Re: [Evolution] upgrading 1.2.2

[Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk yahoo co uk>]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:02, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 00:09, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > I'm thinking of upgrading 1.2.2, primarily to see if it's any quicker
> > when running on a remote X display.
>
> No, probably it won't be. It's a big, huge program and the window stack
> is something fierce. Only one I ever ran that seriously taxed remote X.
> [Notably, OpenOffice-ximian does not]. The 2.0 UI, along with GNOME 2.6,
> along with GTK 2.4 whenever it's released, should do much better.

Hehe I need to remember enough about Unix mail environments to get Evo
onto my desktop machine whilst keeping new and read mail on the server.

> > 3) What *is* the version available 
> 1.4.5 is the currently release stable version.
> It's excellent. Go get it. The upgrade should be smooth.

thanks :)
that's what we like to hear...

> > , and lots of people don't like
> > 1.5 due to UI changes
>
> a) 1.5 = development code

aha!

> b) "lots of people" = one whiner that I heard of. The rest of the
> community either thinks the new UI rocks, or are at least biding their
> time to come to judgement about it after it's actually released as 2.0

My only dislike about Evo 1.2.2 is that it does too much for me - I'm a
great believer in the Unix "lots of little apps that just do one job"
philosophy and couldn't give a stuff about calendars and all the other
features. I just want a good solid email client - which Evolution is.
Other than that, no complaints at all :)

> Frankly, since none of us really have any choice if we want to take
> advantage of Evolution into the future, I personally think it's a bit of
> a lame debate. The UI is what the UI is - and ALL of us got to comment
> about it and give feedback 6 months ago.

Agreed. So long as it doesn't go in the direction of super-bloatware :)
See above tho... lots of little components with well-defined and
documented interfaces can be installed, left out, or even replaced with
something from another vendor entirely at the choice of the user is fine
in my book :)

cheers

Jules