On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 04:22 -0700, Evolution List wrote: > I am starting to get really, really frustrated with the user interface > in Evolution and was wondering if you all could share ways in which you > work with it that I could perhaps imitate and use to avoid the > frustrations I am experiencing.
Swapping between Outlook 97 and Evo really isn't that hard. I do it all day. > Specifically when I switch over to Evolution the focus may be on the > folders pane. I hit "." to supposedly go to the first unread message > within the folder but this doesn't seem to work consistently. Sometimes > it doesn't move the scroll bar in the message pane such that I have to > manually move it. But then I am not sure if the new message I was > supposed to read has already been tagged as read such that I might miss > it. Yeah, that happens to me, occasionally. I just mentally remember to click on the "list of messages" pane, first. No biggie. > The UI is really, really quirky for me to use. Maybe it's just the way > I am using it or maybe it is the way the UI is but if anyone would > kindly walk me through a way that works well for them, I would > appreciate it. The UI quirks are going to be a killer for me continuing > to use Evolution if I can't find a way to work with it or change the UI > myself to something more intuitive that it seems to be at present. Don't fight the tool. It's not KMail, it's not Sylpheed, it's not T-bird. But heck, it's not *that* different from them, either... > I don't like using my mouse for everything and would prefer to use the > keyboard as much as possible. This is so true. One small but REALLY HANDY thing that I really like about Outlook is that I can Tab from the Folder pane to the "List of messages" pane, and then Shift-Tab back. GNOME and Evo don't seem to let me do that. > Assuming Evolution starts focused on the folder pane how do you all get > to the first unread message consistently such that it is highlighted in > the message pane and the scroll bar moves down to it. I do just what I do in Sylpheed and Outlook: click on the folder I want, then click in the "list of messages" pane. Pressing "." then brings me to the Next Unread Message. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement." John F Kennedy
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