Hiri

What do you like best?

Hiri is one of the few Outlook alternatives that supports Microsoft Exchange servers.

I like that Hiri is not afraid to buck the traditional email conventions, and yet they did it in a way that allows the user to decide how much or little they want to use these new conventions.

I also appreciate that it has contacts, tasks, and calendar sections, although these are very simplistic.

There's a lot of potential for Hiri if the developers take it in the right direction.

What do you dislike?

It's still in it's infancy so contacts are not easy to work with in my opinion, the calendar loads a bit slow, and it lacks a little polish.

I also am not a fan of the width of the reading pane, but I'm glad you can pop messages out.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

You need to stick with it for a little while to see if it's right for you. Also visit the ideas.hiri.com site to see what upcoming features they plan to add.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I'm replacing Outlook because I've had so many problems with it.