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2018-06-07 17:05:11 +0300
IMHO Tags would be more effective!
While creating a new Tag > We should be able to set Tag-Order.
1th in list = higher priority = default behavior = GROUP.
Also, Tags could have multiple functions and purposes too, like:
- Unique Ringtone,
- Number to block,
- Pass through in silent mode,
- default icon / picture
This would give unlimited possibilities to everyone.
I've just found there's already a topic opened for this...
I recommend to MERGE this two requests.
Edit1: Reflecting to the first 2 comments below...
As a programmer myself I claim:
It would be only ~10% more code. Basically +1 line in SQL. Easy cake.
Instead of:
select C.*,
G.NAME as GroupName
from 'CONTACTS' C
left join 'GROUPS' G ON G.ID = C.GROUP_ID;
Simply write:
select C.*,
(select first 1 T.NAME from 'TAGS' T order by T.ORDER_NUM where T.ID=X.TAG_ID) as name_of_group
from 'CONTACTS' C
left join 'TAG_CONTACT_RELATIONS' X ON X.CONTACT_ID = C.ID
Synchronization code on SFOS side must be re- written to handle "groups" \ "tags" anyway >> so it's also just a few more lines, nothing extra.
Searching (filtering) in "1/some Groups" or "1/some Tags" does NOT make any difference either! It is not difficult at all either:
where C.GROUP_ID in (2,3,11)
-- or --
where X.TAG_ID in (2,3,11)
... and before anyone would say "it could stress the CPU / slow down listing":
No, it would make no measurable difference on a 1GHZ phone with 1000 contacts. Only milliseconds. Not even with 2-3K.
OFF: I'm a programmer with 30 years of experience.
(Working with big and complex SQL databases every day on 15+ year old PCs and atom-cpu tablets, developing a pizza-app for people with zero computer knowledge, etc...)
So I really really can not understand, what can possible take 6+ years for coding this?
Because it should be max a few days job...
PS: I'm working with a different (not SQLight) database engine, so my syntax might not be perfect...
And please use the standard vCard CATEGORIES property for this.
Tanghus ( 2013-12-26 19:26:23 +0300 )editDefinitely a must have. Even the n9 did have contact groups and it worked quite well.
lomo ( 2013-12-26 22:35:04 +0300 )editAgreed. I used contact groups quite extensively on the N9, and miss it on the Jolla. Please add the feature.
strongm ( 2013-12-28 20:56:03 +0300 )edityes, n9 is a good begin, but it can be usefull, by group, to tell if contact of the group can be hide or show in the main contact view. in order to create group for exemple for old contact we don't use but we want loose...
condo4 ( 2014-01-01 22:02:05 +0300 )editit would also be nice to be able to block a certain group for a few hours. for instance, block private contacts when i am on buissiness and buissiness contacts after working hours.
chico76 ( 2014-02-28 10:39:22 +0300 )edit