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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by bluGill on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:17PM (#25752878)
Outlook takes to long to start up in the morning. If it could start instantly I'd walk into the conference room on-time, but instead I'm several minutes late. Now that I'm working from home it needs to get the chat client started instead, but the the end result is the same, if I'm not running early I'll be late to important early morning meetings. (my early morning meetings are with India, so they will quickly assume I'm not joining at all and head to their supper - timezones are such that the best time for everyone is my breakfast and their supper)

Outlook also has been chasing the flat look fad which is against usability. Most of the others are too so it is hard to fault them, but I still wish they would have the guts to say this fad is wrong...

Once they are all running and you are used to the ui quirks they all work well enough.

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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by GordonS on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @06:02PM (#25755231)
There is something very wrong with your Outlook and/or Exchange install if it takes "several minutes" to start.

I've used Outlook in several organisations over the years, and start time has always been in the order of 5-10s.

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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by berryjerry on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:52PM (#25756978)
For me it takes less than 2 seconds to start up fully. Not sure what is wrong with you guy's computers. Maybe you need an SSD or more RAM.
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by _4570 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:48AM (#25762594)
Took about 10 seconds. Using a mobile workstation with an SSD and 32GB of RAM. Maybe I should go for 64GB? :D
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by selfhoster11 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:51AM (#25761349)
Outlook starts faster for me than Slack.
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