View Full Version : [ubuntu] Evolution UI ridiculousness
cbmanica
March 21st, 2011, 04:47 PM
Ubuntu 10.04, Evolution 2.28.3, I have spent the last 10 minutes trying to click the open arrows in the right way to expand their contents, and have failed. After about 15 tries, I can get one level expanded, but then the next arrow below will invariably cause the contents to contract again. I would submit a bug report, but at this point it'll be faster to just install Thunderbird. Yes, I'm peeved, and I haven't even complained about how I have to delete ~/.evolution once a week to fix its inability to talk to my Exchange server ("Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process") ;-P
cbmanica
March 21st, 2011, 05:28 PM
Ok, so I lied, Thunderbird apparently has an inflated opinion of its ability to set up a mail account. Guess I get to use Outlook until some non-moron decides to write a Unix mail client. This is utterly ridiculous.
BbUiDgZ
March 21st, 2011, 05:35 PM
I get to use Outlook until some non-moron decides to write a Unix mail client.
write one yourself if its that much of a hassle - I find evolution mail to be better than outlook, but then again its all just a matter of ones owns pref
asmoore82
March 21st, 2011, 10:44 PM
Ok, so I lied, Thunderbird apparently has an inflated opinion of its ability to set up a mail account. Guess I get to use Outlook until some non-moron decides to write a Unix mail client. This is utterly ridiculous.^You'll go far with that.
Don't be naive, Microsoft will always re-break compatibility with all
non-Outlook clients at their earliest convenience.
Maybe someday some non-moron will actually fix your incompatible server…
IMAP is well supported across a plethora of mail clients and servers :D.
Gavin Coles
March 22nd, 2011, 04:14 PM
Ubuntu 10.04, Evolution 2.28.3, I have spent the last 10 minutes trying to click the open arrows in the right way to expand their contents, and have failed. After about 15 tries, I can get one level expanded, but then the next arrow below will invariably cause the contents to contract again. I would submit a bug report, but at this point it'll be faster to just install Thunderbird. Yes, I'm peeved, and I haven't even complained about how I have to delete ~/.evolution once a week to fix its inability to talk to my Exchange server ("Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process") ;-P
Could you try updating to a newer version of Evolution and let us know if it works any better for you? As voiced by others MS do not want non-Outlook clients connecting seamlessly to Exchange, if they did why would you buy Outlook. How large is the company you work for, would they consider an alternative to Exchange?
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.2 Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.