Evolution

Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2011–2024), in 14 threads.

People raised many different problems with Evolution, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 14 complaints

Constant sync issues and having to switch packaging formats to get it working2024-04-21
GPT gave instructions naming a button that doesn't exist, only found after following half the steps2024-02-16
Cosmetic and UX glitches, and missing busy/free status on meetings2021-11-12
Mail composer has many bugs, making it unreliable to use2020-09-18
Webkit process for HTML email frequently consumes 40% CPU until restarted2020-04-23
Feels cluttered and oddly designed, with sharp edges the user must learn to avoid2019-10-20
Slow to archive or delete, forcing pauses between each action2019-01-29
Calendar attendance status not sent or shown for meetings on Exchange2018-03-13
Mail client is buggy and unreliable when connected to Exchange2017-09-14
Notifications stay annoying and invasive no matter how many are turned off2015-12-01
Slow to open, and parts of the UI lock up needing a pane switch2015-02-25
Takes over thirty seconds to start, and moved messages reappear in their original folders2013-09-30
Evolution feels too sluggish, so the user switched to Thunderbird2011-03-14
Must create a separate rule for every sender to sort mail into folders2011-02-06