Evolution is generally a good app, so the e-mail account configuration assistant sticks out. Unfortunately, it is the first thing users encounter after first launching Evolution.
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- First, a pointless welcome message that refers to the Assistant by a name different from the window title.
- It appears that prime marks rather than quotation marks enclose “Forward”. This typographical mistake appears throughout the Assistant.
- Poorly wrapped instructional text.
- “None” is not a sensible default for an incoming server type.
- The server portion of the e-mail address the user input in the Identity step should be placed in the Server field.
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- An automatic periodic check of 10 or 15 minutes would be a sensible default.
- Junk filtering on incoming messages would be a sensible default.
- Hiding the custom command and folder namespace settings in a progressive disclosure would cut down on the clutter.
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- More poorly wrapped instructional text.
- The Assistant should take a stab at the outgoing server address based on the incoming server address.
- Use the incoming server username as the outgoing by default (I typed mine in).
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- If an account name is already taken (thereby disabling the Forward button), tell me.
- Poorly wrapped instructional text.
- Lastly, a pointless pat on the head.