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    • BRRABillB
      BRRABill @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender

      I was already using Evernote and have just stuck with it.

      Same reason I don't look at new TVs, I don't want to buy one.

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      • BRRABillB
        BRRABill @Dashrender
        last edited by

        @Dashrender

        Though there are a ton of articles comparing the two. In fact, one just showed up in my Facebook feed (from LifeHacker) today.

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        • BRRABillB
          BRRABill
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          I looked through the rest of the Outlook add-ins, and they are PALTRY to put it nicely.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @BRRABill
            last edited by

            @BRRABill said:

            @Dashrender

            I was already using Evernote and have just stuck with it.

            Same reason I don't look at new TVs, I don't want to buy one.

            LOL not sure I see the parallel, but I do understand the stick-ition most of us get to a tool once we start using it. Don't want to be changing tools every few months, or even years.

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            • BRRABillB
              BRRABill @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender

              Though I did read the article today, and it seemed to hint they thought Evernote was in trouble.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre
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                Somebody tell me how I can A) Set a custom Due Date on my Tasks, and I could ditch OWA... as a Bonus... Somebody show me how I can B) Show Tasks on the same page as my email, and I will drop Outbreak like a hot potato.

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill @dafyre
                  last edited by

                  @dafyre said:

                  Somebody tell me how I can A) Set a custom Due Date on my Tasks, and I could ditch OWA... as a Bonus... Somebody show me how I can B) Show Tasks on the same page as my email, and I will drop Outbreak like a hot potato.

                  I found out today that you can have multiple things (e-mail, people, tasks) open on multiple tabs. So you could maybe space the windows in a way to replicate that.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill
                    last edited by

                    Today's minor annoyance ... not being able to deal directly with .VCF attachments.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      What kind of attachment is that?

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        What kind of attachment is that?

                        Contact file

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @BRRABill
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                          @BRRABill said:

                          @dafyre said:

                          Somebody tell me how I can A) Set a custom Due Date on my Tasks, and I could ditch OWA... as a Bonus... Somebody show me how I can B) Show Tasks on the same page as my email, and I will drop Outbreak like a hot potato.

                          I found out today that you can have multiple things (e-mail, people, tasks) open on multiple tabs. So you could maybe space the windows in a way to replicate that.

                          I could do that... but that doesn't replicate Outlook (having all my info in one window. 🙂

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                          • wrx7mW
                            wrx7m @BRRABill
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                            @BRRABill said:

                            @Dashrender

                            I was already using Evernote and have just stuck with it.

                            Same reason I don't look at new TVs, I don't want to buy one.

                            But what if you could get a new one for free? 😛

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill
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                              Today's annoyance.

                              What happened to NOTES? I see them, but they are an un-editable mail folder now?

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                              • BRRABillB
                                BRRABill
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                                I ended up moving back to Outlook.

                                My experiment with LibreOffice came to an end, so i decided to give Office365 a try.

                                One thing I like is how Outlook 2016 does look very similar to OWA, and how changes you make in either places (such as favorite folders) carry over.

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                                • Minion QueenM
                                  Minion Queen
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                                  Again I find Outlook so much easier to use than OWA or anything else. Does it have it's issues, well yeah, but so does everything else.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @Minion Queen
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                                    @Minion-Queen said:

                                    Again I find Outlook so much easier to use than OWA or anything else. Does it have it's issues, well yeah, but so does everything else.

                                    You use add-ons.. that's a major killer of web apps.

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                                    • Minion QueenM
                                      Minion Queen
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                                      OWA has a few of them but they just don't work as well or as easily as they do in outlook.

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                                      • BRRABillB
                                        BRRABill
                                        last edited by BRRABill

                                        First of all, Outlook is so much faster than OWA. People tried to convince my OWA was just as fast. No way. I can blow through stuff so much faster in Outlook.

                                        This is especially evident in folders such as Clutter and Junk.

                                        I also like how Outlook LOOKS. You can display the e-mail in a way you just can't replicate in OWA.

                                        Now, I did gain a respect for OWA. And people are right, it does look VERY similar to Outlook 2016. I actually used it for a few weeks and didn't ever tear my hair out. But, it felt goooood to get Outlook back on my local machine. 🙂

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                          @BRRABill said:

                                          First of all, Outlook is so much faster than OWA. People tried to convince my OWA was just as fast. No way. I can blow through stuff so much faster in Outllok.

                                          Opposite experience here. What browser are you testing on?

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                                          • BRRABillB
                                            BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @BRRABill said:

                                            First of all, Outlook is so much faster than OWA. People tried to convince my OWA was just as fast. No way. I can blow through stuff so much faster in Outlook.

                                            Opposite experience here. What browser are you testing on?

                                            I use Chrome, but tried them all. Well, also Firefox and IE and Edge. Not "all" of them.

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