Greetings I'm not sure if this should fall into the hacking section or general section ... so pardon me if this is the wrong audience. I have bumped into some areas in Evolution that, I think, might either be buggy or could use some improvement. It is possible that I'm doing something wrong. I'd appreciate some corrections, and links in that case. Here they are:
1. Once an account is set up it becomes difficult to implement an "alias sending". Evolution doesn't allow its user change the sender's field when composing ... except for accounts created locally. For people involved in open-source projects like Evolution this makes it hard to use evolution to send list related mails. Why? Some users have email aliases tied to their email accounts ... and use the aliases for such projects. Is there no way one could override the sender's field so users can enter their email aliases instead? 2. It would be nice if evolution can start silently ... docked in the panel and runs on the background. This will ensure that the user gets notified when mails arrive. This also frees the task bar. This functionality can be archived in conjunction with another application called Alltray, but alltray has side effects. It introduces shaky graphic performance (Compiz transitions are affected) 3. This is more of a feature request: Wouldn't it be nice if Evolution can handle what I call "Layered Tasks" ... or "Stratified Tasks" ... or maybe, "Combo Tasks". I've been thinking about this ever since I started using Evolution. I see Combo Tasks (or whatever) as a Task that has other tasks inside it -- like a project with small objectives. As the smaller tasks get satisfied the Main Task counts of progress (in percentage). One can modify the Combo task by adding or removing mini tasks ("tasklets"). Is there something like this already? This will help group related tasks together ... like in a Project (but it doesn't have to be a "HUGE PROJECT"). It could be handy for DIY domestics like "Build a Kitchen Cabinet" ... then you can have sub-tasks like: Design the Cabinet, Discuss it with and, possibly, involve the family, Establish Wood type, Buy parts, Cut the pieces, Assemble it, Varnish and install it, Celebrate. The sub-tasks are full tasks on their own with dates etc and can send notifications/reminders, but they update the Combo Task (container) with progress. It gets more interesting if Sub-tasks can also be Combo tasks. I hope I'm not sounding crazy Thanks for the anticipated response Regards Oku, O _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers mailing list evolution-hackers@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers