![]() ![]() The Mail app stands out in Windows 8 because it is quite usable for daily e-mailing, even with a mouse and keyboard. Peter Bright explains just how to use Windows 8 with a mouse and keyboard, including the proper use of those pesky "hot corners," but many of the operating system's applications are still in a proof-of-concept phase. One reason for that is it so clearly geared toward touch usage. So far, I have a hard time picturing myself using the Metro interface as my regular desktop. ![]() It's not as fully functional as Windows Live Mail, yet it outshines much of the rest of this experimental version of the operating system. A beta version of "Office 15" is expected this summer, Office President Kurt DelBene said this week.įor now, we have the free, consumer Mail client to look at, and it's one of the highlights of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Microsoft has not yet released a Windows 8-specific version of Outlook, the fee-based, business-class e-mail client that is part of Office. Windows 8 Mail is an alternative to the mail client in Windows Live Essentials, a free productivity suite for download on the stable versions of Windows in use today. While it's designed with the touch-friendly Metro interface in mind, it can be used even in traditional desktop mode, at least for the basic tasks of reading and writing messages. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes with a pre-installed e-mail client for webmail and Exchange.
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