From f4f267580923e9cee563b151edb18edd7996b45e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:05:03 +0000 Subject: Altered category addition stuff, plus suggestions from Kevin. 2000-07-18 Aaron Weber * 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 * C/usage-contact.sgml: moved to variablelists from itemizedlists * C/usage-calendar.sgml: moved to variablelists from itemizedlists svn path=/trunk/; revision=4210 --- help/C/preface.sgml | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/preface.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml index f8c74c67d2..60e973a188 100644 --- a/help/C/preface.sgml +++ b/help/C/preface.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Introduction @@ -6,84 +6,73 @@
What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me? - The idea of evolution as a process of improvement and - development is a strong influence on the developers at Helix - Code. We named our groupware 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 + Evolution is meant to be a more + evolved groupware program, and an + integral part of the Internet-connected desktop. - Evolution 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. Evolution can handle - almost all your communications tasks with the power and - flexibility of the GNOME desktop environment. + Evolution 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. + Evolution can handle almost all + your communications tasks with the power and flexibility of + the GNOME desktop environment. - We built Evolution with three groups of - people in mind: everyday users, system administrators, and - developers. + The developers of Evolution had + four major goals for their project: - For everyday users, we made - Evolution 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 both powerful and easy + to use. That means a familiar and intuitive + interface that users could customize to their liking, and + the development of shortcuts for complex tasks. - For administrators, we made sure - Evolution 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 - Evolution both easy to use - and easy to support. + Evolution 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. - For developers, we built in - support for open standards and protocols to turn - Evolution into an advanced - development platform. From the simplest scripting to - the most complex network and component programming, - Evolution offers developers - the ideal environment for cutting-edge application - development. + The project must support open standards and protocols + to turn Evolution into an + advanced development platform. From the simplest + scripting to the most complex network and component + programming, Evolution + needed to offer developers an environment for + cutting-edge application development. - For all three groups, we did our best to ensure the - safety of data. + Data must be safe: Evolution + must not lose mail or corrupt mailbox files. - In action, Evolution 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 + Evolution 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. Evolution 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 vFolders, which let you save searches as though they were ordinary mail folders. -- cgit