Why does Outlook suck so much?

[M A V I C]

You'd think, after all these years, Microsoft would have copied or bought something better.

*sigh*

I have to use Outlook 2011 for Mac. A few issues I have with it are:
- Sometimes it treats attachements as embedded images. There's no option to preview, save, view full size versions of... the attached images. I just get thumbnails and have to right-click and save or drag & drop them into photoshop to see. These are jpegs.
- What is the easiest way to view headers? In Mail.app, there's just a button I click in the toolbar.
- Command+N changes what i does depending on if you're looking at your calendar or viewing email. How do I get it to just be new email?
- Quote level - there doesn't seem to be any quote levels when replying to emails. That makes it difficult to do inline responses, or see how a thread has gone... every other email app I've ever used did this - even the AOL email client in the mid 90's.

Anyone know how to fix these issues?

[Paul F.]

M A V I C wrote:

Anyone know how to fix these issues?

Yes... but you won't like or accept my answer...

[M A V I C]

Paul F. wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]

Anyone know how to fix these issues?

Yes... but you won't like or accept my answer...
Does it involve a gun?

[Paul F.]

Nope...
I'll give you a hint... it doesn't involve using a Microsoft product, either.

[freeradical]

[Lew Zealand]

Outlook works very well on the PC but it sucks on the Mac as it is not the same program. It is a warmed over Entourage, renamed to make Mac people "feel better."

See? MS cares for you.

[$tevie]

Lew Zealand wrote:
Outlook works very well on the PC but it sucks on the Mac as it is not the same program.

Too true.

[mrbigstuff]

Yeah, I like it on Win7 but have never had to use it on a Mac (did use Entourage back in the day)

[JoeM]

I just use Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access when on Mac. It sux in different ways.

[gabester]

If it's a Microsoft mail product running on a Mac it's not the real Outlook.
Unless it's in a virtual environment running on a Windows session. Or maybe via CodeWeavers Crossover.
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