Today I got invited to Windows Live Mail Beta..
Below is a preview image.
I found many positives as well as negatives.
Positives:
1) Compared to Hotmail, it is miles ahead. A clean, fast interface resembling Outlook including autopreview of messages.(Though it lacks many features but as its in beta that can be ignored)
2) When I click on any of my mail, I have a contextual menu. I loved this feature ( Hope Gmail incorporates it too)
3) 2 GB of space compared to meagre 2 MB of hotmail (*250 MB is only for US)
Negatives:
1) As with all MS Sites, it works properly only on IE 6.0. On firefox it behaves like any normal webmail interface.
2) Ads: A huge ad on right side ( you can spot it in the snapshot) which lessens up viewing space. A promotional footer gets attached to my outgoing mails.
3) Except the contextual menu, GMail is still one up in every field. AJAX is faster and yeah a bit faster than GMail but still doesn’t make a noticeable difference.
4) Few of my mails were shown in HTML Coding( A bug i guess )
Still I would say, its definitely worth a try
Below is a preview image.
I found many positives as well as negatives.
Positives:
1) Compared to Hotmail, it is miles ahead. A clean, fast interface resembling Outlook including autopreview of messages.(Though it lacks many features but as its in beta that can be ignored)
2) When I click on any of my mail, I have a contextual menu. I loved this feature ( Hope Gmail incorporates it too)
3) 2 GB of space compared to meagre 2 MB of hotmail (*250 MB is only for US)
Negatives:
1) As with all MS Sites, it works properly only on IE 6.0. On firefox it behaves like any normal webmail interface.
2) Ads: A huge ad on right side ( you can spot it in the snapshot) which lessens up viewing space. A promotional footer gets attached to my outgoing mails.
3) Except the contextual menu, GMail is still one up in every field. AJAX is faster and yeah a bit faster than GMail but still doesn’t make a noticeable difference.
4) Few of my mails were shown in HTML Coding( A bug i guess )
Still I would say, its definitely worth a try
