Comment 15 for bug 956618

(In reply to comment #12)
> This sort order is not going to work effectively across all the different ways
> that people are searching for others. One type of use requires the nickname is
> more important and the other type requires first or family names.
I don't understand when first or family names should ever be higher precedence than nickname. As I understand it, nickname should override Thunderbird's "frecency"; it essentially indicates that a user wants to always associate a specific word with a contact and that this word should always be used to gain quick access to this contact.