> > This was the purpose of e-d-s, don't confuse the UI of the app with the > > data storage mechanism. The gnome meeting guys are already looking at > > using the e-d-s data storage mechanism. Whether the gui part is in > I'm the "GnomeMeeting guys" ;)
And GnomeMeeting is awesome! > > Evolution or a separate app makes little difference. > Perhaps psychological. If we tell to our users "you don't have a local > address book in the GnomeMeeting UI, but you can use the GNOME Contacts > software to manage your GnomeMeeting contacts", it will be ok. However, > if we tell them they have to run and install Evolution to manage their > GnomeMeeting contacts, I think they won't accept it. > That doesn't disturb me to have our own address book in GM, but I think > it would perhaps be better if we were using an external soft, and not > only an external backend. Using the E-D-S would also permit GnomeMeeting to use all the datasources E-D-S knows about (via connectors, whatever...). So GnomeMeeting could see all the contacts in the corporate groupware system. Thats a usability improvement that would tempt me to burst into song. _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
