Re: [Evolution] Evolution

[Matthew Johnson <matthew psychohorse com>]

On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 21:56, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> This is the first post I done to the list. I want to talk about 
> costumizability. I love Open Source, however I see a 
> discrepancy on certain software like Evolution, OpenOffice and 
> Mozilla. One of the things OS shines is the costumizability of 
> the OS. However I find this applications lacking on 
> costumizability. The ability to provide skins are not very 
> flexible. So it becomes less and less costumizable. 

All this adds an extra layer of complexity and skinning is a very touchy
subject. Some people hate it :). I see their point. Rather than
individual skinning of programs I'd like to be able to select a theme
that applies to applications. Nothing quite like having a dark desktop
lit up by a Qt app, or gtk app etc.


> Things I would like to do in evolution:
>
> A)Create custom icons on the calendar when you set custom 
> categories or user-made categories.

Sounds like a good idea to me. just don't use it in such a way that it
complicates things.

> B)Be able to skin Evolution or apply, create themes.

Perhaps Gnome, KDE can work on some interoperability so that if I can
change a theme in KDe and launch a Gnome, gtk etc app it doesn't blind
me :). Not really seen skinning or theming done too well...Got to agree
Open Office is pretty ugly looking, hopefully some Mac people who will
be using Linux more along with OS X will throw there talents in...

Skinning vs non-skinning could be like KDE vs Gnome wars of the recent
past...

What is it you like about skinning?

Themes are different imho, having a desktop that balances as I used to
like switching between different window environments depending upon my
mood.

> Sincerely,
>     Alexandro Colorado

Would love to see screenshots of Evolution 2 when they become available,
will get the appetite going.

Matt