Star Screenshot Comparison: Outlook, Evolution, Kontact
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 19:36 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Talk, Rumors, X Versus Y "This is the second of a two-part e-mail client comparison. In Part 1 our comparison included Outlook Express 6.0 and Thunderbird 1.0. In Part 2 we are comparing the groupware suites Outlook 2003, Evolution 2.2.1.1 and Kontact 1.1."
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by butters on Sat 5th Nov 2005 09:30 UTC
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2005-07-08

yeah, this opensourceversus website kinda sucks, but most of what it shows comes down to this key point: that the FOSS alternatives are all squarely up to the task of competing with Microsoft client applications on the basis of usability.

Not that Evolution or Kontact or Thunderbird are clearly better designed than--or drop-in replacements for--the Microsoft mainstays, but that these FOSS client applications aren't laughably noncompetitive (anymore). These comparisons serve to refute an above poster's line:

"Open source guys will never know how to design a clean interface...."

All of those screenshots (Evolution and Kontact) look pretty clean to me, and for the rest of you it's a matter of personal experience and opinion.

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