One of the feature I use daily in the desktop version of Outlook is flags. Flags are very useful to highlight a message and add a reminder without having to create a task. I sort my inbox by flag, then by date received. This provides me with my flagged email at the top of my inbox view.
In Outlook 2003, flags and categories were linked together. Flags could have categories associated with them. This allowed you to categorize as well as highlight messages with one action. In Outlook 2007, the Office team decided to break out categories and flags. Categories are now separate from flags. From a view perspective this broke the way I sorted my messages, since categories are now sorted independently from flags. I have not been able to sort the messages in Outlook 2007 the way I had them in Outlook 2003. I have found categories to be very useful in the past but now that I can't sort them within flags I find that I don't use them as much. I do however use flags quite a bit and now with Windows Mobile 6 and Exchange 2007 we have the ability to use flags in Mobile Outlook.
A tap on a message displays the menu with the flag options.
The only missing feature in Windows Mobile 6 is the ability to set an associated reminder on the message. Also message flag reminders are not synced to Windows Mobile 6. Hopefully, the next version of Windows Mobile will provide these features.
Hey, I enjoy your posts. One question, where is the image on the banner at the top with the airplane landing taken at? Which airport is that? Thanks so much! =)
Posted by: Josh | September 25, 2007 at 01:14 PM
Thanks, the airport is in St Barts (SBH), French West Indies. A WinAir DeHavilland Twin Otter is landing.
Posted by: Stephen Skarlatos | September 25, 2007 at 03:15 PM