Re: [Evolution] Evolution 1.3.92 on SuSE 8.2

[Matthew Johnson <matthew psychohorse com>]

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 15:05, Ralph Sanford wrote:
> I just tried Evolution 1.3.92 on SuSE 8.2, found some things I like and
> found some problems.  The following message was posted to the suse-linux
> mailing list (there had been a discussion earlier today about Evo
> 1.3.92)   I thought that this should also be posted to the Evo mailing
> list so that others here and the Ximian developers would be aware of
> some of the problems with Evo 1.3.92 and SuSE 8.2  
>
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> There were some comments earlier today on the suse-linux list about the
> upgrade to Evolution (1.3.92) that is available from usr-local-bin. 
> (BTW thanks James)
>
> I could not resist after hearing about it, so I installed Evo 1.3.92 on
> my copy of SuSE 8.2 and have quickly noticed the following:
> - speed on my system (AMD 1800; KDE 3.1.2 and the latest QT fix) is very
> similar to the Evo 1.2.4 that was replaced.  The new Evo may be a little
> more responsive, but it is definitely not slower.
>
> - fonts are MUCH CLEANER. 
>
> - the overall visual display is a little cleaner with many small
> improvements.
>
> - Calendar appears to be non-functioning.  This is a big downer.  When I
> click on Summary my upcoming appointments are shown, but when I click on
> Calendar (day, week or month) there is nothing shown.  Is something
> missing in the usr-local-bin version?

Exact same system here, Calender works. Big difference is that I use Red
Carpet to keep these installed and to do upgrades. There was a minor
update to Evolution not so long ago that turned up via Red Carpet.

> - Contacts has an almost big improvement in the handling of web pages
> and then a corresponding glitch.  Contacts used to merely record the web
> pages but to go to a web page you would need to copy the web address to
> your browser.  With Evo 1.3.92 there is a button next to the web address
> in the contact editor that if clicked brings up Moz with the web page. 
> This is a nice feature, the problem is that none of the web pages that I
> had recorded in Evo 1.2.4 have been saved to Evo 1.3.92. Further, if a
> manually add a web address in the contact editor and then save and close
> the new contact information the web is not saved in the contact editor.


Yes get the same on my red carpet delivered Evolution, once I save and
close it is not saving the web address. I have no friends with websites
so this wasn't flagged earlier by me. adding the contact information and
web address and then selecting the button to open web address before
save and close functions correctly, after save and close web address is
no longer listed upon opening contact.

>  in Contact information I had extensively modified the Categories to be
> able to sort my contacts on such things as
> my contacts
> my wife's contacts
> company contacts
> company shareholders
> company suppliers
> etc.
> these categories are lost on the upgrade from 1.2.4

Did not manage to duplicate this. But you have done way more customizing
than me in this aspect.

> - the keyboard shortcut that I use the most in reading email is no
> longer working.  The shortcut is that new mail is sorted as most recent
> at the bottom and then when I read mail I can either type "]" which
> keeps the email that was read and then brings up the next unread email
> OR I would click "delete" and the read email was deleted and the next
> unread email is viewed. For un-kept email the second option allowed me
> to do 2 actions with 1 keystroke (delete and view next message). This no
> longer works with 1.3.92.


Works here.

> Overall and visually I like where Evo is headed with the next upgrade. 
> On the practical side there are too many glitches for me to use 1.3.92
> in a working environment.  This is after about one-half hour with the
> new Evo.   Rather than tweaking and trying to fix I will be moving back
> to Evo 1.2.4  

Using 1.3.92-0.ximian.7.3 here, as you can see I am not as many glitches
as you have, although my contact list does not seem as large as yours..

Did you try downloading via Red Carpet? 

Matt


> YMMV
>
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>
> After this message is sent I will be reverting to 1.2.4  In a very short
> period of time I have grown to like the improve fonts and visuals of
> 1.3.92, hopefully the glitches can be fixed with a minimum of fuss.
>