Hotmail, that filthy webmail service we’d secretly use for our throwaway accounts is about to turn into something we might want to use regularly. The service is getting a thorough overhaul and plenty of new features:
A “Sweep” feature that appears to be a “hybrid of bulk actions and rules” by allowing you to apply actions to a bunch of emails at once while setting rules for future correspondences.
Slideshows for attached images—incoming or outgoing.
Exchange support.
Office Web Apps that’ll open attached documents right in your browser.
The ability to play videos right in your inbox just as you can with Gmail’s YouTube integration.
Better filtering options.
You can check out a detailed rundown of the new features—good and bad—over at Technologizer, but these are the basics of Hotmail’s long-overdue makeover. [Technologizer; Techflash]
