Re: [Evolution-hackers] The evolution of Evolution...

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 19:23, Mark Derricutt wrote:
> Hi guys, just subscribed and thought I'd send out a quick email to
> introduce myself, say hi, say a few good works, spark a few flames, then
> sink back into lurk mode...
> 
> Anyway, the names Mark, developer from New Zealand ( old school Delphi
> and currently Java, keeping an eye on Mono/C#/.NET/GtkSharp etc. etc.
> etc. ).
> 
> I've not really done any C or C++ but have been known to possess enough
> skill to wrangle printf into doing something reasonably good okish.
> 
> Anyway - why am I here?
> 
> For the last few months I've been following the Evolution blog and all
> the kick arse new functionality that's being built into the application
> ( or platform? ), but every time I try to use Evolution (1.4.x) as my
> main email client I keep hitting 3-4 small, but amazingly annoying
> features that seem to be missing.
> 
> My mail client of choice is Mulberry, which I recall seeing being
> mentioned in some of the original Evolution "design notes" as "do
> everything Mulberry does, cause it does it so well" - which is does, its
> problem however is that it looks pig ugly, and lacks other integration
> items I want ( calendar, tasks etc. ).
> 
> Now where was I, oh yes - 3-4 small niggly things I wish Evolution could
> do and I'd be a hell happy Evolution user, these may be small, they may
> not be, but if I can get evolution to compile I don't mind attempting to
> break things :)
> 
> Here they are:
> 
> 1) Quote only selected text in replies.  I'm now used to Mulberry, Pan,
> and some other applications only quoting the text I've selected ( if any
> ) when I reply.  This really cuts down on the large comment posts when
> you only want to reply to a small portion.

I *think* 1.5 might already have this implemented.. if not, we at least
started to add this feature so it probably isn't far from being done.
Unfortunately, if it isn't done now it probably won't be done for 2.0
(simply because we are short on time as it is...)

> 
> 2) Automatically hide read-messages in a folder.  I really hate having
> to hit Alt-V+R each time I select a folder.  Especially for mailing
> lists, ( and eventually usenet as I see NNTP support is on the way ).

how would this work? we can't just hide messages the instant they get
marked as read because then they might disappear before you've finished
reading them.

> 
> 3) Virtual Folders are great, but there not what I want, exactly. 
> Mulberry provides a "new mail" cabinet.  A virtual folder root that
> includes child nodes of folders with new messages.  With alot of folders
> or usenet groups, quickly accessing those with new messages rather than
> scrolling up and down a huge list is a god send for "power email users".

I suppose this could be added to bugzilla.ximian.com as a feature
request.

> 
> Hmm, only 3 real niggles actually.  Not sure how hard/easy any of those
> would be.  Evolution already makes bold a folder with new mail, so it
> shouldn't be all that hard to add in a routing with adds a child node to
> a "New Mail" root, flowing down the hierarchy:
> 
> + New Mail
>  + my email,account
>  |  + INBOX with new mail
>  |  + Some Folder
>  |    + The Folder with New Mail 
>  + my other email account
>     + A Folder
>       + The folder with new mail
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Also - as RSS and RSS aggregators are a hot topic of development these
> days, has anyone thought about the idea of implementing an RSS
> aggregation store in Evolution?

I thought we used to have one in 1.4, tho it definitely got removed in
1.5 if we had one.

not sure if we want one or not...

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
fejj ximian com  - www.ximian.com