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1 - @Ian: Any chance to share that code?

2 - All I want is the space after Last Name removed.

This one very odd feature makes using the "Find Names" box extremely frustrating to most users when there are multiple matches on last name.

3 - One word: Want!

4 - Your mock ups are good. Can you share on what software you use for this?

5 - The original Scott Goods Code is from here:

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We have adapted the code to extend this to a names look-up in our Personnel & Contacts database (not the NAB) to handle other search functions such as Alias, Job Description, First Name, Last Name and Organisation Structure (a multi-tiered organisation structure in our application).

Regards,

Ian

6 - Looks great. Now if you could only include (part of) the OU structure.
In your list I cannot see the difference between both Bruce Lee users.

I know I can click on Details, but users won't....

7 - @Fred: That's the idea of the business card appearing in the dialog. It would show the full address. But of course one could consider having full qualified names here. After all the dialog above is just a mockup. (And yes it is Balsamiq Mockup with a Shutter filter for the dimension)
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8 - Many times I have only remembered somebody's first name and had to open a new memo to get their surname back, via type-ahead, to select their name from the addressing dialog box. It would save time to add the type-ahead to the addressing dialog box directly.

To work around this we have created a mobile directory catalogue which is sort firstname, lastname and users can change to this directory is they know how to.

9 - Just a comment about displaying information that a person might consider confidential. In some countries and cultures it is unlawfull or unacceptible to display certain confidential information about a person in a public directory system.

Examples include a persons home address, mobile phone number, home phone number. This is due to the obvious threat of "stalkers" in the workplace. Also in some cultures women cannot disclose private contact information to unrelated males without the permission of their family. Even a persons date of birth can be considered sensitive information.

The Domino Directory already contains fields for some of this sensitive information, but assess to it should be tightly controlled.

When considering the expansion of personal information displayed from the NAB, we need to consider these issues of privacy and cultural differences as well.

Additionally, the search by names could be improved by a soundex search, particularly if you are in a part of the world that includes common names that have a significant range of spelling variants for the same name.

10 - @Veer: I think is balsamiq mockups: { Link }

11 - We have been using some code developed by Scott Good that provides similar NAB search features through a Web browser interface. We have extended it to include searches by First name, Second name, Alias, Job Title, Organisation Structure etc. The code scales really well and can handle hundreds of thousands of names.

12 - I think this is very . Even within small-ish companies and a great diversity of last names this would be a huge step forward! Esp. I like the one detail with the configurable button labels and target fields