add address dialog requires title field

[Jeffrey Elkner]

In the add address dialog, there is a title field that is both redundant and required. I tried repeatedly to add an address for African American Holiday Association (AAHA) without reentering this info in the title field (since I already new the title of the contact for whom I was adding the address), but it would return an error whenever I tried to save. I finally tried entering the title and it worked. The title field should not appear in the add address dialog at all, since it has already been completed when the contact was created in the first place. I haven't tried to see what would happen if I entered a title different from the one of the contact I'm editing, but in any case the field should simply be removed.

[Jeffrey Elkner (jelkner)]

The add phone number dialog has the same problem, and the title is repeated on each piece of information in the main display -- it should only appear at the top of the page once.

[Paul Carduner (pcardune)]

Just to document this here, the title for the address field is for the
address field itself and not the contact. It represents the title of
the address (i.e. home 1/home 2/office/work/emergency). So in fact
the title is not redundant because it does not represent the same
thing as the contact's title.

- Paul

On 9/27/07, Jeffrey Elkner <email address hidden> wrote:
> The add phone number dialog has the same problem, and the title is
> repeated on each piece of information in the main display -- it should
> only appear at the top of the page once.
>
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> add address dialog requires title field
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145597
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[Jeffrey Elkner (jelkner)]

Thanks, Paul, I got if from your last email. A few suggestions:

1. Make it optional! In most cases there will only be one address, so labeling it is a waste of effort. Leaving it empty returns an error. This is a bug.

2. Change it from "title" to "label". "Title" really isn't intuitive at all here. I didn't know what to do with it, so I left it blank.

3. Change it from a plain text input box to a drop down with suggestive choices. The one under address, for example, could have: Home, Work, and Custom. Under phone Home, Work, Cell (or Mobil), Fax, and Custom would make sense. That way the application would teach new users how to use it.

Thanks!

jeff

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:02:54 -0000, Paul Carduner <email address hidden> wrote:
>Just to document this here, the title for the address field is for the
>address field itself and not the contact. It represents the title of
>the address (i.e. home 1/home 2/office/work/emergency). So in fact
>the title is not redundant because it does not represent the same
>thing as the contact's title.
>
>- Paul
>
>On 9/27/07, Jeffrey Elkner <email address hidden> wrote:
>> The add phone number dialog has the same problem, and the title is
>> repeated on each piece of information in the main display -- it should
>> only appear at the top of the page once.
>>
>> --
>> add address dialog requires title field
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145597
>> You received this bug notification because you are the registrant for Z
>> Contact.
>>
>
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>add address dialog requires title field
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145597
>You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>of the bug.
>

[Paul Carduner (pcardune)]

Ok, titles are no longer required. The additional requests for a drop down list box with choices or the ability to enter your own should be made into a blueprint.