Re: [Evolution-hackers] Changes from 2.26 to 2.28

[Thomas Novin <thomas_ml xyz pp se>]

On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 21:47 -0400, Rohan Agrawal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just upgraded from Evolution 2.26 to 2.28, and I noticed a few changes
> which I think are negative.  I was wondering if I could find out the
> rationale for these changes, as well as if there is some option for
> changing them back (I couldn't find one in the preferences).
> 
>       * In the panel that lists the mails, each mail is given a much
>         wider space, which seems like a waste.  GNOME already consumes a
>         lot of screen space with very big controls and text, when
>         compared to Windows or to KDE.

+1 on that.

>       * The Date column now shows 24-hour times rather than 12 hour
>         times, and there doesn't seem to be a way to change it.

I think this is not set in Evolution but Evo just uses your timezone. I
had this problem the other way around before.

>       * The Date column now uses "n days ago" for mails within the last
>         week, rather than the day of the week.  My impression is that
>         "Sunday" is more understandable than "6 days ago".

+1 on that too. I think Outlook does this nicely which groups them based
on when they were received. Today, Yesterday, <Weekdays>, Last week, Two
weeks ago, Three weeks ago, Last month.. etc. Always also showing the
day+date as 'Thu 22/9'.

Rgds
Thomas N