Re: [evolution-patches] 57653 & 57654 : toolbar and sidebar visibility

[Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 15:42 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> The "sidebar" here isn't a typical "sidebar" as in other applications,
> such as web browsers or file managers. It is a core piece of the
> interface, and the sole method of accessing your data. Without the
> sidebar displayed, the user loses the ability to change components in
> the application window, switch folders, enable/disable calendars, or
> see important information about the current folder, such as the number
> of mails that are in it.

Yeah, I agree completely. The component buttons will disappear from there once we split Evo into components in the future, but the sidebar itself cannot just be "gone" for above reasons.

> The user needs to be able to switch components in the main UI. I am very
> skeptical of how allowing the user to disable the sidebar improves on
> the usability of evolution for a large group of people at all. It is
> understood that you like the idea, and are a very advanced user of the
> application, but I don't think it makes sense for most of the people out
> there.

Yea, you definitely will have many mailboxes if you live in the real world, and multiple calendars is a core functionality of Evo these days. Switching those without the sidebar is going to be a major problem indeed.

//Tuomas

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Tuomas Kuosmanen Art Director, Novell Ximian Group <tigert ximian com>