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[Stefan Reichel <boomer_st@xxxxxx>]

> I wrote in length at OMG! Ubuntu about the current weakness of
> Evolution, but I figured I ought to bring it up here as well,
> specifically in a few areas concerning primarily Ayatana. 
> 
> There have been numerous bug reports about the crappy behavior of
> Evolution with the messenging applet, and we really seriously need to
> get these things fixed by 10.10. Specifically, Evolution behaves
> completely opposite form all the other apps in the applet, as it must
> have a window open to work, while the others all close to the applet.
> We can argue back and forth about which is the right way to do it, but
> we need to make them all the same now and we can argue about which way
> later. Consistency now and then we'll change them all as a whole. 
> 
> Secondly, because of the fact that it doesn't close to the applet,
> then when new messages show up, and you click it, nothing happens. If
> its on a different workspace, you don't move there, and it opens the
> main window rather then the message itself. Again, totally
> inconsistent and really obnoxious. When I get new messages in Empathy
> and I click the new message in the applet, then just that conversation
> opens, not my friends list. Evolution should follow suit.

So true. It would be very great if these issues get addressed in 10.10.
Please add support for Thunderbird, too.