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The number one free web-based e-mail service, Hotmail, is currently getting revamped. It's widely known that Microsoft is currently performing a revamp on the aging service, and now we have a full feature list for the current Beta at build 11.00.0000.0156. Curiously, the Photo Upload Tool and Attachment Download Button features in the current Hotmail will be dropped. It's rumored that the new Hotmail will be renamed to either Mail, Microsoft Mail, or MSN Mail.
- Fast, faster and faster still
Mail beta is significantly faster, I mean by an order of magnitude:
A. The UI responds instantly to many actions and quickly to others.
B. Very few context switches (where the whole page changes and your eyes have to rescan).
C. You need fewer clicks to do the everyday tasks.
D. Cleaner look (including more “white space”) so your eyes can relax and find stuff faster
- Reading Pane
Cruise through your e-mail with ease, as you go from mail to mail without loading a new page. The Reading Pane lets you preview the text and thumbnails of attached images in your Inbox. Just click the message to display the full content of the e-mail. Looks very similiar to MS Outlook.
- Safety made easy with the Info Bar
The Info Bar tells you when the Mail Beta doesn’t recognize a sender, allowing you to block the sender with a single click, and bounce back an e-mail to help prevent a junk mailer from knowing you exist. The Mail Beta also protects you from criminals trying to obtain ("phish") your personal information by hiding an e-mail’s content when it suspects the sender may be fraudulent.
- Address AutoComplete
When you start typing the name of a contact in the address field, Address AutoComplete offers suggestions of matching names from your contact list. Simply select the correct address—no need to memorize addresses or look through your address book.
- Keyboard shortcuts
Mail Beta allows you navigate the way you prefer—via your keyboard, mouse, or a combination of the two. These keyboard shortcuts let you easily and quickly navigate through messages and folders. Mail Beta also enables multiple select via a combination of your keyboard’s arrows or mouse and the shift key. Many more keyboard shortcuts to come!
- Rich text editing
Say what you want to say, the way you want to say it! Rich Text Editing lets you add color, shading, and emoticons, control font size, and define formatting. Best of all, Mail Beta preserves all HTML formatting in the e-mails you receive so you can forward emails and know others will see them the way you do.
- Storage that grows with you
We’re starting you with 2GB (2 gigabytes) of storage so you can save more e-mail, more photos, more attachments, more of everything. Over time we plan to develop a system that will grow as you need more space.
- Save sent mail
No need to cc: yourself on every outgoing e-mail. All the e-mail you send will now be saved in a "sent e-mail" folder—automatically.
- New storage meter
A revamped storage meter to coincide with the new 2GB limit will make it easier for users to understand how much space they have left.
- Revamped Help section
Problems with Mail Beta can now be solved quicker and easier with the all new Help section.
- Change message encoding as you read
Do you get a lot of mails in a variety languages? If the mail itself does not specify the encoding Hotmail calculates the encoding by analyzing the message. You can choose the correct encoding if mail beta's automatic choice was wrong so your messages look right regardless of the sending language or encoding.
- The ability to search e-mail messages
- Keyboard shortcuts to compose, reply, or move e-mail messages
- Delete and Move buttons at the bottom of e-mail messages
- The ability to add contacts from the Sent Mail Confirmation page
- The ability to navigate to Contacts that begin with a certain letter
- Integration of Mail Beta with MSN Messenger
- Custom filters
- The ability to delete or rename a folder
- Links to other MSN sites like MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces
- The ability to change how many messages are displayed in Message List
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Originally Posted by MicrotechXP
