This is a page where we can hold a general discussion for possible new fields and eventually what the layout should be like.
Proposed new fields:
- UID (ID to uniquely identify the address book card. This makes it much easier to synchronize with other sources and to keep track of changes.)
- XFN tags and/or personalised tags field - for easy grouping, and searching of contacts (maybe the Notes field can do it already?).
- IM username field with protocol (list) field, or just single field to type the complete string needed to contact the person using desired protocol (Pidgin IM supports the most widely used).-Njpl
Compare ideas posted at MailNews_Talk:Address_Book.
Proposals for a new Card Edit form
- Tab with Addresses, where Work and Home are side by side (not expandable, but addresses the resolution issue):
Home Work Position [.......] Department [.......] Organisation/Company [.......] Address 1 [......] [.......] Address 2 [......] [.......] City [......] [.......] State/Province [......] [.......] ZIP/Postal Code [......] [.......] Country [......] [.......]
- As someone wrote in Talk page of Address_Book, an Ultimate AddressBook relating the contacts and locations would be a truly innovative approach, where relations are introduced between locations and people, and maybe between people, too. The gmail approach is flexible in this case, but is not mappable to a spreadsheet. In this case, we can add sets of information, each containing a list of fields and a location. -Njpl