As a result Vista does not come with an instant messaging client of any kind, rather it comes with a link to go download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger. Somewhere along the way to Vista, Microsoft decided to decouple some applications from the OS, MSN Messenger was one of them. Windows Default: None/Windows Live Messenger So far as I’m concerned this is a good - if unexciting – thing when coming from Windows and Microsoft Office. In fact I’m plenty happy with it, but as I use it it’s just Outlook with a different GUI. If this description seems short, it’s not for the lack of effort or a dislike of Evolution. Never underestimate the annoyance of having to install more software. Perhaps a more direct benefit is that since Evolution is pre-installed with the base OS installation, you don’t need to go hunt down a real email application after the OS installation. Users coming from Windows Mail will be a bit less at home, but at the same time Evolution is likely an improvement for them for all the same reasons that Outlook is a better client than (and the de-facto Windows email client in place of) Windows Mail. To be clear I’m not faulting Evolution here since PST is a closed Microsoft format. It’s possible to do it, but it involves using Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client as an import/export mechanism. The only notable issue I had with Evolution is that it does not have a way to import Outlook PST files. Credit is due where deserved in cloning the monster that is Outlook, because Evolution did email, contacts, and calendaring for me just as well as Outlook does. What it is however is a good clone when it comes to my needs. Because Evolution is an Outlook clone, it features not just email, but contact lists and calendaring too, supplanting the need for separate applications for those under Ubuntu.Īt the same time, because Evolution is an Ubuntu clone, there’s not a lot I can say about it – it’s a clone, there’s not much unique to it. As Outlook is my default email client under Windows anyhow, this worked out quite well for me. The default email client on Ubuntu is Evolution, a clone of Outlook. But they’re not dead yet, and more importantly I’m too old fashioned to give up my dedicated email and instant messaging clients, so this is a matter I consider important. Thanks to services like Gmail, web based email has taken a massive dent out of the need to use an email client, and new services are popping up that are starting to do the same for instant messaging. Separate communication suites are a bit of a dying breed these days, largely due to the aforementioned rise of the web browser. Applications: Communication - Email & Instant Messaging
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