Comments on: Outlook 2007 Sucks a Big One

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:03:11 +0000

I read all the posts, see some angry but fair responses. In my case it is not only that I am used to Outlook but also that I sync one MS Exchange account, one Hotmail account, and one MobileMe IMAP account. Exchange works like a charm (doh), Outlook connector could definitely use some improvement. But Mobile Me is a pain in the ass. Even if I configure the purge option (see Anders link above) the fact that my deleted messages don’t go to the deleted messages folder but instead are lost forever is not cool at all.

By: Anders

Anders — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:00:34 +0000

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100804201033.aspx
Outlook 2007 works acceptable with IMAP

By: Yo Han

Yo Han — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:48:27 +0000

I think Excel 2007 is horrible. The extra mouse clicks will make me long for my old software every time I change a border. Me thinks that Microsoft wants to look different from OpenOffice which is free by the way.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:06:13 +0000

Actually believe it or not I love Word 2007 and Excel 2007. I just think Outlook 2007 is horrible. It is just Outlook 2003 with a new theme and same old problems.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:49:10 +0000

Thanks for your coments hopefully more pepole will read this and be saved a ton of grief.
You are so right, I like the part “I liked it till I had to get some work done” wow how true.
I was attempting to do some very simple tasks today in word (well they used to be simple), but hey but now you need pulisher to do it!! What garbage this is!
I am using it to evauate it for our org. (one of may guys in IT that are)
They will get an ear full from this IT guy!!!!
I have been using this mess for nearly two years and it still a time sink, I still have issues with finding how to do tasks. Today another 20min on the web, finding somthing I can do in office XP in less than one min. and in exactly half the steps!
Today was the last straw I am uninstalling this mess in the am and reinstalling office XP (I have a VL for this).
Thanks M$ for another fine produdct in the ME tradtion.

dang where are my blood pressure meds

Rodney

By: MSDisallusion

MSDisallusion — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:33:06 +0000

I usually read more than I post but this topic is right on. Funny how it was right on months ago from the previous post and in ’09 it is still relevant. I would like to take it a step further. For the end user Office leaves much to be desired but to the admin who had to maintain the exchange server, he is feeling the pain in a different way. installing new software from MS seems to follow the same pattern.

1.) upgrade -> troubleshoot -> wipe -> fresh install (see #2)
2.) Fresh Install -> troubleshoot driver issues -> wipe OS -> re-install
3.) install unrelated program -> troubleshoot -> wipe -> re-insrtall o/s

Every piece of software mid-high level seems to follow the same pattern. If ‘bill’ wasn’t so rich, I would swear none of their stuff would sell, but apparently there are no easy alternatives. Come on IT men we have work to do!

By: foggynoggin

foggynoggin — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:56:57 +0000

I had high hopes for 2007 when I upgraded. Indeed for the first day or two I thought “Ya, this is pretty good”

Then I had to get some work done.

I’ve toughed it out for a month and a half now. No more. Once I get back from the road, off it comes. I’ve had enough of stalls, crashes, hunting incessantly for some reasonably common feature buried under some cryptic ribbonbar subgrouping icon, assuming of course I find it in the first place. Pop ups when I left click, right click, heck when my pen clicks I think. Loss of simple editing features like, selecting more that one picture to cut and paste. Mouse behaviors that seem unpredictable, resulting in selections I never intended, commands I never wanted.

High hopes for SmartArt and Quickparts, but they are pretty unimaginative and limited in applicability (I’ve yet to actually use a smartart, and not for the lack of trying), not particularly varied and damn near impossible to use in any resonable volume.

MSFT, thanks for trying a new twist on the MMI, really I mean that, but this should never have seen the light of day. I cant imagine any experienced user really warming up to the interface. Its just to damn hard to use.

I wanted to love 2007, I really did. But its unloveable. And unuseable. And for someone who needs to get work done, just unacceptable.

Foggy.