being the original poster i have to apologize for what was probably a rude approach.
i guess it's just that there has been this strange shift lately regarding linux and the desktop. now - understand this is from the outside looking in so please keep that in consideration. i was a GNOME user since it's days of beta. i loved it! then some strange things started happening (gpilotd not working for one) and i switched from Ximian's GNOME (being the best GNOME) to KDE. next thing i know the GNOME i know and love is really only now supported on a couple of platforms. since i really like FC i know i probably won't jump that shark anytime soon. so there's no Ximian GNOME for me. and there's not evo2 until i know the upgrade process (via rpm) is not a nightmare. from what i've heard the new evo is amazing. so i don't much care about the UI - big deal. i switched from balsa to evo and got used to it - i'll get used to the new UI. but, again from what i understand, the speed and reliability have improved quite a bit. kudos to the evo team on that! so i guess maybe i'm a little jealous that i can't have my evo2 just yet. ;-) but i do sincerely apologize for the rudeness. i didn't mean to come off that way. jack On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 15:15, Eric Lambart wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 13:34 -0500, David Moreno Garza wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 14:18 -0500, Eric Lambart wrote: > > > Don't knock it 'til you try it. If you still prefer the "old" > > > Evolution, you can always fork the codebase and start your own project. > > > > Well, I agree with Jack's opinion, lots of users are afraid of new > > GUI's, probably it would be nice to skin Evolution to allow an old style > > theme, or so. > > The new design is not a "theme", it involves some fundamental UI > changes, and I'm sure it will continue to change as time goes on. Some > people will like it, some won't. You *can* however "theme" Evolution, > along with the rest of your Gnome desktop (or by itself I suppose, if > you don't use other Gnome apps). > > > And a reply of 'fork the project' of an opinion seems too rude for a > > user saying what s/he thinks, said by a hacker playing being adult. > > I'm sorry you feel that way, David. I've actually been "playing adult" > for many years now, although I have played hacker for even longer. I > actually think the original message was rather rude, offering little > except non-constructive, uninformed criticism. I'll admit I've written > similar sorts of posts myself in the past, but I also realize that they > were very rude, and try my best now to think before I type. > > Anyway, my suggestion about a fork was not a joke; it is a very real > alternative. You don't like the way a GPL product is going, either try > to *constructively* participate in its design (before final decisions > are made), or help yourself to a copy of the code the way it was when > you still liked it, and go from there. Open source software is all > about freedom of choice, although when it involves cooperation and > collaboration is when it really shines. > > Eric > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- j w e || So let go jump in a a n || Oh well what you waiting for c l j || It's alright k l r || 'Cos there's beauty in the breakdown _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
