Re: [Evolution] evo 2

that's good to hear (that the descriptions don't do it justice).

but i won't be upgrading until, well, i can do so without:

compiling from source

or

using rpms from another distro.

i'll just keep looking around for rpms for FC1. 


On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 15:45, Frank Burough 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. 
> Well, until I had seen the new UI I didn't think I would be overly
> pleased either. But I am. The text descriptions just don't do justice
> to the real thing. 
> > 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.
> I just had my Windows box upgraded to Outlook 2003 and what did I see?
> A new GUI. The new Evolution GUI bears more similarity to the new
> Outlook than the old Evo does. So from that perspective, Evolution may
> garner more converts because its new interface is similar to the new
> Outlook one. 
> 
> So you have a choice. If you want an Evolution similar to the older
> Outlook, run the Evo 1.4 series. If you want your Evolution to look
> more like Outlook 2003 then run Evo 2.0. Seems like the best of all
> worlds to me. 
> > not only that but the debate about making it 4 separate components?
> > hello!!!! that would be a serious step backwards i would think.
> >  
> > 
> > just my .02
> > 
> And my $.01 in return
> 
> Frank
> -- 
> Frank Burough <[email protected]>
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