Shawn Walker wrote: > Please don't take this as directed at you: > > Bugs should never be a reason to excuse promoting an application. The > point is that GNOME as a platform has chosen Evolution. ... > To me, this is about the platform. > > If you choose the GNOME platform, you get everything that is part of it. > > If part of the platform is deficient, either ship it, or don't.
I don't disagree with your ideology, I was just speaking as an end-user explaining why I don't use Evolution, and why I'm not as flabbergasted as you are. Perhaps that input can be used by people who contribute to Evolution to make it a better application that people will actually like to use. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be the default or not be more prevalent on the desktop. > I remember all too well the stability problems that Mozilla and > Thunderbird had for a long time, but that never stopped folks from > shipping it. > > Either way, the current choice is something that might be considered > offensive to many developers that contribute to Evolution and is > contrary, in my view, to embracing a platform of choice. > > Evolution has many advantages beyond a mail client due to its data > server and integration with the entire platform. > > Pushing users towards Thunderbird is pushing them towards an inferior > experience integration-wise. I don't disagree with that either. Be that as it may, I as an end-user, will not use a piece of software regardless of how hard it's "pushed" towards me unless it fits my needs (stability being one of them). I'm sure I'm not the only end-user who generally feels that way. Take it or leave it, it makes no difference to me. I'll keep using software that I like and keep not using software that I don't like, regardless of what's on the top panel. :-) -Seb
