Re: Evolution Plugins (Was Re: Rise of the Plugins)

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Alexander Larsson">

> This is kinda a backward question. The reason you want to split it out is
> of course not because you want to use the mailer without the addressbook,
> it is because you want to use the address book without the mailer. 

... and you can provide a deliciously optimised user experience for both use
cases. It's worth looking at the user experience of the OS X communications
tools, and possibly even the Windows Vista ones (although they're definitely
uglier) to see why this is such a good way to go. It would be *FANTASTIC* to
see Evolution become a suite of wonderful, focused applications instead of
the Outlook clone it is today (and, sure, designed to be).

I must admit, I've been trying to usher anyone involved in Evolution in this
direction for years, so I'm very firmly on one side of the fence here. ;-)

- Jeff

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