cwest hates software: Apple's Address Book Disappoints

• From: Casey West
  Date: 17:31 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  <p>
     I meet a lot of people and I'm trying to get into the habit of  
  writing down some information about them.
     Things like phone numbers and names, and maybe how I met them or  
  why I met them. Apple's Address Book
     application is great for that. But it falls short in one very  
  important area. I can't store a photo!
  </p>
  <p>
     I need a visual aid to remember lots of people. Photos are perfect  
  for that, as it turns out, and
     address books should store that information too. I need to send  
  this to hates-software...
  </p>
  <p>
     I wonder if hates-software will junk up the HTML in this post I  
  need for my journal... now do I hate
     MT or Siesta, or is my preemptive hate all for not?
  </p>
  
  
  
  
  

• From: David Champion
  Date: 17:35 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  * On 2005.08.23, in <7C58C674-0E55-4927-8473-6EB8F9D79081@xxxxxxxx.xxx>,
  *	"Casey West" <casey@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
  > <p>
  > ...
  > </p>
  
  Oh, wait.  Not software.  Apologies.
  
  P.S. Please don't.
  
  
  

• From: K. R. Walker
  Date: 17:42 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  I store pictures in Address Book (albeit they're pretty small):
  
  2 ways:
  
  1.  Select the person's card
  2.  Drag and drop the person's picture from iPhoto (or another  
  source) into the little square in the upper-left part of the card
  3.  Size / move the image
  4.  Click Set
  
  or
  
  1.  Select the person's card
  2.  Go to Card > Choose custom image
  3.  Click Choose...
  4.  Choose the picture file
  4.  Size / move the image
  5.  Click Set
  
  
  

• From: Luke Kanies
  Date: 17:50 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, K. R. Walker wrote:
  
  > I store pictures in Address Book (albeit they're pretty small):
  [...]
  
  Of course, the natural way to acquire pictures of people is using a
  camera phone, and the natural way to transfer them is using iSync.
  Cool, except that only the 'Smart' phones can do that, in either
  direction.  For some reason.  So basically, it quickly becomes too much
  effort to even maintain this.
  
  If Apple had gotten this to work, I'd already have pictures of 90% of
  the people in my phone book, but as it is...  Suckage.
  
  
  

• From: David Champion
  Date: 17:49 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  * On 2005.08.23, in <7C58C674-0E55-4927-8473-6EB8F9D79081@xxxxxxxx.xxx>,
  *	"Casey West" <casey@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
  > <p>
  >   I meet a lot of people and I'm trying to get into the habit of  
  > writing down some information about them.
  >   Things like phone numbers and names, and maybe how I met them or  
  > why I met them. Apple's Address Book
  >   application is great for that. But it falls short in one very  
  > important area. I can't store a photo!
  > </p>
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="USO-8859-1">
  <Response>
    <MeaningfulResponse id="1">
      <TextualDescription tone="terse">
        Sure you can.  Here's how.
      </TextualDescription>
      <Methodology type="howto">
        <Step sequence="1">Choose a person in your address book.</Step>
        <Step sequence="2">Click "Edit."</Step>
        <Step sequence="3" alternate="a">
          Double-click the little square where a photo goes.
        </Step>
        <Step sequence="3" alternate="b">
          Drag a photograph from Finder, or (presumably) iPhoto to the little
          square where a photo goes.
        </Step>
        <Step sequence="4" alternate="a">
          In the nice window, choose a photo and scale/crop/etc.
        </Step>
        <Step sequence="4" alternate="b">
          In the nice window, photograph your contact, or a mock-up of your
          contact, or perhaps a giant stuffed burro coated in tissue paper
          using an iCamera thing.
        </Step>
        <Step sequence="5">Save it or something.</Step>
      </Methodology>
    </MeaningfulResponse>
    <WryResponse id="1">
      <TextualDescription>Again, please don't.</TextualDescription>
    </WryResponse>
    <ObHate>
      Your software should be able to convert block ASCII text into HTML
      paragraphs, don't you think?
    </ObHate>
  </Response>
  
  
  

• From: Casey West
  Date: 17:59 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  
  On Aug 23, 2005, at 12:49 PM, David Champion wrote:
  
  >       <Step sequence="3" alternate="a">
  >         Double-click the little square where a photo goes.
  >       </Step>
  
  This is the step I was missing. Apparently my video settings are all  
  FUBAR. There exists no box on my display. My contrast is obviously  
  wrong. Now at least I know what software to place the hate on.
  
  
  

• From: Adeola Awoyemi
  Date: 02:56 on 24 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  My video settings are the same but I find that plugging in an  
  external monitor causes the video to refresh and I get proper video  
  (I can see light greys) once again :(
  
  And a restart doesn't fix this... How the hell am I supposed to do  
  any artwork and not see colours properly... Grrrrr!!!!!
  
  More hate... this time directed at hardware... I think.
  
  
  On 23 Aug 2005, at 17:59, Casey West wrote:
  
  >
  > On Aug 23, 2005, at 12:49 PM, David Champion wrote:
  >
  >
  >>       <Step sequence="3" alternate="a">
  >>         Double-click the little square where a photo goes.
  >>       </Step>
  >>
  >
  > This is the step I was missing. Apparently my video settings are  
  > all FUBAR. There exists no box on my display. My contrast is  
  > obviously wrong. Now at least I know what software to place the  
  > hate on.
  >
  > -- 
  > Casey West
  >
  >
  >
  
  
  --
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  [own] spirit than he who takes a city" (Proverbs 16:32 AMP)
  
  
  
  
  	
  	
  		
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• From: Jonathan Stowe
  Date: 19:41 on 23 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 17:31, Casey West wrote:
  
  > <p>
  >    I wonder if hates-software will junk up the HTML in this post I  
  > need for my journal... now do I hate
  >    MT or Siesta, or is my preemptive hate all for not?
  > </p>
  
  The Siesta doesn't know that the funny bits with angle brackets round
  are any different from the rest of the stuff in the post.  I'd blame the
  program that you are pampering with this stuff.  So lets hate software
  that doesn't try to preserve the formatting of plain text.
  
  /J\
  
  
  

• From: Smylers
  Date: 05:09 on 24 Aug 2005
  Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
  
  <p>
  On Hates-Software Casey West writes:
  </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>
    I meet a lot of people ...
    </p>
    <p>
    I wonder if hates-software will junk up the HTML in this post I need
    for my journal... 
    </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>No, it looks like the HTML comes through to the list exactly as you
  typed it &mdash; though I'm not entirely sure why you thought that we'd
  <em>want</em> HTML on the list.</p>
  
  <p>Nor why you'd post publicly CCing an address that posts entries to
  your blog; just learning that such an address existed certainly made me
  <blink>blink</blink>.</p>
  
  <p>
  Smylers
  </p>
  <pre>
  
  

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