[Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Christopher Blizzard">

> On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 05:02 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > (On a bit of a tangent, I've been encouraging the Evolution maintainers
> > to ditch the 'one big blob of groupware' Outlook-style interface, and
> > craft each component as separate, task-optimised applications. They'll
> > still work together nicely, but they won't all be boxed up in that
> > terribly generic box.)
> 
> If you look at how we have Evolution set up in rawhide, this is how we do
> it for new users.  (Different menu entries for the various pieces, new
> windows when you fire them up, and the buttons are missing from the lower
> left.)

That's just the menu item split though, not the actual user interface split.

- Jeff

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