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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    [Kde-pim] Confusion about kde-pim
From:       Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel () goebel-consult ! de>
Date:       2003-04-17 10:36:54
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Hello,

as a technically skilled person but non-developer, I'm very confused 
about kde-pim. I'm going to describe the reasons for this confusion, as 
feedback to you, the developers of this great effort.

Concrete Questions first:

* What's the difference of kmail and kmailcool?
* If I pull kde-pim from cvs, will this include 'kontakt' and the
   kroupware komponents?

Reasons for consusion:

* Too many entry points: kde-pim, kontakt, and different websites for
   each sub-project.

   For my a user, PIM is a single 'product', maybe with some extensions.
   The merging of kmail, knorte, etc. into the kdepim cvs-tree (as done
   in Januaryy 2003) shows to me, that the developers have the same point
   of view.

   But way are there still so much different Websites?

   I strongly suggest merging the websites into a single one, stating the
   main components (kmail, korg., etc.) and the add-ons (kpilot, kandy,
   etc).

* Too many names for equal stuff, but no statement about this.

   Esp. I'm confused about the relation and integration-status of kpilot,
   kpilot-conduits, kitchensync, ksync, etc. They all serve the same
   perspose, but which one is production-ready, which is a design-study,
   which one is upcoming?

   And what's the difference between kmail and kmailcool? Unknown, äh,
   un-cool!

* Regarding www.kontakt.org:

   What is 'kontakt'? An approach to merge the kde-pim komponents into a
   single desktop (like evolution or outlook)? I assume, but why this is
   not written there?

For much for now. I hope this feedback will help you improofing the 
useability of kde-pim (and related).

Regards
Hartmut Goebel
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| Hartmut Goebel             | strategisch-technische IT-Beratung |
| h.goebel@goebel-consult.de | www.goebel-consult.de              |

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