[Bug 23810] Re: Evolution is unusable in 1024x768

2011-03-17 Thread David Herbert
Another workaround to add to the suggestions above, this one is for the main window, if you turn off the "switcher" by going to View->Switcher Appearance->Show Buttons then the main window becomes sensibly resizable. I have no idea why turning off five small icons makes such a big difference to the

[Bug 23810] Re: Evolution is unusable in 1024x768

2011-03-17 Thread David Herbert
Here's the screen grab showing the main window with switcher off and plenty of room to spare. Just my personal opinion but it seems ludicrous to make this program the default on the netbook edition and to prominently promote it in the Ubuntu advertising alongside language like "an innovative user

[Bug 23810] Re: Evolution is unusable in 1024x768

2011-03-18 Thread David Herbert
Marvin your solution comes very close for me. On my netbook with 1024x600 (like most netbooks), I'm using 8pt fonts instead of the Ubuntu default, the smaller fonts + your mail-config.ui means that without any panels the settings window fits the screen. In my normal setup where I have a top panel a

[Bug 23810] Re: Evolution is unusable in 1024x768

2011-03-24 Thread David Herbert
I assume the --express mode is related to http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/evolution-express-for- meego.html">this meego project. which describes the calendar being split off and run as a separate program, perhaps the same in Ubuntu? I'm finding it hard to figure out what the Ubuntu devs have