Say goodbye to Hotmail - Now it’s Outlook

No need to be kind here: telling people you use Hotmail has been the Internet equivalent of admitting to necrophilia. But after a decade as a punchline, Hotmail just pulled off the biggest victory in the inbox game since Gmail. And it might just get you to switch.

This is starting to look familiar to the point of predictability. Microsoft takes something boring, partially broken, and thoroughly entrenched: Windows, Office, Mobile. Toss nearly everything ugly and uninspired into the ash heap, put smart people to work on it, and pack it full of Metro. Windows 8, Office 15, and Windows Phone have all turned stale things into vibrant, modern successes. And Hotmail—now Outlook—can boast the same.
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Microsoft's new Outlook.com

(Might want to grab your "username@outlook.com" before someone else does).

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Using the Outlook.com preview (FAQ)

 

Going to www.Outlook.com got me into the new Outlook... The link I posted about to sign up or sign in isn't working..

www.hotmail.com takes me to the new Outlook.....

 

That's only because you've signed up for it. Going to hotmail.com still gets you the normal live sign-in

 

I check my Hotmail on a weekly basis but I haven't "used it" for years. This morning, after reading this thread, I checked it. It had been changed, without any action on my part, to Outlook but Messenger was no longer hogging resources loading (never used it, never will) which was a positive surprise.

I logged out to verify Aries login page and when logging back in, I was prompted to fill in a few details like phone number and alternate email addy because "you never know ". I added no information, just clicked "save" and was taken back to Outlook (not Hotmail).

I logged out again and guess what, when I tried to log in they again nagged about my details.

Why do they have to be so intrusive? I now remember the reasons why I stopped using Hotmail and my bet is that if I give them my details ... ... Messenger will be back!