Outlook.com - Can I go back to the "Metro" Look?

[Jody Thornton]

My mom's Outlook.com account was one of those that Microsoft rolled out the new and improved look shown here:

 

https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3tvaz-2xzROJ-OyfJ0aILoPlKvY=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3716972/New-ways-to-get-more-done-in-Outlook.com-2.0.png

 

Does any one know of a way to revert to the look and feel from May 2015 and before?  I have not found ANYTHING Google-wise.  Thank you,

 

[Jody Thornton]

The new version is using the Outlook Web App format, whereas the older format is using the "Metro" like look.

[Jody Thornton]

Bump!  I was asking the moderator if there was a way to get added attention to this thread.  My worry is that it's being missed because it's in a forum that's so far down the list.  I hope I'm wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of info on this issue on the web.

[dencorso]

I'm moving this thread to the office forum: let's see whether it gets more responses there... err... here.

In any case I've left a link to this thread in the websites and boards forum, too, so that on can get here from there, too.

I'm sorry I can't be of help myself, but I went from pine on aix or irix to non-MS webmailers, so I've never even used outlook express...

[Jody Thornton]

I really appreciate that Dencorso.  Just to clarify for other readers, this is the web based Outlook.com I'm asking about.  Thanks for all the help Dencorso.

[bphlpt]

Jody,
 
FYI, for those of us that visit the site via the "View New Content" links, it doesn't make any difference at all where this thread is located, since threads are displayed in "last post" date order.  I'm also not familiar enough with Outlook.com to provide any help, but I just wanted to reassure you that your posts have been seen.
 
Cheers and Regards

[NoelC]

Not an Outlook.com user myself, but everything about the page in the image you posted except the bar across the top has what I would consider a flat, lifeless, colorless appearance - which to me seems to embody the recent changes away from visual styles and toward "the Metro look".

 

Are you saying there was a nicer version of "flat, lifeless, and colorless" at one point?

 

-Noel

Edited June 15, 2015 by NoelC

[Jody Thornton]

It had more of the Windows 8 look like this:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-com/images/EverythingInItsPlace.jpg

 

Now that's what most outlook.com users (myself included) still have.  Apparently though, and handful of accounts were chosen by Microsoft to roll out their new Outlook Web App appearance.  It will now look the same if you were using the Office Outlook Web App for your Exchange account.  My mom was one of those chosen, and given that she is 72 this month with Parkinsons, it's a wee bit hard for her to adapt.  This is now how it appears for her.

https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3tvaz-2xzROJ-OyfJ0aILoPlKvY=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3716972/New-ways-to-get-more-done-in-Outlook.com-2.0.png

 

The article linked below discusses the rollout, but I just wondered if I could temporarily reverse it.  There is a lite mode that is reminicent of HotMail, and that could be an option, but I wanted to see if I could return her to what she was accustomed to.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/21/8634979/microsoft-outlook-email-service-new-features-user-interface

 

Edited June 15, 2015 by JodyT