Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Reworking the addressbook code

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le lundi 29 mai 2006 à 00:23 +0200, Jan Schampera a écrit :
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 22:53:26 +0200
> Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com> wrote:
> 
> > QUESTION
> > --------
> > 
> > This approach is practical and intuitive, from my point of view.
> > However, it raises one question. Users will be able to edit contact
> > information from the roster, but imagine that you have one contact in
> > the local address book (the evolution one) that you don't want in the
> > roster, but for which you want to update the information. From where
> > in the UI do we update it? 
> 
> The "Addressbook" - or however it'll be named in future - IMHO.
> Background: Full control over a contact everywhere you can see that
> contact, the only place you see a contact not in the roster is the
> addressbook (or also the calls history window maybe).
> 

But if the window look is changed into a "Find Contact" window, it won't
be very convenient.

Notice it is also logical to first find a contact before editing it.


What about my idea : no address book anymore, only a search window
allowing to find contacts in all sources?

(that's basically only another presentation for the same thing).

> Also, I like the idea to see the Roster as a "filtered" local
> addressbook. Anyways, my related question: some bit in the contact's
> informaion or the membership in a specific group to "add" a contact to
> the roster?

Nothing yet :-/
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