We feel that the current contact managing applications just aren't easy to use. They often miss a simple and clean UI and integration with other applications.
On the most mobile phones the address books are simpler, cleaner and better to use - despite the small screen, the limited hardware and input problems. They act as a central storage for all contacts.
On the GNOME desktop, contacts are scattered around. They are stored in different applications (e.g. Empathy/Telepathy, Evolution). The existing UI's have their use cases but they miss a simple and elegant look'n'feel.
We try to fill this gap with this project.
At the moment we are in the planning and designing stage, you can find our mockups in our github repository.
You can download this project in either zip or tar formats.
You can also clone the project with Git by running:
$ git clone git://github.com/ssickert/personal-contacts