Shawn Walker wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Darren Davis <ddavis at novell.com> wrote: > >> Shawn Walker wrote: >> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Sebastien Roy <Sebastien.Roy at sun.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> > 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. >> >> > >> >> > Though I suppose that depends on whether you are talking about Linux >> >> > users or users from other platforms. >> >> >> >> Speaking for myself only, I used Evolution for years on Solaris, and I >> >> dropped it in favor Thunderbird due to stability issues. Evolution was >> >> at the time simply too slow (I have a huge number of nested IMAP folders >> >> with a huge number of messages), and had too many important bugs related >> >> to both stability and usability that no-one was willing to fix. I >> >> haven't used it since (it has been a few years), so maybe that has >> >> changed since then. I just did a quick tour again just now, and it >> >> doesn't look like much has changed. It took over 45 seconds to load a >> >> single small ascii-only message buried in a large IMAP folder, and four >> >> minutes for the frozen Evolution main window to disappear after I did >> >> File->Quit. >> >> >> > >> > Bugs should be fixed; not used as a reason to choose other software. >> > >> > Evolution is well-integrated into GNOME; Thunderbird is not. >> > >> >> By that same argument then why aren't you choosing Epiphany over >> Firefox? Personally, I think Firefox and Thunderbird are far more >> accepted and used than Epiphany or Evolution on GNOME. >> > > The discussion was about Evolution; not Epiphany. >
Yes, I know. I was there for that part. :/ > The same argument applies :) > What that Epiphany would be preferential to Firefox? > However, FireFox 3 is supposed to integrate much better with GNOME, so > that complaint will be addressed. > > Thunderbird, however, is still far behind and is not moving towards > "being GNOME integrated" as far as I know. > > For example, appointments, etc. in Evolution will show up on the GNOME > calendar, and so on. > > Yeah, guess I would just use Sunbird. :P In the end and as others mentioned I fall into the giving choice category. Like others have reflected, I have tried Evolution on several occasions and it has always feel far short of my expectations. But hey, whatever works for you. I would think giving someone the choice of either would be the best solution and I still think that the launcher should be removed from the panel but available in the menus. Later, Darren
