Here’s what I encountered when I, as a first time ever user, was directed to a document that lived in Office 365 World:
Holy crap, Microsoft! I just wanted to read the document a colleague at another (much larger, older, and traditional) company had sent me.
When this happens with Google, well, most of us have a Google account, so the link would redirect to this:
<img class=”progressiveMedia-noscript js-progressiveMedia-inner” src=”https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*sqPURSabHpddqPhF907S6w.png”>Pretty easy, and even if you don’t have a Google account, you see this:
<img class=”progressiveMedia-noscript js-progressiveMedia-inner” src=”https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*zI4yKJFlrox5qUsxzJri6w.png”>Better, but still not great.
So I wondered what it’s like at, say, DropBox.
Ah, yes. That’s the ticket.
Microsoft, you have a lot to learn about living on the web.
Hmm i see your point BUT i think what you have to understand is that Office365 is coming from an enterpise angle. They are not in it for the 1 man bands or small agencies of this world.
It”s the IT managers and solution experts that would be filling this in. And they would expect nothing less from MS.