Windows 9 is now Windows 10

[Charlie Wells]

I get the impression that eventually 'new Outlook' will replace 'Outlook Classic'. It looks like Microsoft have a target of April 2026 for this, but will continue to support the 'classic' version until at least 2029. (Annoyingly MS Publisher will no longer be supported from October 2026, but as of yet Microsoft's alternatives are somewhat lacking.)

From what I've read support for shared mailboxes is due to finally start rolling out later this month on the new version. This has been the biggest reason for me not using the new version, and indeed advising colleague to revert back to Classic if they accidentally switch across. Once that's supported I'll probably switch across and give it a longer test to see what else isn't available that I currently use.

[cwathen]

I get the impression that eventually 'new Outlook' will replace 'Outlook Classic'. It looks like Microsoft have a target of April 2026 for this, but will continue to support the 'classic' version until at least 2029. (Annoyingly MS Publisher will no longer be supported from October 2026, but as of yet Microsoft's alternatives are somewhat lacking.)

That's all well and good had they developed the new product to be good enough to replace it. But so far it's just a case of waiting for 'new' Outlook to reimplement things which 'classic' Outlook already has. This is hardly the way to show progress.

With Publisher...I think the argument for some time (decades in fact) is that Word is more than mature enough to take on most DTP needs, which left Publisher largely only used by people who still like to make hand-printed greetings cards and print out 10 foot banners. But also there will of course be other usage cases for it. If it's something you use then can't you just keep using an old version if you have the media and the licence for it? I can't remember the last time any meaningful update was made to it anyway and not exactly sure what realistic risk exists with continuing to run an unsupported version of Publisher? It's not exactly in the same ballpark as running an unsupported OS or an unsupported web browser.

[Nick Harvey]

I see New Outlook is, at last, supporting pst files, but only after a fashion. All my filing has been in a pst file ever since the dawn of email, so I won't be changing over untill full pst support, as in Old Outlook, is available.

[Pete]

Sway...

The death of that product can not come soon enough.

[thegeek]

every so often I click on something in Outlook or Teams and find myself in yet another bloody new Microsoft product that I've never heard of before. Microsoft Loop is a thing?

[Philip]

I can't help but feel that Microsoft's branding of Bing is a bit confused.

On bing.com you've got a corporate Microsoft logo that says Microsoft Bing.



On the search results page you've got the same with the four squares Microsoft logo but the text just says Bing.



Then on the app (and on this dedicated Microsoft subsite about Bing's features) it still has the old 'b' logo.



I wouldn't even encounter any of these if it wasn't for our work computers using Edge and Bing by default.

[Dr Lobster*]

Microsoft is just bad at branding (amongst other things)

I think rebranding Office365 to Microsoft 365 as an act of utter stupidity- you’ve got the trademark for the word “Office”, everybody in business knows that means the Microsoft productivity suite, then they bung it into something much more vague.

If any of you use Office 365 or any of the Window server tools from the backend, you’ll notice they are even more inconsistent than the consumer tools.

Fortunately, I can escape them most of the time.

[Blewatter]

Dearly Departed, we are gathered here today to celebrate the life of Windows 10, which peacefully shut down for the last time today...for most people. Windows 10 was known for her warm welcome screen, her Cortana phase (we all had one), and her uncanny ability to restart at the worst possible moment. She brought people together—especially in tech support forums—and taught us that “just one more update” could mean an entire afternoon.

Her hobbies included:
- Randomly rearranging desktop icons
- Asking if you wanted Edge (you didn’t)
- Pretending to be compatible with your printer

She will be remembered fondly by gamers, procrastinators, and anyone who ever clicked “Remind me tomorrow” for 600 consecutive days. A memorial service will be held in Safe Mode. In lieu of flowers, please send Task Manager screenshots.

[cdd]

Pity it isn't chatgpt that's dying :/

Windows 11 + Rufus has worked well for me as I'm currently in a battle of stubbornness about not wanting a Microsoft account. Even though MS are buggers for moving things around, the one thing to their credit is they are very good about not changing the keyboard shortcuts or component names. I still have to pinch myself that the 2003 menu shortcuts (like Alt-E-S) still work in Office 365.