Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.0 UI proposal

[Lonnie Borntreger <email borntreger com>]

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 11:58, jeff burson wrote:
> * I also support, a little more reluctantly, killing the summary page.
> I really like the idea, but never use it in practice. As mentioned
> previously, the calendar and task views aren't that useful. the email
> view doesn't do anything for me at all.  One thing that I would love
> to see, though, would be an embedded RSS viewer. I really dig the idea
> of doing RSS feed viewing in Evo (similar to how others used to use
> mail programs for news groups). However, for that feature to be
> useful, it wouldn't link to a web browser, but be an RSS program in
> its own right, similar to Straw. However, if Ximian is looking to
> reduce Evo's compexity, then I suspect this wouldn't be a desirable
> change.

I really like the summary page also, but don't visit it much either.  I
would miss its nice overview of everything, but could live without it, I
suppose.  It would be more useful to have a "summary panel" that could -
optionally - remain open beside the viewed component to allow an
overview of the day's appointments and tasks.  I know that doesn't
reduce complexity, but that's my 2c worth.

> * Ettore just beat me to another request, arbitrary order for the
> folders, rather than hard-coded alphabetical order. my default mail
> account is always towards the bottom of the nav bar because of the
> alphabetical ordering. this is also an irritation w/ vfolders, you
> create them because you want easy to use/prominent
> sorting/reordering/aggregation, and then they get stuck down at the
> bottom of the nav bar.

That is exactly what I use the "Shortcuts" panel for.  I only include
items (folders, vfolders) that I use on a regular basis (basically,
calendar, tasks, contacts, IMAP Inbox, and vfolders).  The "folder list"
is useless to me, as I only use other folders for archiving emails, not
for "daily use" items.  I personally would miss the shortcut panel a
lot.

TTFN,
Lonnie Borntreger