Re: [Ayatana] "Less is more" a look at evolution

[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

which, I believe, is similar to what simple-scan did for sane

Jeremy Bicha

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You may be inspired if you take a look at Anjal and the Pimlico project
> (search for the app called Dates in Software Centre). They are cute
> little apps built for specific types of users on specific platforms
> (netbooks and phones, respectively).
>
> The interesting thing with them is that they both use Evolution as a
> backend. It's actually a really good approach because Evolution is a
> sophisticated project with a lot of strength behind it. It means that
> Anjal and Pimlico can focus on user interface instead of infrastructure.
> It also means integration with the various other applications that talk
> to the Evolution server. Interestingly, I can swap between Anjal and
> Evolution Shell _completely_ seamlessly.
>
> I was contemplating such a thing, myself, but I want to do too much
> already :)
> I think it would be a bad idea to mess with the Evolution shell that we
> currently ship since it _is_ an enterprise-focused application and they
> tend to appreciate GUIs that stay the same.
>
> For home users, though, it's pretty painful that Evolution's new message
> editor, for example, has half of its interface devoted to chrome and
> to / cc / subject fields and only the small remainder for the actual
> message. Modest solves this well.
> The solution is a new Evolution front-end for the rest of us, with a
> more decisively tuned interface, leaving the old one fully intact for
> those who prefer it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dylan
>
>
>
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