Outlook Web Application as a dedicated application

This provides installers for Windows/Mac/Linux that install a dedicated application which hosts outlook's web application.

Rationale

I have found the Outlook Web application to be a great email client for a number of reasons.

• It is always running the latest version without having to upgrade or update.
• It gets new features faster (such as sweep).
• It is fast and responsive.

The one thing that has prevented me from adopting it is the fact that it runs as a browser tab.

• It gets lost in the soup of other tabs.
• It is harder to get to my email tab because it isn't on my active app list.
• Browser hotkeys sometimes interact with the application.
• It doesn't give me notifications when the brower goes away.

To solve this I have created (well forked eNkrus version and tweaked) an Electron app which simply runs the Outlook Web app in a dedicated application frame:

Outlook 365 application

This hosts http://mail.office365.com and is suitable for using with enterprise work/school environments

Outlook.com application (NOT ACTIVELY MAINTAINED)

This hosts http://outlook.com and is suitable for using for personal email.

Installing

Go to https://github.com/sier/outlook/releases

• .app version installs on mac

Building

Install prerequistites

cd Office365
sudo yarn install

#for Windows
sudo yarn run dist:win

#for Mac
sudo yarn run dist:macos

#for Linux
sudo yarn run dist:linux

To build each distribution for office365. The installers will be built into the dist folder.

Acknowledgements

This project is a fork of:

• eNkru/freelook
  • tomlm/electron-outlook