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Users Being Migrated To New Version of Hotmail
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has started work on migrating Hotmail users to a new version after testing the new system on select customers for almost two years. Microsoft stated in the article that more than 20 million users provided feedback to the new-look Hotmail. 'For now, Microsoft will give Hotmail users the option to continue using the old version if they don't want to switch to the upgraded version. However, at some point, everyone will be unilaterally migrated over to Windows Live Hotmail ... New users will be automatically signed up for Windows Live Hotmail but, like any user of the new service, they will get to choose from two user interfaces: a "classic" layout that closely resembles the old Hotmail; or the new interface, which was designed to look like Microsoft's Outlook e-mail and calendaring desktop application.'"
Probably the kind that isn't an idiot and is using a three button trackball on a mac, like I am. Any comment referencing lack of multi-button support on macs is almost certainly trolling. A few years ago, maybe they were just ignorant, but come on this is Slashdot where that crap was debunked in various articles once a week for a year straight.
Well, all macs now ship with either multibutton (mighty)mice or trackpads that support the same functionality via chording. So, pretty good.