having options for the sake of having options does not a usable program make.
http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html Jeff On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:31, Brett Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:46, Andrew Cowie wrote: > > Uh guys, rather than arguing about the correct way to do it, why not > > follow your thought to its logical conclusion? > > > > SOME people want it one way. SOME OTHER people want it a different way. > > So add the power to the interface to choose between them. > > > > Flexibility is, after all, the hall mark of the Open world, and opposed > > to the "though shalt only do it this proscribed way" which is what > > pisses so many of us off about Outlook and friends. Outlook is great > > software, but you can't *control* it! Please don't make Evolution like > > that. > > Amen Brother and Hallelujah! > > Dumbing down the interface to satisfy the novice, while sacrificing > advanced functionality and flexibility for everyone else is *exactly* > what's *wrong* with Windows. If Gnome (and by extension, Evolution) > continues to follow the same path, it won't be any more appealing than > Windows/Outlook (or KDE/Kmail for that matter). Please, evolution > developers, don't follow this path. It leads to darkness... > > Cheers! -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
