KDE 4.4 Address Book to use Akonadi

“Akonadi was introduced in KDE 4 as the data storage service
that will ultimately integrate the PIM programs KMail, KOrganizer
and others. So far not much has been in evidence. However, the
KAddressBook PIM application should make a start at it in KDE 4.4,
as KDE developer Tobias König announced in his blog. The other
PIM apps should follow in KDE 4.5. The reason for the partitioning
is the short timeframe for the KDE 4.4 release and the “different
complexity of code base” for the individual PIM apps.

“König’s blog entry includes the first screenshots of the
new KAddressBook. The toolbar was cleaned up and the entire
interface was made “as simple as possible.” The result is a
three-pane window similar to that of the MAC OS X address book. The
left pane has the list of address books, with the contacts
contained therein listed in the middle pane. The right pane has the
details for the selected address. Thanks to Akonadi, the middle
pane also includes contact groups (formerly known as distribution
lists). Address books can be further split into subfolders. The
virtual folders supported by Akonadi whereby you can group folders
by arbitrary search criteria will appear in a later KAddressBook
version.”

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