Microsoft gives peek at Outlook 11
PC World | at | by Mike
Microsoft recently gave the first public preview of its upcoming Outlook 11 e-mail client software, and several technology managers said they liked what they saw. The features that Microsoft showed off would answer some of the most pressing needs of Outlook users, according to attendees at Microsoft's MEC 2002 conference in Anaheim, California. Outlook 11 is to include a redesigned user interface and new capabilities for threading, sorting, and caching messages when it ships next year, likely in the same time frame as Office 11.
Jensen Harris, lead program manager for the Titanium upgrade, said many of the changes coming in Outlook 11 were designed to simplify the software for users. For example, Microsoft is trying to give the new Outlook user interface a more efficient layout with added space for displaying messages, Harris said.