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Key Takeaways
Microsoft isturning Outlook into a web appthat will run on both Windows and the Mac.
It will replace the Windows mail and calendar apps, and be called One Outlook.
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It is a terrible idea.
Thats because they essentially run inside a custom web-internet tool.
Mac users especially prefer apps designed to use all the built-in features of the computer.
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The difference for a Windows user won’t be that big."
One Outlook
Microsoft turning Outlook into an Electron-bang out app is a big deal.
Take Slack, for example.
Microsoft isnt using Electron, but the principles of a web app remain.
It wont look or feel right, although Microsoft does plan to at least tie it into existing features.
Its Microsoft, themakerof one of the most important platforms, Windows.
“Not sure it makes much difference,” says Algesten."
For them it might as well be just a big web net online gate."
