[icon-discuss] Re: question about the Address book
- From: chase crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:30:42 -0600
To me, last name first is to confusing.
Can they please please, switch it back?
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:08:25 -0800, Jenny Axler wrote:
>I have not heard of any plans for display preference options. They
>changed it from first name, last name to last name, first name because
>that seemed to make more sense, and to be more popular with the masses.
>I suppose one way to get around it would be to fill out the form
>opposite of what it asks for. In other words, fill in the first name in
>the last name field, and the last name in the first name field. It
>simply displays alphabetically according to what's in the fields, so,
>though it might seem a little backward, it would display the way you
>want it.
>
>Jenny
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Milissa Garside
>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:46 AM
>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question about the Address book
>
>
>Jenny,
>
>Do you know if there will be an option in a future software release
>where one can choose how contact's names are displayed in the address
>book?
>
>Milissa
>
>"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
>matter."
>Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jenny Axler
>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 2:27 PM
>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question about the Address book
>
>
>The current version of the software (106 build 21) lists them that way.
>And to answer Melissa's question, there is no way to change this at
>present.
>
>Jenny
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Guido Corona
>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:17 AM
>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question about the Address book
>
>
>
>The next version of the ICON/Braille+ software will list contacts as
>lastname, firstname. G.
>
>
>Guido Dante Corona
>IBM Research,
>Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
>Austin Tx.
>Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
>Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
>". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who
>were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who
>questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being
>wise."
>[David Poyer, The Command]
>
>
>
>"Milissa Garside" <milissa.g@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Currently in my address book, my Contacts show up as last name first. Is
>
>there a way to set my contacts to read the first name first? I tried
>looking
>around and haven't found such an option.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Milissa
>
>"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
>matter."
>Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>
>
>
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>I have not heard of any plans for display
>preference options. They changed it from first name, last name to last
>name, first name because that seemed to make more sense, and to be more
>popular
>with the masses. I suppose one way to get around it would be to fill
>out
>the form opposite of what it asks for. In other words, fill in the
>first
>name in the last name field, and the last name in the first name field.
>It
>simply displays alphabetically according to what's in the fields, so,
>though it
>might seem a little backward, it would display the way you want it.
>Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: Milissa
>Garside To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 03,
>2008 11:46
>AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question
>about the Address book Jenny, Do you know if there will be an
>option in a
>future software release where one can choose how contact's names are
>displayed
>in the address book? Milissa
>"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
>matter." Martin Luther King Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From:
>Jenny
>Axler To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 03,
>2008 2:27
>PM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question
>about the Address book The current version of the software (106 build
>21) lists them that way. And to answer Melissa's question, there is no
>way to change this at present. Jenny ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guido
>Corona To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 03,
>2008 11:17
>AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: question
>about the Address book The next version of the
>ICON/Braille+ software will list contacts as lastname, firstname.
>G. Guido Dante
>Corona IBM Research, Human Ability & Accessibility Center,
>(HA&AC) Austin Tx. Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email:
>guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx . Web:
>http://www.ibm.com/able ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
>certain they
>were right who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe,
>those who questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to
>being wise." [David Poyer, The Command] "Milissa Garside"
><milissa.g@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>02/03/2008 11:30 AM Please respond
>to icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>cc Subject [icon-discuss] question about
>the Address book Hi Everyone, Currently in my address book, my
>Contacts show
>up as last name first. Is there a way to set my contacts to read the
>first name first? I tried looking around and haven't found such an
>option. Thanks. Milissa "Our lives begin to end the
>day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King
>Jr.
>
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