A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013

re: A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013

sdavis@mmsitservices.com — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:20:23 GMT

Hi, I'm a field IT support worker that supports about 300 end users at 15 small business companies.

I can assure you: this new Win8/Office2013 interface is going to be a complete disaster insofar as "training" goes. It's making me nuts. I'm 39 years old. I've had to learn what, 5 versions of the email app, 8 versions of the document writer, 5 versions of the web email app, etc..?!

Enough is enough. You people hear me: your "innovation" is ANNOYING. all you're doing is moving the same controls that people used to know the location of to a location they DO NOT KNOW THE LOCATION OF.

I especially hate Microsoft's determination to make Outlook 2013, Outlook 2011 (on Mac) and Exchange 2010's OWA enforce a two-line subject. That's what the FRAKEN PREVIEW WINDOW IS FOR. STOP MAKING US ALL TURN IT OFF!!

*sigh*

re: A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013

Jaworskiblog — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:08:34 GMT

This new message list is taking a lot of adjustment for me, and I have heard the same from other heavy e-mail users. I get upwards of 30 e-mails per day that need my attention. The default view can only display a third of those, so now I'm scrolling much more frequently. Changing the reading pane to bottom helps, but there is a lot of wasted real-estate on the "People" section that is more often than not, a blank avatar. What is important to me is being able to easily identify the message subject, and view the message content. I want the ability to minimize the "people" section to the old Outlook 2010 look, so I can see more of what is important to me.

re: A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013

mioiox — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:17:24 GMT

Thanks, it worked that way!

re: A Modern, People-First Inbox in Outlook 2013

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re: A Modern Inbox in Outlook 2013

Josh Meisels — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:43:39 GMT

You will only see the unread bar in "compact view." Make sure you have the reading pane on the right and the message list is narrow enough to show in compact view. I hope that helps!

re: A Modern Inbox in Outlook 2013

Josh Meisels — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:41:46 GMT

Hi zpowell, thanks for your comment. Check out my new post for more info about acting on messages. You can toggle messages read/unread using the blue bar to the left of each message.

blogs.office.com/.../message-list-improvements-in-outlook-2013-functional.aspx

re: Message List Improvements in Outlook 2013: Visual

Ben Stupples — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:43:50 GMT

I'm a huge fan of the new message list to be honest. I run an IT Support business @ [link=www.ntsols.com/.../farnham] and my guys spend half their time offering Outlook configuration advice to our clients. I can see this being a really appealing feature and we're chomping at the bit to get Office 2013 out there......

re: Message List Improvements in Outlook 2013: Visual

EinmalIM — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:55:31 GMT

Hi Josh, please have a look at this discussion: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../eab5c79f-68ac-4a38-ba20-265f7bd251a5

re: Message List Improvements in Outlook 2013: Visual

mioiox — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:58:07 GMT

I don't see the blue bar neither and cannot find a way to enable it.

re: Message List Improvements in Outlook 2013: Visual

Josh Meisels — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:19:37 GMT

Hi zpowell, thanks for the feedback. In Outlook's compact view (when you have a narrow message list), the read/unread bar to the left of a message lets you toggle the read/unread state. More on that behavior in my next blog post!