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-<!-- <!DOCTYPE preface PUBLIC "-//GNOME//DTD DocBook PNG Variant V1.1//EN"> -->
- <preface id="introduction">
-<!-- =============Introduction ============================= -->
- <title>Introduction</title>
-
- <section id="what">
- <title> What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me?</title>
- <para>
- The word "evolution" means "a process of improvement and
- development." The GNOME application
- <application>Evolution</application> is meant to be a more
- evolved <glossterm>groupware</glossterm> program, and an
- integral part of the Internet-connected desktop.
- </para>
- <para>
- As part of the GNOME project,
- <application>Evolution</application> is free software. The
- program and its source code are released under the terms of
- the GNU Public License (GPL), and the documentation falls
- under the Free Documentation License (FDL), which is included
- with this document (<xref linkend="fdl">). For more
- information about the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software
- Foundation's website at <ulink
- url="http://www.fsf.org">http://www.fsf.org</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para>
- <note>
- <title>This is a preview release</title>
- <para>
- Please help develop <application>Evolution</application>
- by submitting bug reports when you find bugs. You can do
- so by using the <application>Bug Report
- Tool</application> (known as <command>bug-buddy</command>
- at the command line).
- </para>
- </note>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> 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.
- <application>Evolution</application> can handle almost all
- your communications tasks with the power and flexibility of
- the GNOME desktop environment.
- </para>
- <para>
- The developers of <application>Evolution</application> had
- four major goals for their project:
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The application must be <emphasis>both powerful and easy
- to use</emphasis>. That means a familiar and intuitive
- interface that users could customize to their liking, and
- the development of shortcuts for complex tasks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> 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.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The project must support open standards and protocols
- to turn <application>Evolution</application> into an
- advanced development platform. From the simplest
- scripting to the most complex network and component
- programming, <application>Evolution</application>
- needed to offer developers an environment for
- cutting-edge application development.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Data must be safe: <application>Evolution</application>
- must not lose mail or corrupt mailbox files. It will
- not execute scripts, automatically forward a virus to
- your entire contacts list, or delete files from your
- hard disk.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>Evolution</application> 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.
- <application>Evolution</application> 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 <link
- linkend="usage-mail-organize-vFolders">vFolders</link>, which
- let you save searches as though they were ordinary mail
- folders.
- </para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="aboutbook">
- <title>About This Book</title>
- <!-- ************** FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH FOR DRAFT ONLY ************* -->
- <para>
- This version of the <application>Evolution</application>
- User's Guide is a <emphasis>draft</emphasis>. It is missing
- huge chunks of information, and many of the features it
- describes are unimplemented. All the content is subject to
- change, especially if you help. Please send comments on the
- guide to <email>aaron@helixcode.com</email>. If you would like
- to work on the guide please contact me or see the GNOME
- Documentation project <ulink
- url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">web site</ulink>. This
- paragraph will be removed in later versions of the manual.
- </para>
- <!-- ************* END DRAFT ONLY PARAGRAPH ************** -->
-
- <para>
- This book is divided into two sections. The first section is a
- <link linkend="usage">guided tour</link>&mdash; it will
- explain how to use <application>Evolution</application>. If
- you are new to <application>Evolution</application> or to
- groupware in general, this is the section for you. The second
- section, covering <link linkend="config">configuration</link>,
- is targeted at more advanced users, but anyone who wants to
- change the way <application>Evolution</application> looks or
- acts can benefit from reading it.
- </para>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Typographical conventions</title>
- <para>
- Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography:
- <simplelist>
- <member><application>Applications</application></member>
- <member><command>Commands</command> typed at the command line</member>
- <member><guilabel>Labels</guilabel> for interface items</member>
-
- <member> Menu selections look like this:
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Menu</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Submenu</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Menu Item</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- </member>
- <member><guibutton>Buttons</guibutton> you can click</member>
- <member><userinput>Anything you type in</userinput></member>
- <member><computeroutput>Text output from a computer</computeroutput></member>
-
- </simplelist>
- </para>
- </formalpara>
- </section>
- </preface>
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