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I think they look great, function well enough, and have (historically) been quite reliable.
I was hopeful that it would be good.
Well, there it is.
In short, it’s terrible.
I hate it, and I want the old Mail & Calendar back.
Samsung Email is better than this.
Well, there it is.
Gmail is better than this.
Apple Mail is better than this.
It feels like a website because it is.
Outlook vs. Outlook on web
The window controls along the top aren’t even aligned with the web buttons that are next to them.
And it’s not just how it looks that grinds my gears, but how it feels too.
It just doesn’t feel good to use.
Typical RAM usage difference between Mail and Outlook
There’s a half-second wait between clicking on something and seeing the result of that click.
Reliability is out the window
My second big issue is with performance.
The app just takes too long to load.
The new Outlook will replace Mail eventually.
Why am I seeing a splash screen for more than a second?
Why is it taking so long?
Reliability is out the window.
And if it does, it’s almost always after the older Mail app has alerted me first.
So, I manually clicked into the email that the notification popped for and began reading.
I don’t enjoy using this app, not even a little bit.
