which, I believe, is similar to what simple-scan did for sane Jeremy Bicha
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dylan McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > > You may be inspired if you take a look at Anjal and the Pimlico project > (search for the app called Dates in Software Centre). They are cute > little apps built for specific types of users on specific platforms > (netbooks and phones, respectively). > > The interesting thing with them is that they both use Evolution as a > backend. It's actually a really good approach because Evolution is a > sophisticated project with a lot of strength behind it. It means that > Anjal and Pimlico can focus on user interface instead of infrastructure. > It also means integration with the various other applications that talk > to the Evolution server. Interestingly, I can swap between Anjal and > Evolution Shell _completely_ seamlessly. > > I was contemplating such a thing, myself, but I want to do too much > already :) > I think it would be a bad idea to mess with the Evolution shell that we > currently ship since it _is_ an enterprise-focused application and they > tend to appreciate GUIs that stay the same. > > For home users, though, it's pretty painful that Evolution's new message > editor, for example, has half of its interface devoted to chrome and > to / cc / subject fields and only the small remainder for the actual > message. Modest solves this well. > The solution is a new Evolution front-end for the rest of us, with a > more decisively tuned interface, leaving the old one fully intact for > those who prefer it. > > > Thanks, > Dylan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
