Likes, Mentions coming to Outlook on the webOctober 3, 2015 - 11:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft is about to make email a little bit more like social media and hopefully cut down the number of messages in your inbox in the process, PC Magazine reports. “We show our approval by 'Liking' a friend's status update on Facebook and we '@Mention' others in a Twitter post to call attention to it,” the Outlook team wrote in a blog post Wednesday. “We're taking the next step and introducing Like and @Mention to workplace email in Outlook on the Web.” The Like feature is now available for Office 365 First Release users whose plan includes Exchange Online and will make its way to all Office 365 commercial users in late October. The Mention feature will arrive for First Release users in mid-October before rolling out more broadly in mid-November. The new Like feature lets you quickly endorse a specific email or call it out as something notable, Microsoft said. To Like a message, just click the little thumbs-up icon in the reading pane. This will turn the icon from gray to blue and add a thumbs-up in the email list view. Anyone on a thread can Like a message, and Outlook will send you a notification if someone likes your email. Mentions, meanwhile, can be used to assign a job to a specific person or add someone else to an existing thread. "Perhaps you are on a thread and know that the person who can answer a question was not initially included," the Outlook team wrote. "Using the Mentions feature ensures that the person is not only aware of the request but is also included in the thread." Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |