Hi again; On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 08:42 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > This debate has been going on for some time. > Several arguments (always the same ones) can be provided pro and con. > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 16:41 -0700, Kurt Semler wrote: > > For the people wanting an eMail client with OpenOffice.org, what about > > bundling Evolution with the office suite? > > http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ > > I use OfficeXP from time-to-time on my dual boot system. So ... as a > legitimate question: What does Office Outlook offer that OOo + > Evolution (or Thunderbird + Lightening) fail to offer? Why is bundling > necessary? > > I have an Evolution launcher (icon) on my top panel and that does the > job. Actually, I keep Evolution open all the time on its own workspace > and have a Compose (command: evolution mailto:) icon on the panel so I > can send an email from whatever workspace and application I am using. > As far as I can tell it gives me the same thing as M$ Office + Outlook. > > A simple suggestion: > > On installation or first use of OOo; set OOo to automagically search for > emailers installed on the system, particularly for the preferred > emailer, and attach it to a toolbar button and the menu; show an email > button that opens the emailer on the toolbar and voilá. > > Newcomers to OOo will be feel like they have a bundle and experienced > users will have the emailer of their choice. The division of labour > between maintaining OOo and various email programs remains. Since most > stand-alone emailers are far more flexible and configurable than > Outlook, everyone will think they have a net gain. >
P.S. The email job is almost done with the email icon; the only disconcerting thing about that icon is that it seems to insist on an attachment. PP.S. While you are at it; add a browser button that brings up your preferred Internet browser. Then all the tools needed to work on a project are on the toolbar. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.2 Evo.2.22.2, Emacs 22.2.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
