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<description><![CDATA[Code_Iain posted : most of what you guys are saying is what we are trying to enhance through the re-design. The current contact manager has a strict relationship between groups and contacts, and we felt that it was too rigid. It also doesn't inherit settings, which is annoying. The new CM will allow for contacts to be in as many groups as you'd like, and it will inherit settings based on the phone number of a contact. <br><br>Iain ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:36:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Russell_ posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/1376054" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1376054');">CyberSultan</a>:</small><br><br>Question:  What does everyone think would work better as a model?  Setting all features for a contact from within the Contacts view itself...or simply allowing groups to be leveraged when working in a particular feature's view (if what I'm trying to explain makes sense)?<br> </div>I can see use cases for both.  I may not want to create an elaborate contact for certain numbers.  Once again allow both but clearly specify the model.  Which one overrides - I'd say the feature view.  <br><br>As I keep saying publish the model and invite comments for a period of (say) a week.  ave one person on the VT side who intimately knows the model to respond to queries and recognize useful suggestions and then incorporate those of substance. Republish the model.  Saves lots of coding of another  implementation which is then criticized for obvious short comings.<br><small>--<br>Russell</small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:23:25 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CyberSultan posted : I would also include the ability to belong to multiple groups, with some way to set a priority value for each group when it comes to resolving a conflicting setting between one group vs. another.  This would be useful, for example, in integrating groups with the call broadcast feature.<br><br>Question:  What does everyone think would work better as a model?  Setting all features for a contact from within the Contacts view itself...or simply allowing groups to be leveraged when working in a particular feature's view (if what I'm trying to explain makes sense)?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:55:34 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Russell_ posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/1401508" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=1401508');">Code_Iain</a>:</small><br><br>We've gotten a lot of good suggestions regarding the Contact Manager, so we decided to start fresh and completely re-design it. It is currently being developed in a way that it is more user friendly/useful than the current configuration. Once the project is complete I will PM some of you for a beta.<br><br>Let me know if you have any questions or additional suggestions.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Iain<br> </div>Great to hear this.<br><br>Please let the "contacts" be the focus for all customizations.  Don't drop the ability for user created Groups.  Let individual contacts override groups (as far as behavior goes - e.g. distinctive ring).<br><br>Lets say I have children called Jack and Jill.  I want to create two groups - Jack's friends and Jill's friends.  And, give each of those groups a distinctive ring.  So, if the phone rings just by listening Jack or Jill can pick up the phone and the parents can ignore it.  Now Jill may have a very close friend who calls very often.  I'd sill like to keep that friend in the Jill's friends group but override to give that friend her own distinctive ring.<br><br>I'd encourage you to publish the model for comment before beginning work on it.  That way you've got a design on paper and not a whole lot of effort put into coding it and you may benefit from valuable feedback.<br><small>--<br>Russell</small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:19:59 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[dmolavi posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/530828" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=530828');">DrFillster</a>:</small><br><br>Thanks for the clarification.  I'd like the click to call feature.  Also ability to import - interact with another contact manager (gmail or exchange)<br> </div>or some sort of CSV import function (so i can pull over all my SR contacts)<br><small>--<br><A HREF="http://www.themolavis.com">TheMolavis.com</a></small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:09:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[DrFillster posted : Thanks for the clarification.  I'd like the click to call feature.  Also ability to import - interact with another contact manager (gmail or exchange)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:29:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Code_Iain posted : We've gotten a lot of good suggestions regarding the Contact Manager, so we decided to start fresh and completely re-design it. It is currently being developed in a way that it is more user friendly/useful than the current configuration. Once the project is complete I will PM some of you for a beta.<br><br>Let me know if you have any questions or additional suggestions.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Iain]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:00:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Russell_ posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/530828" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=530828');">DrFillster</a>:</small><br><br>Okay, I've got the new CP.<br><br>WHEEE!<br><br>Much harder to view calling logs (the only thing I use regularly)<br><br>So I see there is an area for contacts.  Can you import your exchange data to it?  Can it self-populate?  What is it there for? the future????<br> </div>I consider this whole area pre-alpha - at least until I hear a coherent explanation from VT (or someone who understands the model) that this area is complete and how it ties in with everything else.<br><small>--<br>Russell</small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:50:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[dmolavi posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/953284" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=953284');">Medic63</a>:</small><br><br>It seems to have superseded custom caller ID in my case. <br>I wonder if the click to call feature is ever going to work, because it doesn't do anything right now.  <br> </div>maybe that's what it did...i can't remember, and i'm not home to try it out with some test calls.<br><small>--<br><A HREF="http://www.themolavis.com">TheMolavis.com</a></small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:30:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Medic63 posted : It seems to have superseded custom caller ID in my case. <br>I wonder if the click to call feature is ever going to work, because it doesn't do anything right now.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:28:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[dmolavi posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/530828" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=530828');">DrFillster</a>:</small><br><br>Okay, I've got the new CP.<br><br>WHEEE!<br><br>Much harder to view calling logs (the only thing I use regularly)<br><br>So I see there is an area for contacts.  Can you import your exchange data to it?  Can it self-populate?  What is it there for? the future????<br> </div>i've wondered this myself, as it appears to have no bearing on the caller id displayed on your phone (hence the custom caller id area)...<br><small>--<br><A HREF="http://www.themolavis.com">TheMolavis.com</a></small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:17:29 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[DrFillster posted : Okay, I've got the new CP.<br><br>WHEEE!<br><br>Much harder to view calling logs (the only thing I use regularly)<br><br>So I see there is an area for contacts.  Can you import your exchange data to it?  Can it self-populate?  What is it there for? the future????]]></description>
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