[AccessD] Windows 8 Mail Leaves Users Pining For the Desktop - or Even Their Phones

The big push is to get everyone to love Metro though. A lack of support for something as basic as IMAP is quite surprising.

Best regards,
Hans-Christian Andersen


On 15 Jul 2012, at 11:50, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I guess users will just have to learn how to make better usage out of Google
> Mail, unfortunately they will have to figure how to do that with only the IE
> browser available.
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Andersen
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:50 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Windows 8 Mail Leaves Users Pining For the Desktop - or
> Even Their Phones
> 
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/windows-8-mail-leaves-
> users-pining-for-the-desktop-or-even-their-phones/
> 
> -- snip --
> 
> "The e-mail client in Windows 8 is the shell of a potentially good
> application - but Microsoft hasn't given it the proper care it deserves.
> With less than a month before Windows 8 hits RTM, Mail is a mess that
> doesn't support IMAP, can't connect to servers with self-signed
> certificates, and lacks basic features like flagging messages for followup.
> Metro Mail is feature-deficient compared not just to other desktop and
> tablet apps - it's behind Microsoft's own phone platform. Whether used on a
> tablet or desktop, this in-depth look concludes that Metro Mail in its
> current form will have users pining for a real desktop application."
> 
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