[Evolution] evo 2

[Rodrigo Moya]

On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 19:30 -0400, Kelly J. Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 19:09, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 15:08 -0400, jack wallen wrote:
> > > so i was reading up a bit on evo two on the footnotes site. from what
> > > i've read i might be glad i've not upgraded. sounds like there were some
> > > pretty major UI changes that, from the descriptions i've read, don't
> > > sound too enticing. 
> > > 
> > > i think what surprises me the most is that evolution stands a good
> > > chance at getting a toe-hold in the corporate environment. this is
> > > partially because it has the element of familiarity (due to it's
> > > similarities to outlook). but now that is changing i can imagine people
> > > decided to NOT migrate because it's "different" again.
> > > 
> > > not only that but the debate about making it 4 separate components?
> > > hello!!!! that would be a serious step backwards i would think. 
> > > 
> > it's been always 4 separate components. The difference in 2.0 is that we
> > don't display all calendar/task/mail/contacts folders together, but
> > separately, and that now it is much quicker, so really worth the upgrade
> 
> Excuse me for being dense, but what exactly do you mean that "we
> don't display all calendar/task/mail/contacts folders together, but
> separately" ? Do they present as separate apps and each open in a new
> window,
>
they present in separated "tabs", so you see only mail folders when on
the mailer component, only calendar folders when on the calendar, etc

>  or what? Or has the shortcuts column simply been eliminated in
> favor of shortcut on a toolbar? Are there screenshots somewhere? Thanks.
> 
http://rubberturnip.org.uk/images/png/gnome-2.8_evolution-2.0.png
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@novell.com>