[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] Indiana desktop UI spec - early draft

[Sebastien Roy]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> Please don't take this as directed at you:
> 
> Bugs should never be a reason to excuse promoting an application. The
> point is that GNOME as a platform has chosen Evolution.
...
> To me, this is about the platform.
> 
> If you choose the GNOME platform, you get everything that is part of it.
> 
> If part of the platform is deficient, either ship it, or don't.

I don't disagree with your ideology, I was just speaking as an end-user 
explaining why I don't use Evolution, and why I'm not as flabbergasted 
as you are.  Perhaps that input can be used by people who contribute to 
Evolution to make it a better application that people will actually like 
to use.  I'm not saying that it shouldn't be the default or not be more 
prevalent on the desktop.

> I remember all too well the stability problems that Mozilla and
> Thunderbird had for a long time, but that never stopped folks from
> shipping it.
> 
> Either way, the current choice is something that might be considered
> offensive to many developers that contribute to Evolution and is
> contrary, in my view, to embracing a platform of choice.
> 
> Evolution has many advantages beyond a mail client due to its data
> server and integration with the entire platform.
> 
> Pushing users towards Thunderbird is pushing them towards an inferior
> experience integration-wise.

I don't disagree with that either.  Be that as it may, I as an end-user, 
will not use a piece of software regardless of how hard it's "pushed" 
towards me unless it fits my needs (stability being one of them).  I'm 
sure I'm not the only end-user who generally feels that way.  Take it or 
leave it, it makes no difference to me.  I'll keep using software that I 
like and keep not using software that I don't like, regardless of what's 
on the top panel. :-)

-Seb