Re: [Evolution] hello and question

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 13:43 -0500, jack wallen wrote: 
> Hello,
>
> My name is Jack Wallen. I've been a long-time user of Linux and Evolution.
> I am a writer for Linux.com, Techrepublic, and Ghacks.net. I am currently
> trying to come up with a solution for a local beauty salon. This salon
> needs a calendaring application and would like to continue using Linux as
> their OS. All of the Salon-specific software runs on Windows. Evolution
> COULD be a good solution, but for one issue. A salon calendar, with
> multiple stylists, need to have a layout similar to that of Outlook when
> viewing multiple calendars. In other words each person's calendar must
> show up in its own column.

Is there a screenshot somwhere of what this looks like in Outlook?

> As it stands, Evolution places everyone's calendar in the same column
> which gets very hard to read when busy.

True

> Add to that most people can make
> the change from column-based calendars to a non-column base calendars.
> Is this at all possible in Evolution? I believe if it were it would be a
> great solution for salons to be able to use Evolution as a booking
> solution.

I'm not sure I've seen a view in Evolution like the one you describe.