List about linked contacts in People settings
asked 2014-02-13 17:53:14 +0200
Hi all,
Whenever contacts are synced to Jolla from Google account (I will use Google account as example, but it is true for any account set up in Jolla), Jolla can link together:
- 2 or more contacts which were existing in Jolla and synced from Google
- 2 or more contacts which were synced from Google
Decision about link those contacts is made by a linkage heuristic routine. Basically this is good functionality, but there is an issue. Those links are created silently by Jolla. It means when Jolla links two contacts "Matt Smith" and "Matthew Smith" together then there is no notification about it. Surprise come when user can't find "Matt Smith".
Of course if you know to whom "Matt Smith" is linked then you can find "Matt Smith". Just go to People, open "Matthew Smith"s contact card and select Link from pulley menu. Here it is. There is possibility to unlink or even link with other contacts too. So it's fully modifiable.
The only issue is: You have to know to whom your contact has been linked. If you can't figure out then your contact is "lost".
I propose a solution to make easier finding the links between contacts. A new option should be added to Settings/Apps/People/PulleyMenu/ Links . Under this Links options all the contacts which are linked together should be listed (and maybe later modification functionality can be added to ... support incremental sw development :-) )
As the functionality itself is available under People/<any contact="">/PulleyMenu/Links, it only needs to be ported to Settings/Apps/People/PulleyMenu/Links and modify to select all the linked contacts to show.</any>
Proposal for format:
Matthew Smith (People) ### this is the aggregated contact what is visible in People or Phone apps
Matt Smith (telepathy)
Matthew Smith (local)
Smithers (local)
Max Power (People)
Max Power (google)
John Smith (People)
Johnny (google)
JohnS (telephaty)
Smith John (sim)
Regards, Janos
