Searching all address books

James Moe

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Jan 4, 2010, 3:45:57 PM1/4/10

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Hello,
Seems simple: How do I search all address books at one go?
Currently only the selected book is searched.

TB v2 and v3.

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Juergen Edner

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Jan 4, 2010, 4:05:38 PM1/4/10

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Hallo James,

> Seems simple: How do I search all address books at one go?
> Currently only the selected book is searched.
>
> TB v2 and v3.

this is currently not possible. A bug report already
exists for this issue:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270

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Terry R.

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Jan 4, 2010, 6:13:18 PM1/4/10

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On 1/4/2010 1:05 PM On a whim, Juergen Edner pounded out on the keyboard

> Hallo James,
>
>> Seems simple: How do I search all address books at one go?
>> Currently only the selected book is searched.
>>
>> TB v2 and v3.
>
> this is currently not possible. A bug report already
> exists for this issue:
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270
>
> Gru� J�rgen

Yes, and look at the history. Don't hold your breath for it to EVER get
"fixed".

Terry R.
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James Moe

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Jan 4, 2010, 7:09:22 PM1/4/10

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On 01/04/10 04:13 pm, Terry R. wrote:
>>
>> this is currently not possible. A bug report already
>> exists for this issue:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270
>

> Yes, and look at the history. Don't hold your breath for it to EVER get
> "fixed".
>

Hmm. Seven years old. Unassigned.
The address book is obviously an unwanted feature. Compared to almost
any other mail user agent, TB's address book sucks.

Ron K.

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Jan 4, 2010, 7:27:00 PM1/4/10

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James Moe on 1/4/2010 7:09 PM, keyboarded a reply:

> On 01/04/10 04:13 pm, Terry R. wrote:
>>> this is currently not possible. A bug report already
>>> exists for this issue:
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270
>> Yes, and look at the history. Don't hold your breath for it to EVER get
>> "fixed".
>>
> Hmm. Seven years old. Unassigned.
> The address book is obviously an unwanted feature. Compared to almost
> any other mail user agent, TB's address book sucks.
>

The Address Book is targeted for work for the Tb3.1 future release.
Specifically what features will be worked on, I do not know yet. I have
just gotten back from Minnesota and am trying to get back into harness to
track some of the work the Devs are doing.

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Ron Hunter

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Jan 4, 2010, 8:12:38 PM1/4/10

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On 1/4/2010 6:09 PM, James Moe wrote:
> On 01/04/10 04:13 pm, Terry R. wrote:
>>>
>>> this is currently not possible. A bug report already
>>> exists for this issue:
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270
>>
>> Yes, and look at the history. Don't hold your breath for it to EVER get
>> "fixed".
>>
> Hmm. Seven years old. Unassigned.
> The address book is obviously an unwanted feature. Compared to almost
> any other mail user agent, TB's address book sucks.
>

I suppose it depends on how you want to use an address book. It serves
my needs perfectly. I suspect that is the feeling of the developers. I
believe there is some intent to make it compatible with the MS Address
book format, but I don't know when that is scheduled to happen.

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Wayne Mery

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Jan 4, 2010, 8:23:46 PM1/4/10

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I suggest the issue is equally impacted by user demand. I'd bet 50% (+/-
20%) of users have only 1-3 address books and thus have no need for
cross folder search. I think the comments/interest shown in the
relevant bug(s) reflect that. That's little consolation for those of us
that want this, but them's the breaks.

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Terry R.

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Jan 8, 2010, 9:01:00 AM1/8/10

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On 1/4/2010 5:23 PM On a whim, Wayne Mery pounded out on the keyboard

And after waiting so long for an improvement, who knows how many moved
away from TB to something else. I had 12 AB's and just "lived with it".
Using Gmail, those issues are no longer a bother.

MJ

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Jan 12, 2010, 6:23:46 AM1/12/10

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On 4 jan, 16:05, Juergen Edner <juer...@eisfair.org> wrote:
> Hallo James,
>
> > Seems simple: How do I search all address books at one go?
> > Currently only the selected book is searched.
>
> > TB v2 and v3.
>
> this is currently not possible. A bug report already
> exists for this issue:
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170270

I hope this function will come soon. The address books are so
important (to me) to manage contacts and lists. I wonder why it takes
7+ years to solve. Guess this is due to it's open source nature.
Anyway, still love TB!