The new Outlook looks like a standalone app version of OWA. They’re probably doing that to unify code bases but it’s seriously lacking some features that Outlook had.
- Can’t open PST files
- Sort was borked
- Couldn’t set caching options for Exchange
And that’s just a few I remember. Though it’s been a good year since I’ve played with it last.
Also it forwards your SMPT/IMAP data to Microsoft without your consent.
It’s still so weird to me that Microsoft - who has their own, now modern, native UI framework for Windows - barely uses it in any of their own applications, instead more and more relying on Electron Edge WebView2, barely following their own design language. Do they even want people to use Windows?
They don’t even use the windows built in notification system… baffles me every time.
Edge WebView2
I’m like 90% sure this requires edge to be installed, even though the EU mandated that they make edge uninstallable. So that might be their game here.
And as an added bonus, trying to open this in “Calendar” would show up a blank screen, that closes again, opening again in “Outlook (new)” on Windows 11.
You’d think Microsoft would get the hang of versioning at this point…
The office versions are so confusing and frustrating. I just wanna use the goddamn desktop program and not some web app.
