It pretty much matches up the features that GMail has had for several years, and give users a full 2GB. Yeah, GMail still offers more but who really is using that much more space for emails? Archive & purge – that’s my motto.
The interface is quite familiar to most Microsoft customers – it mimics Outlook in a remote way, using AJAX techniques to it’s benefit. The interface usability is a winner over GMail for the average user. GMail is much, much faster however, because of the simpler mostly text-based interface.
Since my Hotmail account is the one account I’ve had for well over a decade (can’t remember exactly), it had been relegated to junk-mail duty for years. Meaning when I didn’t trust an online form – I used my Hotmail account. Since the service has been revamped, spam protection built in, search capabilities (quite good), and much needed space upgrade – I may find a new use for this account yet – or possibly move my hosted GMail accounts over to Hotmail… don’t know on that one yet.