Should it prove popular, this thread is intended to capture ideas about
the weaknesses of Microsoft Outlook, so that a name for Phoenix can
reflect the opposite.
Please put any observations about outlook here, so others can review them.
The most obvious ones are:
- It's massive and complex
- It communicates viruses.
Pleae consider Outlook's Reputation, not its Functionality. Names are
about reputation.
- Nigel
What's bad about Outlook
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What's bad about Outlook
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You may not be aware of this, but Phoenix is a web browser and Outlook is an email application. If you're just looking for something unrelated to compare Phoenix favourably with, I suggest Hitler, who was also bad.
My main complaint about Outlook is that you can't turn off HTML rendering. This would be a rather silly thing to compare with Phoenix.
- Chris
My main complaint about Outlook is that you can't turn off HTML rendering. This would be a rather silly thing to compare with Phoenix.
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Compare with IE instead
thumperward wrote:You may not be aware of this, but Phoenix is a web browser and Outlook is an email application. If you're just looking for something unrelated to compare Phoenix favourably with, I suggest Hitler, who was also bad.
Agreed; if you really want to try to choose a name based on a comparison to another, more buggy product that shall not remain nameless for very long, why not compare with IE instead?
The three main complaints I have against IE are:
[1] Too tightly integrated into the OS; when it crashes (and it does!) it takes the whole system down with it! (I'm running Win98 by the way)
[2] No way to block unrequested popups without a third-party add-on
[3] No tabbed browsing
How you can take those ideas and come up with a name is beyond me, but if it helps...
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