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Google Contacts gets an update with shortcuts, labels and better Gmail integration
User-requested features like keyboard shortcuts, custom labels and sorting by last name are all part of contacts now. it sounds like users wanted Contacts to feel a lot more like part of Gmail, because that's what those features accomplish. The contact cards also have a new look, with a much bigger "notes" field. If you hate Contacts, you can hide it in Gmail by clicking near the right edge of the "Mail" link in your sidebar.
Do you use Gmail contacts? Why or why not, and what's better? (Personally, I'm just a boring old Apple Address Book guy.)
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Subscribe to commentshectormaciasa79Aug 10th 2010 4:11PM
Nobody gives a damn for KDE 4.5 I can see, its all about a freaking google update.
GenericAug 10th 2010 4:57PM
Just about anything is a welcome improvement to Gmail's contacts. I used it sparingly but found it very hard to manage with all the clicking multiple times to get things done. I hope the new interface is faster to use from a design perspective.
The only thing that I found it useful for so far was having a name next to the email address. True that there are other fields that you can add but the number of clicks that I have to go through in order to add phone numbers to all my contacts makes me overlook my lacking contacts' info.
Michael K PateAug 10th 2010 5:33PM
I was having trouble getting the new design to appear in Chrome so I brought up Safari and logged in there. The new look showed up. When I went back to Chrome, it was there now as well.
KarlWAug 10th 2010 6:29PM
Very useful if you use Google to sync your contacts via Exchange
BryceAug 10th 2010 7:27PM
It's useful if you're a google voice user. It makes it a little easier to manage.
shanoboyAug 10th 2010 10:01PM
Being a google voice and Android user, this update is simply awesome. Anything to manage this stuff more easily.
RichardAug 11th 2010 4:24AM
Looks just the same to me. I'm guessing that Google Apps users won't be getting this for another 3-6 months?
PonTelonAug 11th 2010 5:33AM
I use Exchange sync on my iPhone, and after going through my contacts once(which was years of it auto-adding everyone I ever emailed) with the old system, I'm loving the new layout.
Since my phone's contact list IS my Gmail contact list, this is a big deal for me. :)
jValdronAug 11th 2010 8:24AM
Just got an Android phone, it's pretty useful for sync.
djangelicAug 12th 2010 1:55PM
When will google apps customers be getting this? my boss is riding me like im in charge of google, and he needs this asap. :P
Sdonato580Aug 12th 2010 9:37PM
It seems as tho custom labels from gmail contacts do not sync over to the iPhone. Specifically, if I add a phone number and name it something like 'fbm' that portion of the contact does not sync over.
Anyone know a fix for this?