Hi, as a long-time linux-user and cheerleader permanently advertising Linux / GNOME to my friends and family, I'm maintaining a huge archive of statements given by new GNOME users regarding the overall UI-experience. Most of the 'contributors' are former MacOSX-users and therefore accustomed to Apple.Mail.
So, here is the essence of their ideas/concerns regarding Evolution: [1.] Folder View The folder view presents a hierarchical view of mailboxes(local and remote) and the folders contained within these mailboxes to the user. In general this resembles the view on a (local and/or remote) filesystem. Why not offer the same options like e.g. nautilus regarding the display of this hierarchy, i.e.: [1.1] Default Icon View - Just presenting the icons representing the individual folders (tagged with their name and the number of unread messages enclosed in parentheses) of _one_ mailbox to the user and make the different mailboxes accessible by a drop-down box. This view is quite similar to the one provided by Apple.Mail. [1.2] List View - This is the currently implemented one. All mailboxes and the folders contained within are presented in a customizable list view. [1.3.] Detailed List View - An enhanced list view on mailboxes and folders that displays information customizable by the user similar to the information that is displayed by nautilus according to different levels of zoom). Once the user is familiar with file-browsing, she/he will be able to read/manage her/his mail in quite the same way. Furthermore it might be useful to make the folder-view collapsable as most (non-geek:-)) users maintain just one inbox. Collapsing the view saves screen estate. [2.] Message Pane Most new users claim that the display is a little too narrow and that they would like just a little more vertical space between individual message headers. One interesting idea was the ability to display a small popup on mouse-over containing the first few lines of a message (of course it should be possible to switch this feature off). Cheers, Thomas _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list