Customisation
Customisation
Posted May 21, 2005 14:34 UTC (Sat) by odie (guest, #738)In reply to: Outlook vs Evolution vs Kontact: an e-mail client comparison (opensourceversus) by TwoTimeGrime
Parent article: Outlook vs Evolution vs Kontact: an e-mail client comparison (opensourceversus)
It sounds to me that what you want is not a mega-application that does everything, but rather several small apps that each do one task well. These can easily be arranged any way you like, and can be individually replaced. Being a long time unix fan, I've never understood the last decade's trend of consolidating more and more tasks into huge applications. The downsides are obvious (speed, stability, clutter, customisability etc), what are the benefits? (That was an honest question by the way, not flamebait)
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