New Hotmail Integrates Office Features

angry tapir writes "Microsoft is set to begin rolling out the latest enhancements to its Hotmail (warning: interstitial ad) web mail service, with an aim to reduce clutter and make it easier to send photos and handle Office documents. Microsoft is making a Web-based version of Office available from within Hotmail's Web interface that allows use of Microsoft document formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote."

Re:Hotmail?

[DarkKnightRadick]

They didn't go out of business, Microsoft bought them and that was post-'97 (I think it was around '99). I had a pre-MS account but have since closed that one. I still have one hotmail address (I used to have three), though.

Re:Losing

[Richard_at_work]

I don't see Google with an on-premise deployment option - how is that 'catch up'? (And no, I don't mean the desktop versions of Office, Microsoft has an on-premise version of its Office Web Apps so you don't have to trust your data to third party servers)

Re:ActiveX?

[Gadget_Guy]

According to Wikipedia: Supported web browsers include Internet Explorer 7 and later, Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later and Safari 4. In another thread, I just criticised the Microsoft web apps for requiring Silverlight, but I just read that according to Wikipedia it was: optional and its availability will only "enhance the user experience, resulting in sharper images and improved rendering."

I should have read TFA.