Re: [Evolution] new user impressions

[Dan Winship <danw ximian com>]

> > 2.1. How can I get mail into a particular folder?  I have brian
> >       go to one maildir, brian-voicemail go to another maildir and
> >       brian-bugtraq go to yet another.  I'd like to define separate
> >       incoming mail servers for each and have each get incorporated into
> >       a different folder instead of them all going into Inbox.
>
> This is what filters are for

Yeah, but he needs "filter on source" to work.

> > 2.3 I got a wav file attachment (a voicemail) in a message.  I couldn't
> >       figure out how to play it without saving it.
>
> I don't see why this is bad? I mean, Evo can't do *everything* :-)

To clarify, if you had some application on your system that advertised
(though the gnome-vfs MIME dbs) that it could handle that MIME type,
then Evolution would offer to let you open it in that app.

Or if you had a bonobo component that played sound, you could "view"
it inline.

> > 2.7 Numbers.  I know that'll be controversial, but I get lost
> >       when scrolling around in a large list of messages.  Numbers would
> >       make nice landmarks.  It couldn't be on by default though, since
> >       it would confuse most people when the numbers change after they
> >       delete a message or resort the list.  Or maybe I'm just too
> >       used to MH.

Adding a "row" column to the ETable would be trivial. And the set of
columns shown is customizable. (Right click on the ETable headers and
choose "Field Selector" or whatever.)

> > They have to give at least the 3-digit reply code, I think.
>
> Yes, but that's not always very useful :-)

But we should translate them.

-- Dan