Do You think only Gmail/Yahoo have improved email clients, nothing comes near? Check out the new "Hotmail".Windows live has (although a little late), included almost every feature that "Gmail" provides, plus it looks sharper and more attractive. Plus, I always loved the look and feel of the Hotmail inbuilt calendar.
In place of Google docs, we have Office which includes -
Word, Excel, Power-point and One-note documents.
We also have the inbuilt MSN live messenger, the chat interface is really neat, and pretty effective.
A quick view tab is provided on the left for easy access to these features.
The look and feel of the entire client seems borrowed entirely from Outlook, and that is a good thing provided you are an avid user of MS outlook. The new "familiar" looking reading pane which is also adjustable was a positive change. Folders structure with Folder sorting is available too. Rules can be similar to Gmail "Labels", and are easy to use. Items could easily be dragged and dropped between folders, and works at decent pace too."Photos" provide a way of photo sharing, with your MSN/windows live friends. Although, it was hanging/showing error screens every time i tried checking it out via the main link. The link on the quick access though, on the left menu bar, works well.
The new Microsoft SmartScreen is implemented, and works pretty well in keeping junk/spam out of your inbox. I haven't had a single junk mail in my mailbox since the new features were implemented. Pretty cool. Limited set of themes available now, but the one's that are available aren't as tacky and could be made ado with.
So, the final conclusion, hotmail is indeed a clean alternative to Gmail, if you are willing to try something new out.
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