In that case I would like to agree with the portion stating that one large application (as designed) does not suit users needs well, as it is this giant group of applications that people may or may not need in the form presented. I would definitely agree that the suite does not integrate well with current functionality of the Ubuntu desktop (simple design for every user) and to make all the different apps rely on one another and open in one large window is further removed from what seems to be the goals of the Ayatana Ubuntu desktop.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Conscious User
<conscioususer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Le mardi 18 mai 2010 à 14:02 -0700, Tyler Brainerd a écrit :
> i've actually been writing about evolution a lot on blog posts, and
> how frustrating it is. I'd love to see it gone, as its slow with
> multiple IMAP accounts, gives me false positives on my hotmail
> accounts and downloads hundreds of messages duplicated, and does not
> integrate into the messaging menu. I end up using gnome-do signed into
> my gmail account for contacts, tom boy for notes, i sorta try to still
> use it for a calender, and I use a different gmail checker to tell me
> when I have new email. Why have it when it doesn't do any of its tasks
> the best possible, and is huge and slow and awkward?
Tyler, I'd like to keep bugs and other behavior not intended by
design out of the discussion. It might not be trivial, but those
*can* be worked on and with easy collaboration with upstream.
Struggling against upstream design decisions, however, is more
complicated, and that's the problem I'm pointing to.
I'm not saying bugs are irrelevant. But they are not the point
I am raising here. So, for the sake of keeping the discussion
noise-free, please pretend Evolution has no bugs and works as
intended. It's the "intended" part I want do discuss.