Re: Why is Tomboy permissible in the default Ubuntu Desktop?
2009/12/27 Emilio López : > I wonder the same. I don't even take notes, and if I were to take, I > would use something simpler, like Gedit. Oh, I did that for years and I'm really not missing those days. Having all my notes in one application, automatically synced with my phone, other computers and webservice, is much better for me than using .txt-files on some desktop. > Also, from all the Ubuntu users I know, none of them actually take > notes. They are all "home users", maybe a note-taking app is more > enterprise-oriented? And if this is the case, maybe the evolution tool > for that is more useful and more integrated with the rest of the tools > they use? > Like Jo-Erlend Schinstad, I'll also be glad to know why is Tomboy > still in the default install. > > -- > Emilio López In my personal life, I take notes all the time. _All the time_. This question has been in my Evolution memos for a while, until I converted it to a task and finally decided to empty the task list by the end of the year. Using notes, tasks and calendars properly, really has improved my life. I hope everyone who doesn't use these tools, learn to do so in the new year. I'm sure they'll feel as I do :) In other words, I'm not in any way proposing that we don't need a notes manager. I'm simply curious what makes Tomboy a valid exception to the rule of one application per feature, that's so integral to Ubuntu design philosophy. Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: Why is Tomboy permissible in the default Ubuntu Desktop?
I wonder the same. I don't even take notes, and if I were to take, I would use something simpler, like Gedit. I even created a brainstorm idea, but it failed to get any reviewer approvals, and it was closed: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/22601/ Also, from all the Ubuntu users I know, none of them actually take notes. They are all "home users", maybe a note-taking app is more enterprise-oriented? And if this is the case, maybe the evolution tool for that is more useful and more integrated with the rest of the tools they use? Like Jo-Erlend Schinstad, I'll also be glad to know why is Tomboy still in the default install. -- Emilio López 2009/12/27 Jo-Erlend Schinstad : > I've never used Tomboy much myself. To me, it seems like a cool > prototype, showing what's possible, but for my daily note management, I > use Evolution. And that's where my question pops up: an important part > of Ubuntus design philosophy, is that there should be only one > application per feature. As I understand it, that's the reason why we > don't have any special application for RSS-feeds, for instance, since > Firefox already supports feeds and is installed by default. What is the > reasoning behind making Tomboy an exception to this rule? I would think > that adding Liferea for feed management, would be less overlapping than > adding another note manager besides Evolution? I've always accepted not > having a good feed manager by default, because I feel that the concept > of not having overlapping features in different applications has more > positive sides than negative. But I really don't understand what makes > Tomboy so special that it warrants an exception to this rule. > > I'm not looking to fire up a discussion about Mono or anything like > that, though that dependency makes the exception even stranger to me. > > Thanks, > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Why is Tomboy permissible in the default Ubuntu Desktop?
I've never used Tomboy much myself. To me, it seems like a cool prototype, showing what's possible, but for my daily note management, I use Evolution. And that's where my question pops up: an important part of Ubuntus design philosophy, is that there should be only one application per feature. As I understand it, that's the reason why we don't have any special application for RSS-feeds, for instance, since Firefox already supports feeds and is installed by default. What is the reasoning behind making Tomboy an exception to this rule? I would think that adding Liferea for feed management, would be less overlapping than adding another note manager besides Evolution? I've always accepted not having a good feed manager by default, because I feel that the concept of not having overlapping features in different applications has more positive sides than negative. But I really don't understand what makes Tomboy so special that it warrants an exception to this rule. I'm not looking to fire up a discussion about Mono or anything like that, though that dependency makes the exception even stranger to me. Thanks, Jo-Erlend Schinstad -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
