Google adds Contact Chooser to Gmail

Gmail has rolled out a new feature that should make it a bit easier to address email messages. Up until now, the easiest way to fill out the "to" field was to start typing names and select the appropriate contacts from a drop-down menu if and when they appeared. But digging deeper down into your address book was a bit trickier.

Now, all you have to do is hit the To: link next to the address field and a contact box will pop up. You can scroll through your complete address book and select all the names you want to address your email to. Or you can use the search box to navigate address books of mythic proportions.

The old Gmail auto-complete feature is still easier if you're sending messages to frequently used addresses. And it loads faster. But the new contact chooser brings Gmail in line with pretty much every other email client out there.

For some reason, the contact chooser opens in a new browser window, which makes it easy to lose if you click away for a second. But it's a start.

[via Google Operating System]

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