Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
The Edit > Preferences panel in Evolution cannot be resized to fit
within a standard netbook screen (1024x600). The bottom of the panel
remains off-screen. The width of the panel can be resized, but not the
height. Thus, the settings and controls at the bottom of the
Preferences panel are inaccessible. This is a bug which unfortunately
makes Evolution unusable on a netbook.
More generally, Evolution is extremely wasteful of the limited amount of
screen space on a netbook (broad margins, wide spacing, big icons),
resulting in absolutely minimal effective room left over for actual
truly functional e-mail information.
Thunderbird seems able to do much better, and allows more easily for
flexible user-adjustment of the lay-out and spacing. Would it not be
worth considering perhaps to make Thunderbird the default Ubuntu e-mail
client, leaving Evolution in the repo as an option? That would
definitely be my preference.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: evolution 2.32.2-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 4 15:36:14 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
LANG=en_IE.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (34 days ago)
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug apport-lpi i386 natty
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792804
Title:
Evolution Preferences Panel Cannot Be Resized, Evolution Wastes Space
on Netbooks
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