Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:35:34 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333 Provide alternate means to iteratively build contact lists With the cached search results gone, it would be helpful to have an alternate mechanism to build a list of contacts to add to an address book. My thoughts are to use a "wizard" approach (as much as I hate that term), that essentially functions like the Address Book minisearch in the IMP compose screen. You're presented with a search screen, with sources in a menu, you find the users you want, add them to the right side, then select which contact list to add them to (or create a new one if you want). Idea probably needs refined, but for large personal contact lists, finding users one by one and having to click Add each time will be met with some resistance I think. Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:07:29 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t10004 Wouldn't this be covered by request 2011? Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:26:13 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t12974 > Wouldn't this be covered by request 2011? Not really. 2011 covers the cases where you can specify some arbitary criteria, save those search criteria and live with the resuts (example of by title, location, etc.). This request would handle the random groupings that people come up with. With the cached search results gone (which I think is a good move as it led to some user confusion), building contact lists became harder because its a find and add for each entry. This request would provide a means to make that simpler, by collecting all search results as a user searches through the address books available to them (akin to the Address Book mini-window in IMP). Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:11:55 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t13031 But isn't that possible right now exactly? It doesn't look like the mini address book, but you search for contacts, add them to another address book or a contact list with the drop down, search for more contacts etc. While a "wizard" might have a more focused interface, it would actually reproduce already existing features/UI. Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:14:38 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t13069 > But isn't that possible right now exactly? It doesn't look like the > mini address book, but you search for contacts, add them to another > address book or a contact list with the drop down, search for more > contacts etc. > While a "wizard" might have a more focused interface, it would > actually reproduce already existing features/UI. But the one big difference is that with the current interface, you need to add each entry to the contact list before you can find the next one. What I'm looking for is the ability to do a lot of arbitary searches and build up a list of just the entries I want, and then when I'm doing searching, add them all to a contact list. For instance, if I want to add five unique entries to a contact list, I currently have to: Find Entry 1, add to contact list Find Entry 2, add to contact list Find Entry 3, add to contact list Find Entry 4, add to contact list Find Entry 5, add to contact list What I would like to be able to do is: Find Entry 1, add to right hand side of wizard Find Entry 2, add to right hand side of wizard Find Entry 3, add to right hand side of wizard Find Entry 4, add to right hand side of wizard Find Entry 5, add to right hand side of wizard Add all right hand side of wizard entries to a single contact list. Our users would find such an interface, though very similar in concept to the existing interface, much more simpler and focused to use. They're used to search, double-click to move, save, not search, toggle, save, search toggle, save. Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:40:50 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t13518 Stalling this. Looking at Kevin's description it seems like a lot of work for a small change. My suggestion would be to integrate a small search screen into the list display pages, for adding contacts from there. But unless a patch shows up I don't see myself doing this anytime soon. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:30:55 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/2333#t14438