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2000-07-18 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/usage-contact.sgml: Altered category addition stuff, plus suggestions from Kevin. * C/apx-gloss.sgml: Added ldap and signature definitions (from Kevin). * C/usage-mail.sgml: Move to variablelists from itemizedlists. 2000-07-14 Aaron Weber <aaron@helixcode.com> * C/usage-contact.sgml: moved to variablelists from itemizedlists * C/usage-calendar.sgml: moved to variablelists from itemizedlists svn path=/trunk/; revision=4210
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<preface id="introduction">
<!-- =============Introduction ============================= -->
<title>Introduction</title>
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<section id="what">
<title> What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?</title>
<para>
- The idea of evolution as a process of improvement and
- development is a strong influence on the developers at Helix
- Code. We named our <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> suite
- "Evolution" because we knew that it would be able to survive
- in the wilderness of the software marketplace for one reason:
- it's better.
+ The word "evolution" means "a process of improvement and
+ development." The GNOME application
+ <application>Evolution</application> is meant to be a more
+ evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program, and an
+ integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Evolution</application> is a suite of groupware
- applications within the GNOME desktop environment that you can
- use to send, receive, and organize email, manage address and
- other contact information, and maintain a calendar. It
- enables you to do those things on one or several computers,
- connected directly or over a network, for one person or for
- large groups. <application>Evolution</application> can handle
- almost all your communications tasks with the power and
- flexibility of the GNOME desktop environment.
+ <application>Evolution</application> is a suite of tools to
+ help you work in a group. You can use it to send, receive,
+ and organize email, manage address and other contact
+ information, and maintain a calendar. It enables you to do
+ those things on one or several computers, connected directly
+ or over a network, for one person or for large groups.
+ <application>Evolution</application> can handle almost all
+ your communications tasks with the power and flexibility of
+ the GNOME desktop environment.
</para>
<para>
- We built <application>Evolution</application> with three groups of
- people in mind: everyday users, system administrators, and
- developers.
+ The developers of <application>Evolution</application> had
+ four major goals for their project:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- For <emphasis>everyday users</emphasis>, we made
- <application>Evolution</application> easy to use without
- sacrificing power. We made the interface familiar and
- intuitive, but also allowed users to customize it to
- their liking. We made the setup and configuration as
- easy as possible. For any confusion, we wrote a
- comprehensive manual and help system.
+ The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
+ to use</emphasis>. That means a familiar and intuitive
+ interface that users could customize to their liking, and
+ the development of shortcuts for complex tasks.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- For <emphasis>administrators</emphasis>, we made sure
- <application>Evolution</application> met and and
- exceeded the standards set by currently available
- groupware products, and we developed support for most
- major network protocols so that it can integrate
- seamlessly with existing hardware and network
- environments. All of our efforts have made
- <application>Evolution</application> both easy to use
- and easy to support.
+ <application>Evolution</application> must meet and
+ exceed the standards set by other groupware products.
+ It must include support for most major network protocols
+ so that it can integrate seamlessly with existing
+ hardware and network environments.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- For <emphasis>developers</emphasis>, we built in
- support for open standards and protocols to turn
- <application>Evolution</application> into an advanced
- development platform. From the simplest scripting to
- the most complex network and component programming,
- <application>Evolution</application> offers developers
- the ideal environment for cutting-edge application
- development.
+ The project must support open standards and protocols
+ to turn <application>Evolution</application> into an
+ advanced development platform. From the simplest
+ scripting to the most complex network and component
+ programming, <application>Evolution</application>
+ needed to offer developers an environment for
+ cutting-edge application development.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- For all three groups, we did our best to ensure the
- safety of data.
+ Data must be safe: <application>Evolution</application>
+ must not lose mail or corrupt mailbox files.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- In action, <application>Evolution</application> makes most
- daily tasks faster, because we built it to work with you
- instead of against you. For example, it takes only one or two
+ <application>Evolution</application> is designed to make most
+ daily tasks faster. For example, it takes only one or two
clicks to enter an appointment or an address card sent to you
by email, or to send email to a contact or appointment.
<application>Evolution</application> makes displays faster and
more efficient, so searches are faster and memory usage is
- lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate
- advanced features like <link
+ lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate advanced
+ features like <link
linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">vFolders</link>, which
let you save searches as though they were ordinary mail
folders.