I use Outlook at work. A lot. Now, I don't use Outlook to its full-capability (we don't run an exchange server for instance) but it is always running for pretty much the entire time I'm at work. Having said that I could see pretty easily how Outlook on the Desktop could be very handy to have. It uses surprising little memory for what it does; stretching it out to an entire monitor and setting the alpha-blending to 50% and it was still only using 30MB of memory. Which, considering Outlook uses 50MB of memory just sitting minimized, isn't that bad. The calender and contacts windows are lifted directly from Outlook and retain full functionality. The inbox capabilities, however, lock you to the root of your personal folder's inbox. I use an IMAP account at work, so that pretty much destroys the email functionality of the application. Don't let that dissuade you from trying it, though, its still a damned fine piece of free software. Especially when you consider its Michael Scrivo's first .NET application.Monday, February 19, 2007
If only it had folder support....
I use Outlook at work. A lot. Now, I don't use Outlook to its full-capability (we don't run an exchange server for instance) but it is always running for pretty much the entire time I'm at work. Having said that I could see pretty easily how Outlook on the Desktop could be very handy to have. It uses surprising little memory for what it does; stretching it out to an entire monitor and setting the alpha-blending to 50% and it was still only using 30MB of memory. Which, considering Outlook uses 50MB of memory just sitting minimized, isn't that bad. The calender and contacts windows are lifted directly from Outlook and retain full functionality. The inbox capabilities, however, lock you to the root of your personal folder's inbox. I use an IMAP account at work, so that pretty much destroys the email functionality of the application. Don't let that dissuade you from trying it, though, its still a damned fine piece of free software. Especially when you consider its Michael Scrivo's first .NET application.
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