Hotmail, by then branded Windows Live Hotmail, had hundreds of millions of accounts in 2010, many of them the first email address people ever created. A mid-2010 update added Sweep, Office Web Apps attachments and a cleaner blue interface to compete with Gmail.
- Domain in 2010
- hotmail.com
- Launched
- 4 July 1996
- Founders
- Sabeer Bhatia, Jack Smith
- Owner in 2010
- Microsoft
- Status today
- Still exists, transformed
What people used it for
- Free email
- Signing in to MSN Messenger and Xbox Live
- Storing years of chain emails
Interface characteristics
- Blue Windows Live header
- Three-pane inbox with folders on the left
- Ads in the right column
Notable features
- Sweep and Quick views (2010 update)
- Office Web Apps for attachments
- Active View for photos and videos
What happened later
Hotmail became Outlook.com in 2013.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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