Re: [Evolution] A Few Suggestions for Evolution

[Christian Borup <borup borup com>]

Dan Mueth wrote:

> 1) Synchronization
> Very simply, I would like to be able to synchonize my home computer, work
> computer, and laptop.  I am thinking particularly about the calendaring
> system here.  I don't know if the calendar in Evolution behaves the same
> as in gnome-pim in this regard, but gnome-pim did not have any
> synchonization.  Further, a manual attempt at synchronization was odd
> since gnomecal must always be running in order to properly send out email
> (and other) alarms.  So one winds up copying configuration/data files for
> running programs, which I suspect is naughty unless the author had this in
> mind when designing the program.

I would prefer having all my settings on a server somewhere. Somewhat like a
roaming profile in Netscape.
I assume it will be possible via gnome-vfs or some kind of monkier at some
time...

> 3) Information manager
> I'm not sure whether this belongs in Evolution or not. The idea is to have
> an application which can allow you to store, search, and retrieve
> information of various types (email, pictures, contact information, files,
> contact logs, random notes, etc.).  In a more traditional model, this
> might be done as a series of containers, each of which can hold things and
> containers (ie. a filesystem layout).  A better solution may be to
> incorporate database or vfolder features.  Given the type of information
> which will be held in this sort of system and the type of processing and
> technology involved, it seems like this would belong in Evolution.

It sould to me like you are describing Nautilus. If shortcuts to folders,
contacts and so on can be draged "outside" Evolution that is.

./borup