The Bottom Line
HideOE provides fast and easy access to Outlook Express from the system tray and lets you check for mail or create new messages, too.
Pros
- HideOE lets you check mail, create messages with Outlook Express hidden
- HideOE minimizes Outlook Express to the Windows system tray
- You can have HideOE announce new emails, too
Cons
- HideOE doesn't allow you to check only one account
- New mail notification through HideOE does not offer message info
- HideOE could make even more features available via the try icon
Description
- HideOE can minimize Outlook Express to the Windows system tray and hide it from the taskbar.
- One click on the HideOE try icon restores Outlook Express.
- From the HideOE context menu, you can check mail or create messages and contacts.
- HideOE can announce new messages in a pop-up window.
- HideOE supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/3/XP and requires Outlook Express 5/6.
Guide Review - HideOE 1.1.1 - Outlook Express Add-On
The Windows taskbar has serious limitations. All it allows you to do is switching tasks, plus the luxury of minimizing or closing them. How much more useful could Outlook Express be if certain commands, starting a new message or checking for mail for example, could be reached from the context menu? There's an easy way to find out: HideOE.
HideOE adds an icon to your system tray that makes exactly these features available easily and can minimize Outlook Express to this icon, too. To answer the question: it is immensely useful. HideOE even adds a more sophisticated way of announcing new mail.
It's just a pity that it doesn't provide sender and subject info in that pop-up, and some more features reachable from the icon might be nice, too.
