Re: [Evolution] De-integrating Evolution

[M Wedin <wed algonet se>]

I second this!

And I wouldn't be at all sorry if I could use Evolution without having
to install Gnome. A great app shouldn't be tied to a specific
windowmanager.

Just my opinion ...

Wed



On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 17:03 -0500, Andrew Montalenti wrote:
> I am wondering whether there are any efforts underway to "de-integrate"
> the various components of Evolution.  Evolution has a very mature
> mailer, a very mature calendaring application, and a pretty mature
> contact application.  It has less mature todo list and note
> applications.  (For example, Tomboy is much more mature in both these
> areas.)
>
> I know Evo was originally based on bonobo, and I do admit I don't know
> much about that technology (though I am a GTK+/GObject programmer).
>
> I'm wondering if maybe Evo could support running e.g. a "standalone
> mailer" or a mailer plus calendar application, rather than having to
> take all pieces of Evo at once.
>
> I think in the modern working and personal environments, people want to
> pick and choose their components.  For example, Google Calendar may be
> way more convenient for calendaring than Evo, but someone might love Evo
> as a mailer.
>
> In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most users of Evo use it primarily
> as a mailer, with the other components taking a backseat.
>
> I know there may already be efforts in this vein underway -- if so,
> perhaps a pointer to a bugzilla tracker could help me out.
>
> Andrew
> p.s. also, Evo kind of violates UNIX ethic of an application that does
> "one thing" well.
>
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