show contacts list

[watercress_soup]

hello.

i was wondering if there was a way to have your address book/contacts docked
inside win mail rather than having to open a seperate window when you press
contacts.

e.g. in outlook express you could have the address book stituated below the
folder list if you wanted. selected via; view - layout.

i liked having my contacts "within reach" as it were, rather than opening a
whole other window...

anyone know what i mean?

 

[dev]

/watercress_soup/ said:

I was wondering if there was a way to have your address book/contacts docked
inside win mail rather than having to open a separate window when you press
contacts.

E.G. in outlook express you could have the address book situated below the
folder list if you wanted. selected via; view - layout.

I liked having my contacts "within reach" as it were, rather than opening a
whole other window...

"Contacts" are available via Windows Explorer (the file manager), under
C:\users\<yourname>.
You might split a window between Explorer and Windows Mail.

 

[vanilla]

I agree with you. I liked being able to double-click on a contact to
initiate sending them a message. I dislike the separate window business.
Perhaps this will be an option we can select in some future update.

vanilla

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watercress_soup wrote:

hello.

i was wondering if there was a way to have your address book/contacts docked
inside win mail rather than having to open a seperate window when you press
contacts.

e.g. in outlook express you could have the address book stituated below the
folder list if you wanted. selected via; view - layout.

i liked having my contacts "within reach" as it were, rather than opening a
whole other window...

anyone know what i mean?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Microsoft decided that since so few people were using
this feature they eliminated it. Most of the time people do
a Reply, or they click on Write Message, type a few letters
of the recipient's name in the To line, and auto-complete
should fill in the rest. Most of the time there's no need
to open the Contacts list.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Put the Contacts Gadget on the Side Bar.

 

[Donald Kaufmann]

It would be nice if auto-complete worked like it did in OE. MS must have
NEVER tested Windows Mail because half the good features that did work in OE
are now gone or just don't work anymore in WM. A real abortion if you ask
me.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Unfortunately MS came out with Windows Mail very late in the
Vista beta testing cycle. By the time beta testers started
submitting bugs, MS was gearing up towards RTM, and only
egregious "show stopper" bugs got fixed.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

I'll admit that I didn't test autocomplete, but then I never use it. I had
enough other stuff I wanted fixed. They fixed some of it.