Comments on: Hate Outlook? So Do A Ton Of Other People

By: keith norris

keith norris — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:18:00 +0000

I am an outlook user and I also use PlanPlus for Outlook from FranklinCovey. It make Outlook much better for managing tasks and projects and puts my tasks, calendar, and notes all on one screen. I highly recommend it.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:50:00 +0000

I have been using PCs since 1988 and watched MS move up all the way through today where I now have Windows 7 and had to switch from Outlook Express to Outllook. I loved Outlook Express and have been using it since Windows 98. It’s not perfect, but I learned how to use it well. When I switched to Windows 7 OE was no longer around, only Outlook, which I consider to be pure crap. Problem is Outlook is not an email program. It’s a appointment/calendar/email program. All I want is an email program and Windows Live is BS. I would pay if they had OE again. I don’t care if it’s free. So many things are faster in OE than Outlook and less steps. And many things you can do in OE you can’t do in Outlook. Plus Outlook has so much extra crap that every menu is incredibly long. But then again, MS has been going downhill since they ended XP. If MS doesnt change it’s ways, Apple will take over OS.

By: KA

KA — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:45:40 +0000

Let’s face it, considering the wide use of E-mail, both Outlook and Notes both suck like hell. I used both – I hate both. I used to develop software and I can not understand how users can accept such trash. Frankly, I do not even know an alternative, since any company I worked for uses either one of those two crap tools (pardon my language). Guess we all will have to wait for the big revolution so we can put those developers of both tools against the wall

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:59:48 +0000

Anyone who hates MS Outlook obviously has not used Lotus Notes. My company just converted from MS Outlook to Lotus Notes and the Lotus e-mail client is so frustrating to use that I’m considering looking for a new job! I will admit that I did experience challenges from time to time with Outlook, but not at all like I have now on a daily basis with Lotus Notes. Emails frequently get lost, disappear, reappear after being deleted, etc. you cant drag and drop anything, you have to import things. you can’t cut and paste or right click and save, etc. I could go on for pages. Anyway to those of you who hate MS Outlook, try Lotus Notes and you’ll never complain again!!!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:52:40 +0000

I have no other alternative, I have to work with Outlook, even if I don´t like it that much!
But in the company I work for, we have a tiny little search tool, which makes the work with outlook easier, because the outlook search sucks! The fast tool is called lookeen http://www.lookeen.net
Maybe for some of you a alternative for an more convenient work-life with outlook!

By: Jase

Jase — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:45:48 +0000

I use outlook myself, why? same reason I use my ISP based email address. I paid for it so I may as well take advantage of it!!!!

By: Mike CJ

Mike CJ — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:26:21 +0000

I guess I run IT for my offline business, and we have around 20 heavy email users. I was a commited Outlook user for years and years, but recently migrated all our accounts to Google Apps (using our domain). My original plan was to use Outlook with Google Apps, but I decided to run it using the web interface for a few days first. I’m not totally converted! My PC runs much faster without Outlook open all the time, the Google email works much better with my Blackberry than the old Outlook synch did, and I’m happy to say I won’t have to pay a licence fee for Outlook ever again!

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:48:52 +0000

I manage IT for a small company. Personally I like Outlook and all it’s functionality. I couldn’t get by without it.

On the management side, my biggest problem (which may not be unique to Outlook) is all the various ways spam can be managed. First, you have the junk email filters, white/blacklists, etc. Then, most anti-virus companies add their own white/blacklists, spam folder, and rules. Then you have Outlook rules themselves. I get constant complaints about spam (who doesn’t), but I have to spent too much time figuring out what the heck the user has going on rather than improving anything.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:41:07 +0000

Personally I’ve always liked Lotus Notes with GroupWise being a close second over Outlook/Exchange. But I will admit that GW needs the *least* amount of server power to get going and that’s a huge perk. It’s also solid just like Notes/Domino is. Definitely good stuff.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:37:52 +0000

The biggest problem with Thunderbird is its lack of native calendaring. You have to install a separate app like Sunbird or Lightning just to get it. While this may be fine for small business, in enterprise that’s suicide – especially if you have an Exchange server (which goes worthless at that point).

I sincerely like t-bird. Truly. But it’s got to get some native calendaring/scheduling built into it.