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To provide a convenient way to select friends.

• drivebyacct2 15y ago
  But how does a system level Contacts API make any sense when Web Intents and any-old-body's webapp exists? I guess I may be thinking about it incorrectly. If this is for web apps to implement a common standard of functionality across Contact "apps", then this makes sense. Otherwise, why are we falling back to "native" when it comes to Contacts, especially when modern contacts exist as part of an online profile - Google Contacts, Facebook Friends and Twitter accounts I follow compose my entire "Contact List".
  • MatthewPhillips 15y ago
    You're forgetting SIM cards which contain contact information. People want to be able to start their phone app and have contacts already there. Then they can link to Google or Yahoo or whatever else to import more. Also remember that this isn't just part of B2G. This is functionality that will be rolled into Fennec. So when you open your contacts web app in Fennec on Android you should have the same contacts that the native contacts app has.
    • fpgeek 15y ago
      Exactly. The point of the Contacts API isn't to replace existing contacts web apps, it is to make them better by giving them access to native contacts (and potentially other contacts sources).
      • drivebyacct2 15y ago
        My point is that "native contacts" should be irrelevant soon.