Why? It's like a ninety year old couch potato: too slow and too weak.
I LOVE Outlook 2007. Microsoft Outlook 2007
is an amazing program. I use Outlook to manage all my emails both at work and at home. I've talked about Google Gears before but Outlook has it beat (at least for now). It seamlessly moves offline and online. You don't do anything and messages are just sent and received when a connection is available. It's Calendar and Tasks features are excellent. It syncs great with my Blackberry. I could go on but I won't.
I read my Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail in Outlook. I have all three and in a pinch it's great to be able to read them online. But what is so much faster is pulling them into Outlook to read. Not only is it faster but it's so easy to answer emails when you are not connected. I was on a plane yesterday and it was great to be answering emails on the plane. Then, as soon as I had a connection, Outlook sent the messages. Also, I love to have the full power of MS Word as my email editor. It rocks.
It's easier to set up than you think. When I made the transition to Outlook for my home email (about 6 months ago), it was pretty easy to set things up. Just go to the help section of your email provider and you should find instructions on how to do it. With Gmail and Hotmail, it was free. I upgraded my Yahoo account to get it to work (I know there are hacks but I decided I go the paid route).
What do you think? Do you prefer the convenience of webmail or the speed and power of Outlook?
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