Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints

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From: David Champion
Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book Disappoints
Date: 17:49 on 23 Aug 2005
* On 2005.08.23, in <7C58C674-0E55-4927-8473-6EB8F9D79081@xxxxxxxx.xxx>,
*	"Casey West" <casey@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> <p>
>   I meet a lot of people and I'm trying to get into the habit of  
> writing down some information about them.
>   Things like phone numbers and names, and maybe how I met them or  
> why I met them. Apple's Address Book
>   application is great for that. But it falls short in one very  
> important area. I can't store a photo!
> </p>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="USO-8859-1">
<Response>
  <MeaningfulResponse id="1">
    <TextualDescription tone="terse">
      Sure you can.  Here's how.
    </TextualDescription>
    <Methodology type="howto">
      <Step sequence="1">Choose a person in your address book.</Step>
      <Step sequence="2">Click "Edit."</Step>
      <Step sequence="3" alternate="a">
        Double-click the little square where a photo goes.
      </Step>
      <Step sequence="3" alternate="b">
        Drag a photograph from Finder, or (presumably) iPhoto to the little
        square where a photo goes.
      </Step>
      <Step sequence="4" alternate="a">
        In the nice window, choose a photo and scale/crop/etc.
      </Step>
      <Step sequence="4" alternate="b">
        In the nice window, photograph your contact, or a mock-up of your
        contact, or perhaps a giant stuffed burro coated in tissue paper
        using an iCamera thing.
      </Step>
      <Step sequence="5">Save it or something.</Step>
    </Methodology>
  </MeaningfulResponse>
  <WryResponse id="1">
    <TextualDescription>Again, please don't.</TextualDescription>
  </WryResponse>
  <ObHate>
    Your software should be able to convert block ASCII text into HTML
    paragraphs, don't you think?
  </ObHate>
</Response>

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