tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post3106517368785636028..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Better Search in Google ContactsAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50042645044425607512012-10-01T12:18:21.107-07:002012-10-01T12:18:21.107-07:00Agreed. It's ironical that the best search bro...Agreed. It's ironical that the best search browser fails in giving a better tool to search the contacts in their own mail system.<br />The lack of labels to search, also the capacity to avoid having to use accents on words, or being able to specify the first or last parts, or the use of an exact match is surprising.<br />3 years... and counting.Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125494484318248715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85748188191417533012012-06-05T05:14:43.797-07:002012-06-05T05:14:43.797-07:00If I type in the last 4 digits of a phone number, ...If I type in the last 4 digits of a phone number, Gmail Contacts search will not find duplicates even in June 2012 (3 years after the above post), nor will the Find Duplicates Function find the duplicates.<br /><br />I had to use my own company's email client, EmailTray, to find hundreds of duplicates by phone number and then sync the improved, paired down database, back into Gmail Contacts.Allen MacCannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986921901856844848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3609360518171188442010-09-06T14:29:18.412-07:002010-09-06T14:29:18.412-07:00I agree with Vin that that system works well, for ...I agree with Vin that that system works well, for a one-time clean-up. But it's a not a solution I want to depend on every time since I have about 25 groups to compare to. I guess I have to be meticulous about grouping people as I go. Then I have to trust that whoever is ungrouped does not matter. Search operators for contacts would solve a lot of problems. <br /><br />Switching between email and contacts is cumbersome so it's hard to keep up with the grouping thing without being very dedicated.Val Nelsonhttp://www.valnelson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-74561186744137114652010-08-27T09:08:24.152-07:002010-08-27T09:08:24.152-07:00i think an easier way of isolating users in one gr...i think an easier way of isolating users in one gropup but not in another is this. make a temp group, called temp or whatever. select ALL users and add everyone to that temp group. then click on the group you want to see the difference of, select all those users, and then remove them from temp group. you are left with the difference.vinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088926058534816010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-61885925389177536172010-07-15T03:09:33.316-07:002010-07-15T03:09:33.316-07:00Ubelievable..Thanks cpqlinux!Ubelievable..Thanks cpqlinux!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56640719003713986252010-06-14T05:45:58.674-07:002010-06-14T05:45:58.674-07:00>> searching the contacts that are not '...>> searching the contacts that are not 'My Contacts'<br /><br />I just found the answer on another forum and tested it out. ==><br /><br /><<< I was having the same problem, and found the answer on another forum. You just search contacts by inputting a space in the search field and pressing enter. Then your search results are divided into "My Contacts" and "Other Contacts" at the bottom, allowing you to easily delete other contacts, or add them as you wish.>>>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615762514090309260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-71233433117665305262010-03-10T19:06:38.506-08:002010-03-10T19:06:38.506-08:00Palm OS search ignored spaces and commas and dashe...Palm OS search ignored spaces and commas and dashes in phone numbers to great effect. Just want to make it clear HOW frustrating the lack of these features is...I'm seriously considering giving up on Gmail and Android and returning to Palm. Android has no universal search worth a darn, which surprised me after my glee at first installing Desktop Search. Palm used to be my constant companion and enabling/empowing memory adjunct, now my droid and laptop with Gmail are just nagging reminders of how much knowledge I lost in the conversion to the Google religion.Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560159237232637730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-64036720917310624872010-03-10T18:59:24.516-08:002010-03-10T18:59:24.516-08:00This search "improvement" is a no-braine...This search "improvement" is a no-brainer. It's surprising that Google management would've figure this out a lot sooner, and rolled out a decent search with the original product. Searching text is supposedly Google's core business and should be integrated into EVERY product. Otherwise, Google products are worse than the competition which have already read Google's playbook more enthusiastically than Google staff. Too bad the advanced search features already available in other google products is still missing from Contacts Manager. Until it's fixed, it's painfully frustrating for anyone with more than 500 business contacts. Not to mention the painful choke collar and leash to the cloud... don't get me started.Hobsonhttp://totalgood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-75520924022118928062010-02-17T08:24:46.672-08:002010-02-17T08:24:46.672-08:00would be great to make a search by phone nb or par...would be great to make a search by phone nb or part of it without taking into consideration the space or . or ,Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894293567173457114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28295244354371989372010-02-11T03:02:07.541-08:002010-02-11T03:02:07.541-08:00It would be great if you would help us find ungrou...It would be great if you would help us find ungrouped contacts.<br /><br />Now Buzz is here managing this mess really needs fixing... is there a search we can do to find the ungrouped masses?velocity boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495982554317512662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59334120020002404732010-01-20T13:30:41.512-08:002010-01-20T13:30:41.512-08:00If you export all contacts to a google csv, then m...If you export all contacts to a google csv, then move (and expand) the column for "group" you can just look for blanks and make corrections. Not the best way (and google should do better here, especially with their launch of their own phone and the other droid phones gaining in popularity) but at least it makes the numbers match, so to speak.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354755917887899382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-39564341199035479202010-01-06T07:43:39.168-08:002010-01-06T07:43:39.168-08:00i would also like the ability to create custom lab...i would also like the ability to create custom labels in Google Contacts instead of being forced to apply HOME or WORK... the ability to create your own labels is already available the Android contacts list. The funny thing is that the custom labels actually stick when you look at the Google Contacts... so...whatever! :-PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302997268201553270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-80575786527988870942009-12-06T01:45:13.414-08:002009-12-06T01:45:13.414-08:00Vote for "More functional Contacts list"...Vote for "More functional Contacts list" at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=suggestions.csDenis Howehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863798094586247497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-89931430612945706972009-11-29T20:50:43.908-08:002009-11-29T20:50:43.908-08:00One more vote for being able to search ungrouped c...One more vote for being able to search ungrouped contacts!Epicurious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15223601037961730019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-64088125963473861412009-11-19T11:48:09.843-08:002009-11-19T11:48:09.843-08:00+1 advanced search, Sorry Brie. And what about syn...+1 advanced search, Sorry Brie. And what about syncing groups with Handheld or other CRM?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-47025753428370043362009-11-10T12:18:05.571-08:002009-11-10T12:18:05.571-08:00Hello.
