From kde-core-devel  Fri May 11 16:47:54 2001
From: Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:47:54 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Default KDE address book
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On Friday 11 May 2001 17:41, Matthias Elter wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think it is time to agree on a default address book frontend for KDE. We
> got bad reviews from journalists (see recent c't article on KMail) that are
> not able to find our modern address book frontends. Only a small percentage
> of our users seem to know that modern address book frontends for KDE exist.
>
> In my opinion the main reason for this disappointing situation is KMails
> default address book setting.
>
> KMail users can choose from four different address book frontends:
>
> - Traditional KMail
> - Traditional KMail using the KAB backend
> - KAB
> - Abbrowser
>
> The problem is that many users don't know about this setting hidden deep in
> the KMail configuration dialog. Even journalists fail to notice it with the
> consequence of bad reviews because of the default "Traditional KMail"
> address book interface.
>
> IMHO it is embarrasing to ship KMail with "Traditional KMail" enabled as
> default address book frontend.

Yes, yes, yes.

Don, do you listen? ;-)

Matthias