Is there no alternative to Outlook?
First of all I must show off a little. I’m free again! Yeah, I’ve ditched my O365 subscription and moved to outlook.com. I’ve decided that paying 6$ for mailbox when you’re not using it for business is simply a waste. So far I’m happy, there are some things I’m missing. But there also are things which are better, like:
- Categories - yeah they’re working far better in free version
- IM - as I’ve written before Lync is not very usable if most of your contacts is not using it; IM in outlook.com however has full integration with Facebook, Google and Skype; yes, you can chat with whoever you want
- Integration with social networks - works perfectly, not to mention ability to watch YouTube videos directly in the message
Calendar is a little bit clumsy, but I can live with it.