Windows Live Mail (Hotmail Kahuna) a work in progress.

Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:33 PM by cromwellryan
As I mentioned yesterday, I received my Windows Live Mail beta invitation and I've begun using it full time. It's definitely a functional beta and I must say it's much quicker than it's predecessor, but I'm very glad this is not a completely open beta. It's pretty unpolished at this point and there are some glaring issues in my opinion. We'll see how things far in the next update. Here is what I've found so far:

Bugs

  • Allow sender does not show content.
  • New Mail doesn't appear until you click on or update the folder list
    1. On page 2
    2. Sent email from another account
    3. Windows Live Messenger said I had an email
    4. Paged to page 1 (no new email and count still at 2540)
    5. Page 2 forward to 2 again (no change in count)
    6. Clicked Junk e-mail folder
    7. Inbox went bold and said I had one email
    8. Clicked Inbox (there it was!)
  • The Insert Search Link icon is cut off.

Feature Issues

  • No full screen view of messages!!!
  • Stop trying to be so fancy... Attach a File link rather than stupid drop down. Less is more.
  • Tool bar is very tacky and unorganized. Actions on the email should be together (i.e Send, Save Draft, and Cancel should be next to each other, followed by Attach)
  • Consider using the telerik r.a.d editor... it's amazing!
  • The folder and mail windows do not scale at all when going above 1024x768. UPDATE: This must have been a temporary thing, because it scales just fine now. Let you know if it happens again. I've sent these via the ginormous Send Feedback image/link on every page. I'm sure I'll come up with more.
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