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Re: Annoyance with HTC's Contacts Manager...is there a fix???

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Originally Posted by sgshultz View Post
it takes me right back to the beginning!!!! WHY!!!! I want to go right back to where I was!!!
It DOES take you back to where you were: the All Contacts screen.

It's really hard for software to keep track of where you are within a large scrolled list. Basically, it would have to record on a constant basis exactly where the pointer is at all times. Can you imagine what that would do to performance? For it to take you back to exactly where you were within the list, it would have to keep some sort of data file (or write to the registry, or whatever) each time you do something. Perhaps it could keep the pointer in the already-tight working RAM, but how does it know when you're done? Better to write to storage RAM, but then there's all the delay from reading and writing...

So, why NOT use the quick and easy search function that will take you to the contact you want with a few simple taps on the hardware or on-screen keyboard?
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