Microsoft Radically Overhauls Hotmail
If you use Hotmail it's probably because you've always used Hotmail. Let's face it Microsoft's web based email hasn't done itself many favours in recent years, but that all looks set to change...
The Redmond giant has today dropped Hotmail into the 21st century with a massive overhaul of its look and features, so let's break them down.
The first thing that will strike you is 'Hotmail highlights'. This takes a leaf from Outlook allowing users to now see new emails, social network updates, appointments and reminders in a single place when they log in. Alongside this is 'Active views' which borrows from Gmail allowing linked content from Hulu, YouTube and Flickr, amongst others, to be viewed directly from within the email. Also placing a nod towards Google is implementation of the long awaited 'Conversation view' that enables emails to be grouped by thread - this can be enabled or disabled with a single click.
