Data Fellas

Interface

        The interface of the Microsoft product is rather bloated with a multitude of buttons/shortcuts to a set of features that most users would likely access rather rarely (power users might appreciate this aspect though). By contrast, the inbox appears rather clutter-free. As for Thunderbird, the most visually disturbing default issue is the small font size of the message box (while the text window can be enlarged, the font size stays the same and it is not particularly obvious how to change it).

Searching

        Appearance and interface alone rarely determine the choice of email client. Users might think to export Thunderbird to Outlook rather in the case when there is a big difference in the provided functionality. Searching is one of the crucial aspects in this respect due to the fact that it can greatly affect the productivity, especially when huge email databases need to be processed daily to extract useful information.

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