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Mar 11, 08 - 09:16 am Comment from: shen

odd that it is set so low in the grey bar.....

still, i suspect it is coming!

Mar 11, 08 - 09:24 am Comment from: John

Forget about enterprise users: I personally have almost 2,000 contacts in my address book. This would be a HUGE improvement for me, especially as sometimes I can't recall a contact's last name, but might remember the company they work for or their first name.

This can't come soon enough--it's more important than copy/paste for my usage!

Mar 11, 08 - 09:30 am Comment from: Jamie

John,

Have you tried organising your contacts on your Mac Address Book into Groups, it might help you narrow your searches down.

I have done this and I find it incredibly helpful.

Mar 11, 08 - 09:30 am Comment from: Jay-Z

@ shen:

The grey bar is just a letter break bar. I suspect the break bars will move behind it just as they do the letters. No correlation between the two.

Looks rather as if it is simply located at the top of the scolled list itself, which is why it's in the alphabet jump column.

The most logical implementation would be an entry field just like the URL field in mobile Safari (which also scrolls out of view at the top of the page if I remember correctly). Entering anything there would most probably work as a filter just as in any OS X application (such as iTunes).

I don't think there's really that much need to guess...

Just another case of Apple leaving key features out of the product, then trotting it out later as a revolutionary new feature.

You're telling me "find" is a 2.0 feature? Really? When will we tire of being insulted like this?

--PCA

Why the need.. they are in alphabetical order. Just touch the corresponding letter on the right. Pretty simple.

Mar 11, 08 - 10:33 am Comment from: madgunde

@Jesus,

Except you might not remember someone's last name, only their first, or maybe you remember the name of the company they work for or any other detail EXCEPT the sort name. Has happened to me plenty of times. Plus, if you have thousands of contacts, that could mean hundreds of names that begin with the same letter, having to flick through hundreds of names to get to the exact one can be time consuming. The iPhone has a keyboard, let us just type the name out like we can in the SMS application to quickly find the contact we want. So simple, yet somehow Apple dropped the ball on this one.

Jesus, search is handy because only the names are in alphabetical order. A search can find contacts that match criteria other than just name--text in the notes, for example.

Mar 11, 08 - 10:47 am Comment from: Randian

@PC Apologist . . .

You say "we" as if you are the spokesperson for tech consumers world wide. Make no mistake, sir or madam, you do NOT speak for me or anyone in my immediate circle of friends and associates. If you are personally insulted by this issue, vote with your feet, not your mouth, and flee this site and Apple's products. I'm absolutely positive there are plenty of things you can complain about on other sites with the Microshaft iPhune.

Mar 11, 08 - 10:49 am Comment from: Ampar

Or, you might have ten hookers named Angel and ten named Raven but you have them all organized by a special talent.

Mar 11, 08 - 10:57 am Comment from: Toasty

@Ampar

That was very funny!

Mar 11, 08 - 11:13 am Comment from: Ampar

To Toasty: Thanks. The iPhone does have its practical side.

Mar 11, 08 - 01:32 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

@Ampar, have you been reading Spitzer's diary again?

Mar 11, 08 - 02:13 pm Comment from: Ampar

To Anonymous: That deserves a spit take!

They should make it bigger and maybe place it in a circle like in the menu bar. It would be easier to detect.

Or maybe they wanted us to mix it with the alphabets, so the surpise would still be there in June. If they bet on that, they're not that smart, I mean people go these over frame by frame …always.