* Shawn Walker (swalker at opensolaris.org) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Mark Phalan <mbp at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 16:16 +0000, Calum Benson wrote: > > > We're starting to document what the default desktop configuration for > > > the Indiana 1.0 release should be, and naturally we'd like your > > > feedback. > > > > > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/uispecs/indiana-uispec/ > > > > > > Right now it only covers panel and menu layout; more sections will be > > > added over the next couple of days. However, I'm sure there's plenty > > > for you to get your teeth into already, e.g.: > > > > > > - One panel or two? > > > - Launch menu or Apps/Places/System menu? > > > - What applets/launchers on panels by default? > > > > This may have been brought up before... > > > > Why is thunderbird given higher visibility (by being in the panel) over > > evolution - the default gnome mail app? > > > > Why do we ship two mail clients which cover basically the same > > functionality? I'd draw the parallel here between epiphany - the default > > gnome web browser and firefox. > > That has always flabbergasted me as well. > > Most users are going to be more familiar with Evolution (since it is > "like MS Outlook") than Thunderbird.
Except: a) Thunderbird is more widely available on other platforms (windows/OS X) and so I would say it's got a far greater following. b) Evolution isn't the most solid of applications (in both my experience and anecdotal evidence gained from many a weblog). > Though I suppose that depends on whether you are talking about Linux > users or users from other platforms. Right. Cheers, -- Glenn
