I started some work for this sometime back. But since I knew that I will miss the deadlines for feature-freeze, I stopped it so early. This is highly likely to be in Evolution 2.11.X soon.
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 19:59 -0600, Jack wrote: > Hello everyone, > I apologize if this suggestion has already been made before or if folks > don't think it is a good one. I think Evolution is a fantastic product > and, as I deal with a large amount of email in my job, I thought of a > feature that might help Evolution get more of an edge over MS Outlook: > sticky notes on emails. > > Like I said, I deal with a lot of email at work (sometimes I feel like > emailing IS my job...) and as I go through various chains, I sometimes > lose track of what is going on with the subject matter in one or > another. So I thought, it would really be nice if I could attach > something like sticky notes to emails to remind myself that something > had occurred outside the email chain (like a face to face discussion) > that had an impact on the subject matter in the email chain. For > instance, maybe a decision was being asked for, but the response was > made over the phone. So, there's never a response to the email asking > for a decision. What I have in mind is that you could right-click (or > left click for you left-handers) on the email and attach a sticky note > (could look just like a desktop note) where you could note to yourself > that the decision was made and what it was. Then, when looking at the > email at some later date, when you put your cursor over it, the sticky > note would pop up and you would see the note to yourself. > > The sticky note would not be sent with any forwards or responses to > emails and would just remain on that user's account (or maybe an option > could exist to send the note along with the forwarded email). > > I do not mean this to be confused with turning an email into a Task. > This is basically desktop sticky notes meant to be attached to specific > emails. > > Again, I apologize if this is something that's already been thought of > and shot down or scheduled to be included. I also have to apologize > because I don't know how to write programs otherwise I'd create it > myself and submit for approval. I'm an intermediate computer user that > can install a linux distribution and get it to run some programs that I > like and that's about it. In short, I know just enough to be a danger > to my computer. :) > > Thank you all for creating a fantastic product! I hope my idea is a > positive one! > > Jack > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- Sankar _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
