addressbook useless when having big number of addresses stored

[arekm]

I have big number of addresses stored in addressbook. Unfortunately I cannot use autocomplete feature because it limits number of completed records to 15 (see steps/mail/autocomplete.inc). The worse is that user doesn't know anything about this limit, it's hidden deeply in the code.

It would be nice to have paging added to screen with autocomplete hints (like 1, 2... 10)

[alec]

You cannot just use longer "search string" for autocompletion?

[arekm]

I can only if I know "the rest" and if know what to type next. I know for example "peter." and don't remember name + have 30 peter.xyz in addressbook.

Some kind of paging is needed for completeness.

[alec]

So, we just need another method for finding/selecting contacts. Already we have plugins and other requests for that. Autocomplete and paging doesn't sound good for me.