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> the biggest annoyance for me being that all these apps I have (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, yahoo messenger) ... are not using the iPhone's contacts list for st
by msbarnett 16y ago
> the biggest annoyance for me being that all these apps I have (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, yahoo messenger) ... are not using the iPhone's contacts list for storing people profiles ... so even Apple screws things up in the details department.
I'm not sure that's a screw-up so much as a philosophical view of the contact list as being for actual contacts and not random twitter user names with no associated addresses, phone-numbers, etc. I'd be pretty irritated if yahoo messenger were able to clutter up my contact list, personally.
On another note entirely, overuse...of ellipses...is a terrible...habit.
- Timothee 16y agoIt's almost off-topic by now, but I think Yahoo! Messenger (or any other app) would be plenty able to clutter up your contact list if it wanted to. As far as I know, the SDK allows read/write access to the Address Book, without user authorization even. ...which I've always found very surprising from a privacy standpoint. Apps need to ask access to your location but your full address book is fine? Odd.
- adambyrtek 16y agoWhen it comes to Android you can choose to synchronize only those Twitter/Facebook profiles that have an existing address book entry. Thanks to that the list is not littered with useless contacts and you have all kinds of information, like the recent status update or profile photo, integrated under a single address book. Very handy.
- megablast 16y agoThis is up to the app, the app has complete read/write access to iPhone contacts. Nothing to do with Apple for that problem, although I am going to be pretty pissed if apps start doing this without asking.