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Microsoft Looks At Integrating Forums and E-mail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-ideas dept.

prostoalex writes "Scott Hanselman shares a document from Microsoft Research internal Web site on Gina Venolia's latest research in user interface design. Since half of the e-mail conversations require reply and then further replies, the model is not too different from current Web forums. Future Outlook versions might integrate the nested interface for e-mail conversations." Gotta say, that'd be pretty nice to have.

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  1. Can you say... by lateralus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Usenet?

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  2. I can't believe I'm saying this, but... by TheBrownShow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just use a Mac. Their email client pretty much does this already.

  3. Microsoft innovating again... by N4m0r · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Oh wait, look at that. Apple's Mail.app has threaded email already...

  4. reinvent the wheel by OffTheLip · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here Microsoft goes again repackaging something as innovation.

  5. Outlook already does this by jameson71 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Doesnt outlook already do this if you choose to view the folder by thread?

  6. This is new? by AaronGTurner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Threaded email? It's hardly new. Many email clients can already do it.