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Re:Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billi... by masonhensley on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:13PM (#4318407)
Outlook's url seems to be on the live.com domain... confusing at best. Let's make a comparison of url's from the "home" view:

New Outlook (wtf): https://bay002.mail.live.com/default.aspx

Gmail (better, could be cleaner): https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

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Re:Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billi... by Metrop0218 on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @03:05PM (#4319078)
Does the URL really matter that much? I agree it's not unimportant, but I don't think it's a big deal. The program itself is much more important
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Re:Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billi... by grampajoe on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @04:44PM (#4319502)
It matters from a security perspective. A bad or inconsistent URL, especially a hostname that isn't instantly recognizable, makes phishing easier.
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Re:Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billi... by manojlds on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:21PM (#4318474)
Did you miss that it is still a preview?
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