Re: [Evolution-hackers] PIM application suite

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 12:11 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 10:45 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 23:03 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 22:51 -0400, Local wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 19:49 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote: 
> > > > > > > Conclusion, there is effort duplication : Evolution and GnomeMeeting
> > > > > > > will both have their own address book (sharing the same backend which is
> > > > > > > better) when there could be only one specialized program to do it.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This was the purpose of e-d-s, don't confuse the UI of the app with the
> > > > > > data storage mechanism.  The gnome meeting guys are already looking at
> > > > > > using the e-d-s data storage mechanism.  Whether the gui part is in
> > > > 
> > > > I was actually thinking about sending a mail to the list about this
> > > > particular topic so I'll throw in my .02
> > > > 
> > > > I've been poking at planner e-d-s integration today and yesterday and it
> > > > occurred to me that alot of applications (ideally) are going to need
> > > > basic gui access to e-d-s.  It seems to make sense to use consistent
> > > > dialogs across applications for things like:
> > > > 
> > > > Choosing one or more calendars from the list available.
> > > > Searching the address book, and displaying results.
> > > > Selecting contacts from the list.
> > > > modifying all data types
> > > > etc.
> > > > 
> > > > most of these exist in evolution, it makes more sense to have a set of
> > > > useful e-d-s interface dialogs in a separate lib maybe?
> > > 
> > > For certain things, yes we likely need to push them down into e-d-s,
> > > probably in a libedataserverui or something.  For instance
> > > ESourceSelector should probably end up there.
> > > 
> > and probably, at least for calendar and tasks, all the view widgets. I
> > guess those are really useful for a lot of applications.
> 
> I'd actually guess not so much actually.  You only need one app to
> display this kind of information.
> 
ok, probably not the views (apart from the list view, which might be
really useful for any app displaying calendar data), but the editors
(really useful for the clock applet, for instance) and other minor
widgets, like the date navigator and others might make a lot of sense.

cheers