On 4 Jan 2016 8:51 p.m., "Liam" <liam.bulkley@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd expect most users wouldn't use GNOME Photos/Music/Contacts/Maps, but without metrics we're only speculating.
> Speaking of, usage stats would be really helpful in making these decisions. Obviously this would all be opt in, but it's better guide than nothing.
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For what it's worth, I don't use any of those apps. I do use the boring ones that no one seems interested in maintaining or promoting though, like Evolution and Empathy. Mine genuinely is a "work"  station, where I need email filtering and corporate XMPP and shared calendar support and could hardly care less about video and music codecs, browsing photos or perusing a map.

I think it's a shame that Empathy is in a state of neglect and that there's no decent alternative. For home users it's probably totally unimportant, but IM does still have a place at work. I'll just install it myself if it's not installed by default though.

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