Names and nicknames should still work in address book without autocomplete
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(Reporter: bryan-walton, Unassigned)
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(In reply to Brian Hauer from comment #14)
I think I agree. Namely, nickname resolution to address book entries is not
something that I feel needs to be "proposed" by artificial intelligence in
the form of an "autocomplete" function. Rather, nickname resolution is
literally a one-to-one lookup that should be resolved when the the text
input field loses focus, whether or not autocomplete is enabled. I see a
nickname as a unique identifier for an address book entry. Perhaps that is
the conceptual disconnect?
The new addressing in is Thunderbird 78 quite nice!
I've noticed that it still does not resolve nicknames on tab, though. I'd request that the addressing team please consider the following scenario, which is common for those of us who make extensive use of the "nickname" feature of the address book:
- Set up a few contacts with very short nicknames. For example, maybe "bh" for myself, "js" for John Smith, etc.
- Compose a new message.
- Specify a few of the contacts by typing the nicknames very quickly: type the nicknames and press tab quickly between each. E.g., "bh<tab>js<tab>" etc.
You'll notice that Thunderbird does not resolve the nicknames because you didn't wait long enough for the proposed resolution before pressing tab. The user is required to wait for the resolution despite using their nicknames for contacts, which should be considered definitive if the user presses tab before a proposed resolution.
I think nicknames are a "power user" feature, but putting them to use for your most frequent contacts really helps minimize addressing mistakes. And the user experience could be spectacularly smooth if Thunderbird resolved verbatim nicknames on tab. Don't make the user wait for a resolution proposal.
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