On Jun 02, 2006 03:02 AM, David Cavallucci <david.cavallucci at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I can see the benefits from a couple of points
> 
> Firstly, for remote device sync or even outlook sync it would be nice to
> only have to sync a relevant, small subset of contacts for an individual,
> especially in a company with a very large contacts list - rather then
> syncing the whole global list.
> 
> Secondly, for an individual who only uses a small subset of the global
> contacts - it would be a time saver to click "Contacts" and have only 20 or
> 30 contacts appear instead of 1000 contacts listed and then have to search
> for it - but that is more of a personal "browse vs search" thing I suppose.
> (for the "searchers" amongst us it is easier simply to leave everything in
> one pile and use search to get the relevant contacts)
> 
> Having said that, I probably shouldn't speak on Jeff's behalf :)
> 
> David
> 




Hi,

from the user perspective there are some confusing considerations
we have to think about :

The global address book and the private folder having permissions.
If the user copies the objects into his private folder then
everything is fine because the user himself has the full control
like before and he is able to share such a contact in the normal
way.

If we just "link" such an object from one folder into a private
folder which kind of permissions are the primary ones or should
we merge them? Also, what happens if the user shares his private 
folder? Should such an object appear in the shared calendar as
well and what kind of impact are given by the shared folder
permissions?

What about "virtual" folders where a user can "bundle" objects
from any location. There are still some questions what happens
with existing permissions and if an object is not longer available
because of a permission change.


Regards,

Martin Kauss




> On 6/1/06, Ben Pahne <ben.pahne at open-xchange.org> wrote:
> >
> > hey
> >
> > what is the benefit in here? i mean, everybody has access to the global
> > address book. why does somebody need the contact in his private folder
> > then? however you can copy it into the private folder but that is just a
> > copy and not a "link to the original one".
> >
> > ben
> >
> >
> > On May 31, 2006 08:15 PM, Jeff Christensen wrote:
> >
> > >Is there any way for a contact to be in more than
> > >one folder at the same time?
> > >
> > >We store all our contacts in the "Global address book".
> > >We'd like to be able to pick (user's choice) a number of
> > >these contacts and have them also appear in a user's "Contacts"
> > >private folder.
> > >
> > >I don't think shared or public folders will work for this. We'd
> > >like to let the user pick the contacts that appear in their
> > >private folder.
> > >
> > >Is there any plans to implement this sort of feature?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >
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