feels very... beta-ish (Now im making up words to describe crap :p) it feels really weird, overall its nice to see it changing but hotmail still lacks in features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerhomie Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) I've only been using Hotmail for a little while but is there an option to permanently turn on all Content. Every email is text based because Hotmail automatically hides all images until I click "Attachments, pictures, and links in this message have been blocked for your safety. Show content" Edit: Now I get this message, come on. EDIT 2: WTF?! WHy isn't my image uploading to Neowin?! Edited November 9, 2008 by Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 i don't like it from what i have seen even though i don't use hotmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It seems to be more bland and chunkier, wish there were some options for font size or column widths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 So there is no way to switch back to hotmail before this supposed improvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted November 8, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2008 The new Hotmail is nowhere near as plain as Google Mail (or just about any Google product) is, so I don't know why people are complaining so much (especially Google users). Yes, I think the old design was better, but I got bored of it, quite quick. THis design is a nice change & if they start letting us have different colours, it would be even better. You do know you can have themes right? I don't think you can do that on Google Mail (or at least not yet) & it's bland anyway. Too bland & boring. What features does Hotmail lack aswell? They are having Windows Live Messenger functionality built in soon, so you can chat to contacts through Hotmail, without needing to use Windows Live Messenger. They will also be using the new Windows Live feature which shows if a contact is online or not (coloured border round the display pic) - very slick. Finally, Hotmail also now works properly on all major browsers & there is now no need for two different versions (classic & full) - I hated that there was more than one version. Hotmail has features such as the reading pane, easier organisation (automatically send email to folders) - there is no need for tags then), & themes. What does the bland, boring, horrible Google Mail have which Hotmail doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 The new Hotmail is nowhere near as plain as Google Mail (or just about any Google product) is, so I don't know why people are complaining so much (especially Google users). Yes, I think the old design was better, but I got bored of it, quite quick. THis design is a nice change & if they start letting us have different colours, it would be even better.You do know you can have themes right? I don't think you can do that on Google Mail (or at least not yet) & it's bland anyway. Too bland & boring. What features does Hotmail lack aswell? They are having Windows Live Messenger functionality built in soon, so you can chat to contacts through Hotmail, without needing to use Windows Live Messenger. They will also be using the new Windows Live feature which shows if a contact is online or not (coloured border round the display pic) - very slick. Finally, Hotmail also now works properly on all major browsers & there is now no need for two different versions (classic & full) - I hated that there was more than one version. Hotmail has features such as the reading pane, easier organisation (automatically send email to folders) - there is no need for tags then), & themes. What does the bland, boring, horrible Google Mail have which Hotmail doesn't? While Gmail does have a dated UI, the sheer speed of Gmail is a win for me. Not to mention the IMAP/POP3 support. When enabling the Google Labs in Gmail, we can have all crazy hacks and mouse gestures working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted November 9, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2008 The new Hotmail is probably nearly as fast as Gmail now, if not just as fast. Again, I don't know about other features that Gmail has over Hotmail, but I do know I have everything in Hotmail - especially the handing reading pane & Windows Live integration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercellus Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 The new Windows Live Hotmail interface is quite fast compared to the old version, which seemed quite clunky and overall just slow, but I only use my Hotmail account for things that I sign up for that I don't want going to my personal address at MobileMe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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