Bug 327540 - Missing Contact Method
Summary: Missing Contact Method
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kaddressbook
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 4.11.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2013-11-13 02:07 UTC by andy_90254
Modified: 2017-01-07 21:24 UTC (History)
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Description andy_90254 2013-11-13 02:07:48 UTC
There are currently many names in kaddressbook for different types of contact methods (Home, Work, Voice, Modem, etc.), the vast majority I have no use for.  What I need is "Conference Line" and "Conference Playback", for  use with such services as freeconferencecall.com  (The first is the "dial-in" number for listening to the audio portion of webinars and/or simple conference calls hosted by a third party.  These conferences might have a few people, or hundreds of participants.  The second is for listening to a recording of the conference, later.)  This is completely different than a work, home or other number - it is a conference call number unique and special in the same way that a podcast and webinar are each unique and special to this centurys technology.  Various people I know each have their own conference line.  So these people have a Home number, Work number, Mobile number, email, fax number, conference number and conference playback number.  kaddressbook does not provide a facility for this type of number and so currently I have to put it into a field that is unrelated and makes no sense for my context (car, pager or modem for example).  Both of these conferences number also include a unique PIN.  So a typical entry would look like this:  Number: 1-123-456-7890 PIN: 123456#  A conference number for myself includes a second "administrative" PIN different from the first.  So I have to keep track of 2 PINs for one number.  I could probably put the PIN into notes, or create an entirely different entry just for conference numbers, but having it as described above just seems more natural to me.

I do not quite understand the purpose of the "Other" selection.  I had thought this was a place I could type in my own text so as to create "Conference Number", etc.  Instead it seems to be just another way to select the same fields that can already be selected.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Denis Kurz 2016-09-24 20:53:10 UTC
This bug has only been reported for versions before 4.14, which have been unsupported for at least two years now. Can anyone tell if this bug still present?

If noone confirms this bug for a Framework-based version of kaddressbook (version 5.0 or later, as part of KDE Applications 15.08 or later), it gets closed in about three months.
Comment 2 Denis Kurz 2017-01-07 21:24:35 UTC
Just as announced in my last comment, I close this bug. If you encounter it again in a recent version (at least 5.0 aka 15.08), please open a new one unless it already exists. Thank you for all your input.