Hotmails new look

[Snotty]

What do we think of it?

I had that WTF? feeling when I refreshed it and the site had changed, but it seems easy enough to find my way around.

I like the new people I know/unknown senders envelope graphic. Hotmail has certainly got better with spam, but enough still filters through. Its nice to be able to easily see whats important.

Any other good new features? Has anyone had any problems with it? I had a few error pages the first few times I tried it, but that seems to have calmed down now.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Post a pic of it. Not everyone uses hotmail (damn spam).

[Snotty]

Yes, they do seem to act as a spam magnet. I wouldnt want my main account clogged up with my mailing lists though.

[Snotty]

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[Q Classic]

actually reminds me a bit of Outlook Web Access in Exchange 2003.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's got a kind of Yahoo Email look (sort of). More web based emails seem to be going for that kinda look.

[Q Classic]

nah. the design ethic closely parallels that of office 2003; you have the rounded buttons, as if they were on a cylinder, and the soothing pastels.

[Snotty]

I think it has a very Microsoft feel to it. I dont consider that a bad thing.

Ive not seen office 2003, but I presume it follows the aesthetic ideas I first noticed in XP.

[Q Classic]

ok. i'm going to post a sequence of images.

[Q Classic]

this is yahoo.

[Q Classic]

the next two are from the new hotmail.

[Q Classic]

creating a new message in hotmail.

[Q Classic]

here is the default view in outlook web access for exchange server 2003 (microsoft's email server).

[Q Classic]

creating a new message.

[Q Classic]

and finally, outlook 2003.