This is Google.
We get it: you want to sear...Hello.<br />This is Google.<br />We get it: you want to search ungrouped contacts.<br />Move on.Brie Aleidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903533576206962082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-40612226515629758442009-10-29T14:44:14.524-07:002009-10-29T14:44:14.524-07:00Not a ton of help for those of us who need to find...Not a ton of help for those of us who need to find 'ungrouped' contacts, but I've found that I need to export All contacts as a CSV file and then dump it into a spreadsheet and filter for Group ('Category in the non-gmail CSV format I used)= [blank]<br /><br />Thats the only way I've been able to manage this until google figures it out.<br /><br />Alternatively, I also use gsyncit to sync my gContacts with Outlook. Works great. My main problem is I only sync certain groups from gContacts to Outlook and 'uncategorized' is not an option gsyncit supports right now. I just requested it from the developer. Because if I can get uncategorized over to Outlook, finding those that are empty would be much easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-32332233891834607222009-10-27T01:47:30.459-07:002009-10-27T01:47:30.459-07:00+1+1kubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580354119617005753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-88383089769731866582009-10-18T16:42:01.639-07:002009-10-18T16:42:01.639-07:00Another plea to enable ungrouped contacts to be fo...Another plea to enable ungrouped contacts to be found! I am so tired of clicking one by one to categorize my contacts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-69958507452012823332009-09-09T10:55:24.805-07:002009-09-09T10:55:24.805-07:00Yes, please, search/list contacts not in groups so...Yes, please, search/list contacts not in groups so they may be added/discarded without searching through the full list of "All Contacts" and cross-refrencing your "My Contacts" list one-by-oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-11989183172396720692009-08-13T13:53:31.272-07:002009-08-13T13:53:31.272-07:00please add advanced search features like in gmail ...please add advanced search features like in gmail (or better)...<br />(in:"my contacts" AND NOT in:this_group) AND *john*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-73933757254817695862009-08-01T21:45:12.867-07:002009-08-01T21:45:12.867-07:00Please make it so we can view contacts that have y...Please make it so we can view contacts that have yet to be added to a group. I often add new contacts via iPhone and you cant add them to a group that way. I have to try and remember to put the new contacts in a group via gmail.com later on. If I forget, then they might be lost forever since I have 2000 contacts. This should be very simple to do and is a huge blunder. (almost a show stopper for me even)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-75262299645585346262009-07-20T15:32:34.942-07:002009-07-20T15:32:34.942-07:00Yes. A way to search/filter for contacts NOT in a ...Yes. A way to search/filter for contacts NOT in a group is necessary. Advanced search FTW!Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629967100578022820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56862705791548769492009-07-03T11:12:25.123-07:002009-07-03T11:12:25.123-07:00just started with Google Contacts today, and immed...just started with Google Contacts today, and immediately the limitations on grouping and searching may mean that today is my last. Why can't I get a list of everyone who is NOT in a group. <br /><br />When categorizing a few hundred contacts, there's no way to see who I haven't categorized yet, and as people get added, if they don't get put in a group straight away it would be easy for them to never end up in a group and therefore 'disappear'. Even the OLD OLD palm software from the 90's that only allowed you to have ~12 categories, always had an option called 'unfiled' so you could see who had not been put in a category (aka group) yet.<br /><br />Come on Google - doesn't look like you guys actually use the contact function yourselves or it wouldn't have all these holes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-12140884353201257612009-06-27T14:15:11.457-07:002009-06-27T14:15:11.457-07:00Yes. This situation is so un-Google. I have not wa...Yes. This situation is so un-Google. I have not way of performing searches by group or that do not belong to a group, or searching the contacts that are not 'My Contacts'. This last one is important, as I have not way of identifying them to know if I want to convert them to My Contacts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com