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Ron Lowe

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Oct 1, 2009, 1:50:36 PM10/1/09
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Hi, All.

Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.23 (20090812)
Running on Windows 7 x64 RTM.

I have several e-mail and nntp accounts configured, each is a
'top-level' account, or whatever it's called; ie they all have their own
folder structure in the folders pane.

When I go to compose an e-mail or nntp message, I cannot click the
Address book 'card' icon in the "To:" line. It is greyed out.

I can get to the address book by clicking the large "Address Book" icon
on the icon bar no problem.

Why might that be?

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Ron

Ron Lowe

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Oct 1, 2009, 2:04:52 PM10/1/09
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<talking to self>

Ah, it's not a clickable icon at all, is it? It's just a stupid
picture of a greyed out address card.

You need to hit the big 'contacts' icon to open the address book in the
Left Hand pane, and dbl-clk them there.

<talking to anyone>

Am I wrong?
Is it meant to be an active icon in the "To:" field, or is it really
just a stupid picture?

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Ron


Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo

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Oct 1, 2009, 3:02:33 PM10/1/09
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its a big stupid icon to let people know that address
or contact goes here.

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Ron Lowe

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Oct 1, 2009, 3:17:41 PM10/1/09
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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Ron Lowe wrote:
>> Ron Lowe wrote:
>>> Hi, All.
>>>
>>> Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.23 (20090812)
>>> Running on Windows 7 x64 RTM.
>>>
>>> I have several e-mail and nntp accounts configured, each is a
>>> 'top-level' account, or whatever it's called; ie they all have their
>>> own folder structure in the folders pane.
>>>
>>> When I go to compose an e-mail or nntp message, I cannot click the
>>> Address book 'card' icon in the "To:" line. It is greyed out.
>>>
>>> I can get to the address book by clicking the large "Address Book"
>>> icon on the icon bar no problem.
>>>
>>> Why might that be?
>>>
>>
>> <talking to self>
>>
>> Ah, it's not a clickable icon at all, is it? It's just a stupid
>> picture of a greyed out address card.
>>
>> You need to hit the big 'contacts' icon to open the address book in
>> the Left Hand pane, and dbl-clk them there.
>>
>> <talking to anyone>
>>
>> Am I wrong?
>> Is it meant to be an active icon in the "To:" field, or is it really
>> just a stupid picture?
>>
>
> its a big stupid icon to let people know that address or contact goes here.
>

Actually, it's not big, it's small ( compared to the icons in the icon
bar ).

And it's not an 'icon' in the usual User Inetrface sense, since it
doesn't do anything ( AFAICS ).

But I'd agree it's stupid.

And we already know what goes here :-)

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Ron

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