Current-era Microsoft continuing to push the boundaries of consent.
Microsoft Edge is a good browser but for some reason Microsoft keeps trying to shove it down everyone’s throat and make it more difficult to use rivals like Chrome or Firefox. Microsoft has now started notifying IT admins that it will force Outlook and Teams to ignore the default web browser on Windows and open links in Microsoft Edge instead.
With their new upcoming UI that breaks existing Outlook addins (and sucks too btw) and this one. I can’t wait for people to do away with Outlook. I’m the only one at work that even uses Thunderbird (with Owl for exchange addon). Was laughing my ass last time that Outlook had a zero day and our IT was telling us to not use the Outlook app until the zero day is fixed.
Btw this is what the new Outlook looks like
It looks like the web version, breaks addons and alot of features that the current one has are missing.
People may do away with Outlook, but companies are heavily invested in Microsoft Office and won’t be dumping it any time soon.
My wife company went even further and blacklisted any email websites in order to force them into using the Outlook app at work. Heck, they cannot even access the Microsoft outlook webpage.
It IS the web version. It uses electron.
I tried it for a bit but couldn’t open teams meetings from the notification.
Damn! I know the new UI sucks but I did not know it is just HOT GARBAGE. 😆
On Mac, the new version can’t even open Exchange mailboxes 🤯 the only reason for me to use outlook anyway