[Bug 299943] New: Inability to open more than one Contact entry in the edit mode.

[K. A. Sayeed]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=299943

            Bug ID: 299943
          Severity: major
           Version: unspecified
          Priority: NOR
                CC: tokoe at kde.org
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: Inability to open more than one Contact entry in the
                    edit mode.
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: sayeed.ka at gmail.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kaddressbook

1. It is not possible to edit two or more Contact entries contained in the
Address Book of KDE Kontact.

2. Once an Contact entry is being  edited, if another entry needs to opened for
reference or for copying and pasting into, the application does not allow it.

3. It is also not possible to edit or create entries in the Calendar, To-Do,
Kmail, and Journal modules of the KDE Kontact application.

3. This is a REGRESSION from KDE Kontact, version 4.3.2, in which it was
possible, not only to open more than one contact entry, but also to open or
create entires in the Calendar, Journal, To-Do, and Kmail modules of KDE
Kontact.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new Contact entry or open an existing one for editing. 
2. Now try to do any work in any other module such as Kmail or Journal.
Actual Results:  
1. Cannot do any work in any other module or to open another contact entry in
the Address Book.

Expected Results:  
1. It should have been possible to open either another Contact Entry or to do
work in the Journal, To-do, Kmail, or Calendar modules.  

1. It is extremely inefficient to be restricted to only one module at a time.
In many situations, it is necessary to open a Contact entry in the edit mode in
order to make changes based on information obtained from other modules and vice
versa.

2. The subsequent Akonadi server and related architectural and software
engineering changes should have built and improved upon the existing
functionality. Instead, it has only reduced the functionality and capability of
the KDE PIM and thus reduced the efficiency that was once offered to the user
in pre-Akonadi versions such as 4.3.2.

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